Department For Transport
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Provisional estimates of road traffic, by
- vehicle type
- road class
in Great Britain for the year ending March 2024.
Provisional estimates show motor vehicles travelled 332.4 billion vehicle miles in Great Britain for the year ending March 2024. This is up 2.1% compared to the year ending March 2023. Traffic levels were 1.8% below pre-pandemic levels.
When compared to the year ending March 2023:
- car traffic increased by 2.6% to 252.5 billion vehicle miles
- van traffic increased by 1.1% to 58.2 billion vehicle miles
- lorry traffic decreased by 2.0% to 16.9 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on motorways increased by 1.9% to 70.1 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on A roads increased by 2.6% to 146.5 billion vehicle miles
- traffic on minor roads increased by 1.6% to 115.8 billion vehicle miles
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Road traffic and vehicle speed compliance statistics
Email roadtraff.stats@dft.gov.uk
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