Road condition: roads where maintenance should be considered, England
Official statistics
The share of council-managed A roads and motorways, B and C roads and unclassified roads in England where maintenance should have been considered, each financial year since April 2007 to March 2008, from DfT's road condition tables RDC0121 and RDC0131.
A roads and motorways where maintenance should be considered
4.0%
2025/26 · 6% of B and C roads and 16% of unclassified roads
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:37 UTC- A roads and motorways
- B and C roads
- Unclassified roads
Source: Department for Transport. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
19 periods, newest first
| Period | A roads and motorways | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2024/25 | 4.0% | 7.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023/24 | 4.0% | 6.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022/23 | 4.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021/22 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020/21 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2019/20 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 15.0% |
| 2018/19 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2017/18 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2016/17 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 17.0% |
| 2015/16 | 3.0% | 6.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014/15 | 4.0% | 7.0% | 18.0% |
| 2013/14 | 4.0% | 8.0% | 18.0% |
| 2012/13 | 5.0% | 9.0% | 18.0% |
| 2011/12 | 5.0% | 10.0% | 17.0% |
| 2010/11 | 5.0% | 10.0% | 16.0% |
| 2009/10 | 5.0% | 9.0% | 15.0% |
| 2008/09 | 5.0% | 9.0% | 15.0% |
| 2007/08 | 5.0% | 8.0% | 15.0% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Transport
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 8 November 2026, 13:18 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdcSHA-256 f52f38538688cd26a5a501647b050bf18092af9fd68a6ba4234dd96fd8448090 · 30,206 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6accaf04b016250bca013bbc/rdc0121.odsSHA-256 646d1859be20adcbdf436707f8c1484148f5d699a948150a5160548af42ab3a0 · 10,389 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6accaf37b8542d3693fd42c5/rdc0131.odsSHA-256 c441245be717d0c99057a71dde4c07e31a6ed15681923685a10e37e8925286a6 · 9,722 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 8 November 2026, 13:37 UTC Run at 8 November 2026, 13:37 UTC; 57 of 57 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Transport; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-08T13:18:04Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 57 of 57 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 57 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 57 of 57 figures match exactly after downloading 3 source file(s) again (3 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025/26 ended 222 days before retrieval (limit 720), from Local authority managed classified road where maintenance should have been considered (categorised as red), by region in England |
| Pass | RDC0120 and RDC0130 agree | 57 of 57 figures match England's rows in the council tables, https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6acd14dfec9d3aba1e013c81/rdc0120.ods and https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6accaf26a57ddfe32196aab9/rdc0130.ods |
| Pass | England lies within its regions | 57 of 57 years and classes of road give England between the lowest and highest of the regions DfT gives; London has no representative figure for the years to March 2020, 2021 and 2022, as pinned |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-condition-statistics-data-tables-rdc – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- The share of the length of local authority managed roads in England where maintenance should have been considered, DfT's red category, each financial year, as councils' surveys measured it.
- DfT's regional and national figures include only the councils that supplied data, and England's excludes Derbyshire from the year to March 2019 on.
- DfT says unclassified roads are surveyed differently, so their figures are not comparable with the classified roads'.
- DfT gives no representative figure for London for the years to March 2020, 2021 and 2022, for insufficient data coverage or known data-quality issues.
- The year to March 2026 is the last on this method: from April 2026 councils survey to the PAS 2161 standard, which is not comparable with it.