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Data and statistics about road congestion and travel times on the Strategic Road Network and local 'A' roads.

• Updated: 6 March 2025

'Manual for streets 2' expands on the design advice in 'Manual for Streets 1' to include how to plan and improve busy urban and rural streets.

• Updated: 29 September 2010

Legal noise limits for on and off-road vehicles, and what to do if you're affected by road, rail or aircraft noise

• Vehicle noise limits

  There are limits to the amount of noise that vehicles can make on public…

• Noise from roads

  There’s no legal limit to road noise, although noise levels might be taken…

• Railway noise

  There are no legal limits to noise from existing railways. If you think…

• Aircraft noise

  Noise is regulated to some extent at all UK airports. This can include…

• Further information

  There are strategic noise maps for England provided by the Department for…

Data and statistics about the condition of roads.

• Updated: 13 March 2025

Data and statistics about the vehicle miles travelled by vehicle type, road category and region.

• Updated: 5 December 2024

• Updated: 20 February 2025

Get up-to-date information about traffic problems and road conditions across the UK.

• Updated: 5 December 2023

How to develop monitoring strategies for assessing levels of pollutants in the ambient atmosphere.

• Updated: 10 September 2024

What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.

• Updated: 22 June 2022