Traffic volume

GB licensed vehicles by type (thousands)

Year	Cars	Motorcycles	Light Goods Vehicles	Heavy Goods Vehicles	Buses and coaches	Other vehicles	Total
2000	24,405.55	953.74	2,382.59	471.48	172.57	511.66	28,897.58
2001	25,125.87	1,009.95	2,461.38	477.49	171.62	500.83	29,747.13
2002	25,781.93	1,070.02	2,542.26	485.44	172.99	504.02	30,556.67
2003	26,240.40	1,134.68	2,652.91	491.12	174.69	513.55	31,207.36
2004	27,028.10	1,191.17	2,822.44	505.78	177.66	533.71	32,258.86
2005	27,520.40	1,206.39	2,943.38	508.18	178.44	540.60	32,897.38
2006	27,609.17	1,209.56	3,023.08	508.27	177.02	543.39	33,070.48
2007	28,000.26	1,248.32	3,148.89	510.84	176.93	565.74	33,650.98
2008	28,160.70	1,274.57	3,191.40	495.91	175.45	585.34	33,883.38
2009	28,246.47	1,275.64	3,184.55	477.78	173.73	600.26	33,958.43
2010	28,420.88	1,234.37	3,207.79	470.13	171.20	615.78	34,120.15
2011	28,467.29	1,238.32	3,248.29	465.47	168.06	641.16	34,228.59
2012	28,722.45	1,224.85	3,280.62	460.62	166.30	667.49	34,522.32
2013	29,140.94	1,219.40	3,353.89	468.88	164.46	686.92	35,034.49
2014	29,611.49	1,216.17	3,471.28	473.93	163.05	697.19	35,633.11
2015	30,250.29	1,230.78	3,633.58	483.36	162.70	706.78	36,467.49
2016	30,850.44	1,248.07	3,781.98	493.64	161.50	721.17	37,256.80
2017	31,200.18	1,233.59	3,898.15	499.35	158.43	745.29	37,734.99
2018	31,517.60	1,242.69	4,009.89	500.29	154.99	758.58	38,184.03
2019	31,888.45	1,250.21	4,123.26	501.48	151.97	767.36	38,682.72
2020	31,696.00	1,273.80	4,220.40	485.90	136.70	769.00	38,581.80
2021	31,878.60	1,315.30	4,406.10	504.60	140.70	789.10	39,034.30

Source: DfT.

Source: DfT.

Year	Motorway	Rural	Urban	All 'A' roads	All major roads	All minor roads	All roads
2000	54.90	38.20	64.90	131.50	186.40	103.10	289.60
2001	56.40	38.20	65.20	133.70	190.10	103.40	293.50
2002	57.60	40.00	66.90	135.80	193.40	106.80	300.20
2003	57.80	39.90	67.00	137.30	195.10	106.90	302.00
2004	60.00	40.80	65.60	139.20	199.30	106.40	305.70
2005	60.30	41.40	65.50	138.60	198.90	106.90	305.80
2006	61.80	43.00	65.10	140.50	202.30	108.10	310.40
2007	62.50	44.80	66.30	139.70	202.20	111.10	313.30
2008	62.20	45.00	64.80	138.50	200.70	109.80	310.50
2009	61.80	43.90	63.40	138.20	200.00	107.30	307.30
2010	61.00	44.20	61.60	136.40	197.40	105.80	303.20
2011	61.80	43.20	62.30	137.00	198.80	105.50	304.30
2012	62.40	43.50	62.90	135.80	198.20	106.40	304.60
2013	63.30	44.10	62.60	135.80	199.20	106.60	305.80
2014	64.80	46.80	64.40	138.50	203.30	111.20	314.50
2015	66.50	48.00	64.90	141.00	207.50	112.90	320.40
2016	67.70	50.30	65.10	144.90	212.50	115.40	327.90
2017	68.70	49.70	67.70	146.50	215.10	117.40	332.50
2018	69.00	49.70	66.90	148.60	217.60	116.60	334.20
2019	70.50	50.40	67.50	150.20	220.70	117.90	338.60
2020	52.70	42.00	55.90	115.40	168.10	97.80	265.90
2021	60.30	46.00	61.60	129.70	190.00	107.60	297.60

Source: DfT.

Source: DfT.

Source: DfT.

The growth in the number of licensed light commercial vehicles continues to outpace the growth in the number of other types of vehicles.