How busy are roads in Cornwall excluding Isles of Scilly?
Useful summaries from 443 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.
Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic3,416motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median11,696motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median1,120sampled locations only
Latest row counted57%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers
Traffic varies sharply by road type
The typical major-road point in Cornwall excluding Isles of Scilly carries 11,696 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 1,120 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
76.8%
Vans / LGVs
18.7%
HGVs
3.3%
Buses
0.5%
Motorcycles
0.8%
Cycles
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.0.3%