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Table 6.2 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2007

Cars

Two wheeled motor vehicles

Buses

Light goods vehicles

Heavy goods vehicles

All motor vehicles

Pedal cycles

All vehicle traffic

Percent of all roads

million vehicle kilometres

Major roads (M and A)

Motorways

4,841

22

44

831

839

6,577

0

6,577

14.7

Trunk A roads - urban 1

723

4

6

125

69

927

1

928

2.1

Trunk A roads - rural 1

6,920

69

79

1,148

833

9,049

5

9,054

20.3

Non-trunk A roads - urban 1

3,690

21

88

524

168

4,491

14

4,505

10.1

Non-trunk A roads - rural 1

6,218

71

90

1,061

469

7,908

13

7,921

17.7

All major roads

22,392

187

308

3,689

2,378

28,953

32

28,985

64.9

Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)

Urban roads 1

6,829

77

241

1,057

155

8,358

110

8,468

19.0

Rural roads 1

5,324

62

101

1,378

249

7,115

98

7,213

16.1

All minor roads

12,153

139

342

2,436

403

15,473

207

15,681

35.1

All roads

Motorways

4,841

22

44

831

839

6,577

0

6,577

14.7

Urban roads 1

11,242

102

336

1,706

391

13,777

124

13,901

31.1

Rural roads 1

18,462

201

271

3,587

1,551

24,072

115

24,188

54.2

All roads

34,545

326

650

6,125

2,781

44,426

240

44,666

100.0

Percentage of all vehicles

77.3

0.7

1.5

13.7

6.2

99.5

0.5

100.0

Source: DfT - Not National Statistics

1. DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 3.1.4 of the text.

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