The Department for Transport has published the provisional transport statistics on road traffic and congestion in Great Britain for Quarter 1, approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

Key findings include:

  • Car traffic decreased by 3 per cent.
  • Light van traffic increased by 2 per cent.
  • Heavy goods vehicle traffic decreased by 1 per cent.
  • Traffic on motorways decreased by 2 per cent.
  • Traffic on rural ‘A’ roads decreased by 2 per cent.
  • Traffic on urban ‘A’ roads was unchanged.
  • Traffic on minor rural roads decreased by 3 per cent.
  • Traffic on minor urban roads decreased by 3 per cent.

 

Delays on major road journeys fell from 3.90 to 3.65 minutes per 10 miles while the average vehicle journey time of 3 minutes and 34 seconds per mile on urban roads has remained the same.

 

The 2010 quarterly estimates are provisional. The final figures will be published in 2011.


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