How busy are roads in Manchester?
Useful summaries from 342 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.
Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic8,245motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median16,404motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median2,346sampled locations only
Latest row counted58%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers
Traffic varies sharply by road type
The typical major-road point in Manchester carries 16,404 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 2,346 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
82.9%
Vans / LGVs
12.7%
HGVs
2.7%
Buses
1.3%
Motorcycles
0.4%
Cycles
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.1.2%