The Department for Transprt has published its Provisional Road Traffic Estimates for Great Britain for the period October 2024 to September 2025.

Overall traffic levels in the year ending September 2025 were higher than in year ending September 2024 and similar to pre-pandemic levels.

Provisional estimates are published quarterly and remain provisional until after they have been constrained by the final annual estimates each year. These provisional estimates are based on traffic data collected continuously from a network of around 300 automatic traffic counters. Final annual figures also incorporate manual traffic count data.

Traffic shows a seasonal pattern at the national level, being highest in summer and lowest in winter. This publication focuses on rolling annual traffic totals, which better illustrate medium and long term trends in traffic.

Annual traffic estimates are usually published between May and June of the following year. The next provisional figures, for the year ending March 2026, are due to be released in June 2026.

These are accredited official statistics and were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in February 2013.

Click HERE to view the DfT release.

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