Reliability of journeys on Highways Agency's motorway and 'A' road network: March 2012

Publisher:Department for Transport
Published date: 10 May 2012
Type:Release
Series:Congestion and reliability

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Summary

This statistical release presents information about the reliability of journeys on motorways and ‘A’ roads managed by the Highways Agency during March 2012.

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Key points

  • In the year ending March 2012, provisional data shows that 83.9 per cent of journeys on the Highways Agency managed network were ‘on time’. This figure is unchanged from the year ending February 2012.
  • Provisional data shows that 86.5 per cent of journeys on the Highways Agency network during March 2012 were ‘on time’, up 0.3 percentage points from March 2011.
  • While the recent increases in reliability will be heavily influenced by the better weather experienced during November and December 2011 than 2010, the percentage of journeys ‘on time’ has generally been on an upward trend over the last year.

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