How busy are roads in Somerset?
Useful summaries from 633 official DfT count locations. Figures are historical annual estimates, not live traffic.
Explore on the mapLatest available year: 2025
Typical daily traffic3,257motor vehicles at a count point
Major-road median12,237motor vehicles / average day
Minor-road median899sampled locations only
Latest row counted50%other latest rows are estimated
Understanding the numbers
Traffic varies sharply by road type
The typical major-road point in Somerset carries 12,237 motor vehicles on an average day, compared with 899 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
16.2%
HGVs
4.3%
Buses
0.5%
Motorcycles
0.8%
Cycles
Percentages combine the latest motor-vehicle estimates at available count points. Pedal cycles are shown separately by DfT.0.6%