Note: * 2003 figure is provisional.
| Traffic volume | |
| Change since | |
 |
1970 |
|
1990 |
|
1998 |
Coverage: Great Britain
Source: DfT
Note: * 2003 figure is provisional.
| Traffic intensity | |
| Change since | |
|
1970 |
 |
1990 |
|
1998 |
Coverage: Great Britain
Source: ONS, DfT
- Total road traffic in 2003 was provisionally estimated to be 20 per cent higher than in 1990, and 7 per cent higher than in 1998. It has more than doubled since 1970.
- Road traffic intensity (vehicle kilometres per GDP), however, fell by 11 per cent between 1990 and 2003 and by 5 per cent between 1998 and 2003, therefore showing some 'decoupling' between road traffic and economic growth since 1990.