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Road traffic by vehicle type, Great Britain

Motor vehicle traffic on Great Britain's roads, billion vehicle miles a year, by type of vehicle since 1993.

All motor vehicles

342.6bn vehicle miles

2025

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC
Road traffic by vehicle type, Great Britain
  • All motor vehicles
  • Cars and taxis
  • Light commercial vehicles
  • Heavy goods vehicles
  • Other vehicles
0bn100bn200bn300bn400bn199319992005201120172025

Source: Department for Transport. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

33 periods, newest first

PeriodAll motor vehiclesCars and taxisLight commercial vehiclesHeavy goods vehiclesOther vehicles
2025342.6bn vehicle miles262.4bn vehicle miles58.8bn vehicle miles16.3bn vehicle miles5.0bn vehicle miles
2024336.2bn vehicle miles256.1bn vehicle miles58.5bn vehicle miles16.6bn vehicle miles4.9bn vehicle miles
2023330.8bn vehicle miles251.3bn vehicle miles57.8bn vehicle miles16.9bn vehicle miles4.8bn vehicle miles
2022323.7bn vehicle miles244.0bn vehicle miles57.5bn vehicle miles17.4bn vehicle miles4.8bn vehicle miles
2021297.6bn vehicle miles221.4bn vehicle miles54.4bn vehicle miles17.5bn vehicle miles4.3bn vehicle miles
2020265.9bn vehicle miles197.3bn vehicle miles48.6bn vehicle miles16.2bn vehicle miles3.8bn vehicle miles
2019338.6bn vehicle miles262.9bn vehicle miles53.5bn vehicle miles17.2bn vehicle miles5.0bn vehicle miles
2018334.2bn vehicle miles259.1bn vehicle miles52.8bn vehicle miles17.2bn vehicle miles5.1bn vehicle miles
2017332.5bn vehicle miles257.9bn vehicle miles52.2bn vehicle miles17.1bn vehicle miles5.3bn vehicle miles
2016327.9bn vehicle miles254.8bn vehicle miles50.8bn vehicle miles16.9bn vehicle miles5.4bn vehicle miles
2015320.4bn vehicle miles250.3bn vehicle miles47.8bn vehicle miles16.8bn vehicle miles5.5bn vehicle miles
2014314.5bn vehicle miles246.9bn vehicle miles45.8bn vehicle miles16.2bn vehicle miles5.6bn vehicle miles
2013305.8bn vehicle miles241.3bn vehicle miles43.2bn vehicle miles15.8bn vehicle miles5.5bn vehicle miles
2012304.6bn vehicle miles240.9bn vehicle miles42.5bn vehicle miles15.6bn vehicle miles5.5bn vehicle miles
2011304.3bn vehicle miles241.0bn vehicle miles41.6bn vehicle miles16.0bn vehicle miles5.8bn vehicle miles
2010303.2bn vehicle miles239.6bn vehicle miles41.2bn vehicle miles16.4bn vehicle miles6.0bn vehicle miles
2009307.3bn vehicle miles243.9bn vehicle miles40.7bn vehicle miles16.4bn vehicle miles6.3bn vehicle miles
2008310.5bn vehicle miles244.8bn vehicle miles41.6bn vehicle miles17.8bn vehicle miles6.2bn vehicle miles
2007313.3bn vehicle miles246.5bn vehicle miles41.9bn vehicle miles18.2bn vehicle miles6.7bn vehicle miles
2006310.4bn vehicle miles246.0bn vehicle miles39.9bn vehicle miles18.1bn vehicle miles6.4bn vehicle miles
2005305.8bn vehicle miles243.1bn vehicle miles38.3bn vehicle miles18.0bn vehicle miles6.4bn vehicle miles
2004305.7bn vehicle miles243.9bn vehicle miles37.3bn vehicle miles18.2bn vehicle miles6.3bn vehicle miles
2003302.0bn vehicle miles242.0bn vehicle miles35.7bn vehicle miles17.7bn vehicle miles6.7bn vehicle miles
2002300.2bn vehicle miles242.4bn vehicle miles34.0bn vehicle miles17.6bn vehicle miles6.3bn vehicle miles
2001293.5bn vehicle miles236.7bn vehicle miles33.2bn vehicle miles17.4bn vehicle miles6.2bn vehicle miles
2000289.6bn vehicle miles233.5bn vehicle miles32.4bn vehicle miles17.5bn vehicle miles6.0bn vehicle miles
1999290.2bn vehicle miles234.5bn vehicle miles32.1bn vehicle miles17.5bn vehicle miles6.1bn vehicle miles
1998284.9bn vehicle miles230.3bn vehicle miles31.6bn vehicle miles17.2bn vehicle miles5.8bn vehicle miles
1997279.8bn vehicle miles227.3bn vehicle miles30.2bn vehicle miles16.7bn vehicle miles5.7bn vehicle miles
1996274.1bn vehicle miles223.6bn vehicle miles28.7bn vehicle miles16.3bn vehicle miles5.5bn vehicle miles
1995267.0bn vehicle miles218.2bn vehicle miles27.7bn vehicle miles15.8bn vehicle miles5.4bn vehicle miles
1994261.9bn vehicle miles214.4bn vehicle miles26.9bn vehicle miles15.4bn vehicle miles5.2bn vehicle miles
1993256.2bn vehicle miles210.1bn vehicle miles25.8bn vehicle miles15.1bn vehicle miles5.2bn vehicle miles

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Source and licence

Publisher
Department for Transport
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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-traffic-estimates-tra
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Retrieved
28 October 2026, 11:50 UTC
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Verification

Verified against source, 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC Run at 28 October 2026, 11:51 UTC; 165 of 165 figures matched the live source.

ResultCheckDetail
PassProvenance recordedDepartment for Transport; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-28T11:50:17Z; 2 raw file(s)
PassRaw files match recorded SHA-2562 of 2 files intact
PassRe-parsing raw files reproduces figures165 of 165 figures and the headline reproduced
PassFigures are finite numbers165 figures, 0 invalid
PassLive source matches every figure165 of 165 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
PassGOV.UK table is currentlatest period 2025 ended 301 days before retrieval (limit 550), from Road traffic (vehicle miles) by vehicle type in Great Britain
PassQuarterly table agrees160 of 160 figures match the December rows of TRA2501a in https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aba75fa734e2435f202f1b2/tra2501-miles-by-vehicle-type.ods, final years
PassSource page answershttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/road-traffic-estimates-tra – HTTP 200

Notes

  • From DfT's National Road Traffic Survey. DfT notes that figures from 1993 are not directly comparable with earlier years, and that 2020 and 2021 were affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Other vehicles are motorcycles, buses and coaches.