Official Statistics

Congestion on local authority managed 'A' roads: 2011 to 2012

From:
Department for Transport
Part of:
Road congestion and travel times, Road network and traffic, Highway Agency motorways and 'A' roads: ‘on time’ journeys (CGN01), Flow weighted vehicle speeds (CGN02), and Flow weighted vehicle speeds, by region (CGN09)
Published:
8 November 2012
Applies to:
England

Congestion on local authority managed ‘A’ roads statistics in England for September 2011 to July 2012.

Documents

Congestion on local authority managed 'A' roads: 2011 to 2012 report

PDF, 54KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gsi.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Congestion on local authority managed 'A' roads: 2011 to 2012 tables

ZIP, 238KB

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email webmasterdft@dft.gsi.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

Final statistics for September 2011 to July 2012, and also presents provisional congestion statistics for September 2012.

In the year ending July 2012:

  • the average speed achieved during the weekday morning peak on locally managed ‘A’ roads in England between September 2011 and July 2012 was 25.3 mph - this is 0.8% faster than the average speed observed last year, and 2.6% faster than the average speed achieved during 2006 to 2007
  • the largest speed increases relative to last year were observed in November 2011, December 2011 and January 2012, whereas April 2012 and July 2012 saw drops in average speed when compared to last year’s figures
  • provisionally, the average speed achieved over the morning peak during September 2012 was 25.1 mph, 1.2% slower than the previous September

Information on road congestion and reliability statistics, including the pre-release access list and related technical documentation is available.

Contact us

Road congestion and travel times

Document information

Published: 8 November 2012

From: Department for Transport

Part of: Road congestion and travel times Road network and traffic Highway Agency motorways and 'A' roads: ‘on time’ journeys (CGN01) Flow weighted vehicle speeds (CGN02) Flow weighted vehicle speeds, by region (CGN09)