South West

How busy are roads in Gloucestershire?

Useful summaries from 520 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.

Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic4,805motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median12,390motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median1,432sampled locations only
Latest row counted53%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers

Traffic varies sharply by road type

The typical major-road point in Gloucestershire carries 12,390 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 1,432 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
78.8%
Vans / LGVs
15.4%
HGVs
4.6%
Buses
0.5%
Motorcycles
0.7%
Cycles
0.5%
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.

Busiest available links in Gloucestershire

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
M5 102,8872025Counted
M5 102,8232025Estimated
M5 101,6532025Counted
M5 90,6512025Estimated
M5 90,6512025Estimated

Quietest available measured or estimated links

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
U 132025Estimated
C 312017Estimated
C 542008Counted
U 552025Estimated
U 562019Estimated