Organisation: Department for Transport (DfT)
Date of Publication: September 2022
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 16 November 2022
These statistics show provisional estimates of road traffic by vehicle type and road class in Great Britain for the year ending March 2022.
The provisional estimates show motor vehicles travelled 318.6 billion vehicle miles in Great Britain for the year ending March 2022. This is a 29.7% increase compared to the year ending March 2021.
When compared to the year ending March 2021:
- Car traffic increased by 32.9% to 237.5 billion vehicle miles
- Van traffic increased by 25.2% to 58.8 billion vehicle miles
- Lorry traffic increased by 10.1% to 17.8 billion vehicle miles
- Traffic on motorways increased by 38.0% to 65.4 billion vehicle miles
- Traffic on ‘A’ roads increased by 29.6% to 138.5 billion vehicle miles
- Traffic on minor roads increased by 25.6% to 114.7 billion vehicle miles
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