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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 |
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million vehicle kilometres |
Major roads (M and A) |
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Motorways | 4,841 | 22 | 44 | 831 | 839 | 6,577 | 0 | 6,577 | 14.7 |
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Trunk A roads - urban 1 | 723 | 4 | 6 | 125 | 69 | 927 | 1 | 928 | 2.1 |
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Trunk A roads - rural 1 | 6,920 | 69 | 79 | 1,148 | 833 | 9,049 | 5 | 9,054 | 20.3 |
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Non-trunk A roads - urban 1 | 3,690 | 21 | 88 | 524 | 168 | 4,491 | 14 | 4,505 | 10.1 |
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Non-trunk A roads - rural 1 | 6,218 | 71 | 90 | 1,061 | 469 | 7,908 | 13 | 7,921 | 17.7 |
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All major roads | 22,392 | 187 | 308 | 3,689 | 2,378 | 28,953 | 32 | 28,985 | 64.9 |
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Minor roads (B, C and unclassified) |
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Urban roads 1 | 6,829 | 77 | 241 | 1,057 | 155 | 8,358 | 110 | 8,468 | 19.0 |
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Rural roads 1 | 5,324 | 62 | 101 | 1,378 | 249 | 7,115 | 98 | 7,213 | 16.1 |
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All minor roads | 12,153 | 139 | 342 | 2,436 | 403 | 15,473 | 207 | 15,681 | 35.1 |
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All roads |
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Motorways | 4,841 | 22 | 44 | 831 | 839 | 6,577 | 0 | 6,577 | 14.7 |
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Urban roads 1 | 11,242 | 102 | 336 | 1,706 | 391 | 13,777 | 124 | 13,901 | 31.1 |
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Rural roads 1 | 18,462 | 201 | 271 | 3,587 | 1,551 | 24,072 | 115 | 24,188 | 54.2 |
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All roads | 34,545 | 326 | 650 | 6,125 | 2,781 | 44,426 | 240 | 44,666 | 100.0 |
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Percentage of all vehicles | 77.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 13.7 | 6.2 | 99.5 | 0.5 | 100.0 | |
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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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