Welsh Transport Statistics 2010 – Chapter 7: Road traffic

The key points from the latest release are:

• It is estimated that the volume of motor vehicle traffic on all roads in Wales in 2009 has decreased since 2008 by 1.4 per cent.
• The volume of traffic has however grown by just over 12 per cent since 2000.
• Traffic on minor roads accounted for 37 per cent of all traffic.
• Almost four-fifths (80 per cent) of the volume of traffic on all roads was accounted for by cars, taxis and minibuses.
• Traffic on motorways accounted for 12 per cent of all road traffic during 2009.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5085
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

December 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)