Official Statistics

Cycling traffic index, England

Cycling traffic index for England, up to September 2024.

Applies to England

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Cycling traffic index: data table

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The data is published as a rolling annual index, referenced to a 2013 baseline, from the date which consistent data is available.

In the year ending September 2024, the latest provisional data shows that cycling traffic levels have:

  • increased by 9.4% since the year ending December 2013
  • decreased by 1.9% compared to pre-pandemic levels (year ending December 2019)
  • decreased by 2.6% since the previous year (year ending September 2023)
  • decreased by 32.8% since the peak in the series (year ending March 2021)

In the year ending March 2021:

  • cycling traffic peaked, increasing by 62.8% since the year ending December 2013
  • COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were in place and will have impacted cycling behaviour and travel patterns across England

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Updates to this page

Published 27 April 2023
Last updated 5 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. Cycling traffic index data updated to September 2024.

  2. Cycling traffic data up to June 2024.

  3. Cycling traffic data up to March 2024.

  4. Cycling traffic index for England (up to December 2023) added.

  5. Cycling traffic index for England (up to September 2023) added.

  6. Cycling traffic index for England (up to June 2023) added.

  7. First published.

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