Organisation: Department for Transport
Date of Publication: November 2022
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 8 December 2022
This annual release presents information on the condition of roads in England, covering surface condition, skidding resistance and highway maintenance treatments and expenditure.
Automated survey machines and visual surveys are used by local authorities and National Highways to monitor the condition of the road surface.
Data in this report only includes local authorities with valid data available. Data is available for fewer London local authorities for the last three years, due to changes to how surveys in London were carried out. However, the DfT estimates that this has had limited impact on the headline figures.
The report concludes that the condition of local roads has been broadly stable over time, with the proportion of roads that should be considered for maintenance for the year ending March 2022 being largely unchanged from the previous 12 months.
In the 12 months ending March 2022, local authorities reported the proportion of:
- Local ‘A’ roads that should have been considered for maintenance was 4%, unchanged for the past three years.
- ‘B’ and ‘C’ roads that should have be considered for maintenance was 6%, unchanged for the past six years.
- Unclassified roads that should have been considered for maintenance was 15%, a small improvement from 17% in the previous 12 months. Unclassified roads continue to see greater yearly fluctuations than other roads.
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