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Road lengths in Great Britain: 2020

Road length statistics for publicly maintained roads in Great Britain for the year 2020.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 4 February 2021

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Details

In 2020, the total road length was estimated to be 247,500 miles.

By road type, there were:

• 31,800 miles of major road, accounting for 13% of total road length
• 215,700 miles of minor road, accounting for 87% of total road length

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Published 4 February 2021