North West

How busy are roads in Cumbria?

Useful summaries from 347 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.

Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2022
Typical daily traffic884motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median9,407motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median586sampled locations only
Latest row counted61%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers

Traffic varies sharply by road type

The typical major-road point in Cumbria carries 9,407 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 586 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
78.2%
Vans / LGVs
14.4%
HGVs
5.9%
Buses
0.7%
Motorcycles
0.8%
Cycles
0.7%
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.

Busiest available links in Cumbria

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
M6 53,5542022Counted
A74M 40,9122010Estimated
A74M 31,4002010Estimated
M6 31,4002010Estimated
A590 24,1962019Estimated

Quietest available measured or estimated links

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
U 112019Counted
C 142009Counted
U 182019Estimated
U 222019Estimated
U 232008Counted