Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 16th February 2012
Date published/launched: February 2012
This statistical release presents provisional estimates for road traffic in Great Britain for the fourth quarter of 2011 and provisional annual estimates for 2011.
The provisional estimates are based on traffic data collected continuously from a national network of around 180 Automatic Traffic Counters (ATCs). In addition to counting traffic, the ATCs record some of the physical properties of passing vehicles which are used to classify traffic by type.
Key results from Quarter 4 2011 include:
• All motor vehicle traffic was 3.6% higher in the fourth quarter of 2011 than in the fourth quarter of 2010.
• If the effects of heavy snowfall are removed from the fourth quarter of 2010, it is estimated that the increase in traffic between these two quarters would be below 0.5%.
• Car traffic was 3% higher and light van traffic 5% higher in the fourth quarter of 2011 than in the fourth quarter of 2010, whereas heavy goods vehicle traffic was at around the same level.
• Traffic was higher in the fourth quarter of 2011 than in the fourth quarter of 2010 on all road types, with the largest increases on minor rural and minor urban roads, which were both 5%.
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Iain Ritchie
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