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Travel time measures for local ‘A’ roads, England: January 2016 to December 2016

Statistics on the average delay and speed for local ‘A’ roads in England, for the year ending December 2016.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 23 February 2017

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Travel time measures for local ‘A’ roads, England: January 2016 to December 2016 report

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Travel time measures for local ‘A’ roads, England: January 2016 to December 2016 tables

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Details

Average delay and average speed statistics for local ‘A’ roads (managed by local highway authorities) in England, for 2016.

The average delay is estimated to be 45.9 seconds per vehicle per mile when compared to free flow. This represents an increase of 2.8% compared to 2015.

The average speed was 25.2mph. This is a 1.2% decrease compared to 2015.

Average speeds have decreased steadily since the start of this series in 2014. Typically these decreases have been greater on urban classified roads than on rural roads. However in recent quarters, the decrease has been greater on rural roads. Combining these statistics with similar statistics previously published suggest average weekday morning peak speeds have been falling steadily for the past 4 years.

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Published 23 February 2017