Traffic Volume – RoadFile

Information on licensed vehicles in Great Britain and the amount of travel they undertake.

GB Licensed vehicles by type (thousands)

wdt_ID	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
1	Cars	28,722	29,141	29,612	30,250	30,850	31,200
2	Motor cycles	1,225	1,219	1,216	1,231	1,248	1,233
3	Light goods	3,281	3,281	3,354	3,471	3,782	3,898
4	Heavy goods	461	469	474	483	494	499
5	Buses and coaches	166	165	163	163	162	158
6	Other	667	687	697	707	721	745
7	Total	34,522	35,035	35,633	36,468	37,257	37,735
	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

Source DfT

GB traffic by vehicle type (billion vehicle miles)

wdt_ID	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
1	Cars and taxis	240	240	245	248	252	254
2	Light commercial vehicles	41	43	45	47	49	51
3	Heavy goods vehicles	16	16	16	17	17	17
4	Other	6	6	6	5	5	5
6	Total	303	304	312	317	323	327
	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

Source DfT

GB traffic by road class (billion vehicle miles)

wdt_ID	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
1	Motorway	62	63	65	67	67	68
2	Rural A road	87	87	89	91	95	98
3	Urban A road	49	49	49	50	51	49
4	All major roads	198	199	203	208	213	215
5	Rural minor road	40	41	44	45	46	45
6	Urban minor road	64	63	65	65	64	67
7	All minor roads	104	105	108	109	110	112
8	All roads	303	304	312	317	323	327
	Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

Source DfT

GB licensed vehicles by type
GB traffic by vehicle type
GB traffic by road class

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