How busy are roads in Birmingham?
Useful summaries from 590 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.
Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic7,021motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median21,871motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median2,414sampled locations only
Latest row counted66%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers
Traffic varies sharply by road type
The typical major-road point in Birmingham carries 21,871 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 2,414 at sampled minor-road locations.
Minor-road coverage is selective, so quieter residential streets may not have their own count point. Use the map to see the exact measured or estimated location rather than treating this as a street-by-street census.
Combined vehicle composition
Cars
83.0%
Vans / LGVs
12.1%
HGVs
3.2%
Buses
1.3%
Motorcycles
0.5%
Cycles
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.0.4%