Congestion on local authority managed 'A' roads: April to June 2011
| Publisher: | Department for Transport |
| Published date: | 4 August 2011 |
| Type: | Release |
| Series: | Congestion and reliability |
| Statistics topic: | Journey time, Major roads, Speeds |
Summary
This Statistical Release presents provisional information about congestion on local authority managed ‘A’ roads between April and June 2011.
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Key points
- Provisionally, average speeds during the weekday morning peak on locally managed ‘A’ roads in England were faster in April (3 per cent) and June (1 per cent), but slower in May (1.4 per cent) 2011 than in 2010.
- These changes follow a 3 month period where speeds were increasing. However the average speed across the last 12 months as a whole, 25.1 mph, was still 0.6 per cent below the peak observed at the end of 2009.
- Nonetheless, recent speeds remain above the levels seen in 2007 and 2008.
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