Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 27 Jan 2026 | Updated: 108 days ago
Road Traffic
Dataset
Summary
Description:
Summary and street-level traffic data for road-links on the motorway, 'A' road and minor road network in Great Britain.
Identifier:
69b9f9fd-5c81-4171-a89f-5229c5f4559a
Access Tier:
Open
Contact Point:
Documentation
Documentation:
Summary and street-level traffic data for road-links on the motorway, 'A' road and minor road network in Great Britain. Road traffic open data provides street-level data for every junction-to-junction link on the motorway and 'A' road network, and for some minor roads in Great Britain.
It provides figures for traffic broken down by vehicle type, road category and geographic area.
Annual statistics are mostly presented in units of vehicle miles, which combines the number of vehicles on the road and how far they drive. Annual traffic statistics are compiled using data from around 8,000 roadside 12-hour manual counts, continuous data from automatic traffic counters, and data on road lengths.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
Geographical Levels:
- East Midlands
- East of England
- London
- North East
- North West
- South East
- South West
- West Midlands
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Scotland
- Wales
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2000
End Date:
31 December 2024
Date of First Release:
27 January 2026
Temporal Aggregation:
Annual, Monthly, Daily, Hourly
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situation:
Department for Transport
Method of Collection:
Statistical dataset, Time-Series Traffic Statistics
Author 1
Name Organisation:
Department for Transport
Author 2
Name Organisation:
Department for Transport
Access and Governance
Usage
Is Referenced By:
Access
Access Rights:
Rights as of the Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0
Data Controller:
Department for Transport
Data Processor:
Not Applicable
Licence:
UK Open Government Licence (OGL-3.0)
Format and Standards
Language:
en
Format:
queryable
Data Distribution
Data Status:
draft
Distribution: