How busy are roads in Highland?
Useful summaries from 308 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.
Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic1,656motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median2,486motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median484sampled locations only
Latest row counted39%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers
Traffic varies sharply by road type
The typical major-road point in Highland carries 2,486 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 484 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
74.2%
Vans / LGVs
18.7%
HGVs
5.3%
Buses
0.8%
Motorcycles
1.0%
Cycles
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.0.4%