East Midlands

How busy are roads in Leicestershire?

Useful summaries from 514 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.

Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic6,511motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median17,123motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median1,876sampled locations only
Latest row counted62%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers

Traffic varies sharply by road type

The typical major-road point in Leicestershire carries 17,123 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 1,876 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
75.1%
Vans / LGVs
15.9%
HGVs
8.1%
Buses
0.4%
Motorcycles
0.4%
Cycles
0.3%
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.

Busiest available links in Leicestershire

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
M1 157,4032025Counted
M1 133,0232025Counted
M1 131,3962025Counted
M1 117,2862025Counted
M1 110,8772025Counted

Quietest available measured or estimated links

RoadAverage daily motor vehiclesYearMethod
U 362009Counted
U 472025Estimated
U 482017Estimated
U 712025Estimated
U 782019Counted