Traffic counts

Download all street-level traffic data for Gloucestershire from 2000 to 2017. About traffic data.

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Traffic figures at the regional and national level are robust, and are reported as National Statistics. However, DfT’s traffic estimates for individual road links and small areas are less robust, as they are not always based on up-to-date counts made at these locations. Where other more up-to-date sources of traffic data are available (e.g. from local highways authorities), this may provide a more accurate estimate of traffic at these locations.

It is the responsibility of the user to decide which data are most appropriate for their purpose, and if DfT road link level traffic estimates are used, to make a note of the limitations in any published material.

DfT’s road link level traffic estimates are calculated using a variety of methods, with some methods likely to produce more accurate estimates than others.

The data tables available to download here contain two columns - Estimation_method and Estimation_method_detailed – showing the method used to estimate traffic for each location and year. Figures having an estimation method of “Counted” are likely to be more accurate than those marked as “Estimated”, and the latter should be used with caution.

Total traffic on major roads, in thousand vehicle miles, from 2000 to 2017

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Count points	193	193	193	193	196	196	196	196	197	200	199	199	199	199	202	201	202	206
Pedal Cycles	4,659	4,360	3,838	4,172	3,776	3,477	4,253	3,589	3,851	4,796	4,776	4,911	4,850	4,825	4,384	4,370	4,276	4,237
Motorcycles	15,081	17,886	20,575	22,824	21,622	20,616	19,944	18,622	20,346	20,936	18,616	19,863	18,483	18,553	20,349	20,261	19,237	18,220
Cars	1,872,276	1,911,477	1,931,128	1,955,855	1,995,294	2,016,436	2,061,253	2,018,395	2,101,329	2,098,644	2,010,939	2,015,225	2,008,423	2,023,292	2,098,631	2,129,430	2,138,485	2,128,793
Buses & Coaches	16,703	14,845	15,213	14,662	13,497	13,364	15,690	13,031	14,419	14,119	13,172	13,320	13,632	13,441	14,042	14,619	12,723	11,186
Light Goods Vehicles	232,832	237,152	239,540	266,986	272,556	293,972	310,992	325,917	335,191	330,321	324,582	336,481	336,102	340,673	359,917	380,479	391,043	400,747
All HGVs	220,819	229,343	218,840	224,242	227,064	218,204	217,049	219,481	215,058	201,246	197,875	194,089	185,611	189,004	191,273	196,768	193,665	204,296
All Motor Vehicles	2,357,711	2,410,703	2,425,297	2,484,570	2,530,033	2,562,592	2,624,927	2,595,445	2,686,343	2,665,266	2,565,184	2,578,978	2,562,241	2,584,966	2,684,213	2,741,557	2,755,153	2,763,241

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Gloucestershire traffic profile for 2000 to 2017

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Total traffic on major roads, in thousand vehicle miles, from 2000 to 2017

All motor vehicles on major roads 2000 to 2017

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