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Port of Dover: Motor Vehicles

Answer

The Department produces annual estimates of the average daily flow by vehicle type for each major road link in Great Britain. Traffic counts do not establish trip purpose.

The table below provides a breakdown of the (a) average daily flow by (b) year since 2010 for all vehicles split by type. The data is provided for the closest major road link on the A20 approaching the Port of Dover (Count Point No. 8107).

Average Daily Flow Estimates of All Motor Vehicles by type at Count Point 8107 on the eastbound A20 – 2010 to 2017¹

Year	Average Daily Flow of Cars and Taxis	Average Daily Flow of Light Goods Vehicles	Average Daily Flow of Heavy Goods Vehicles
2010	7,787	1,244	1,781
2011	7,748	1,283	1,745
2012	7,715	1,232	1,598
2013	7,671	1,246	1,508
2014	7,879	1,333	1,302
2015	7,735	1,402	1,293
2016	7,966	1,514	1,276
2017	7,963	1,613	1,310

Year	Average Daily Flow of Buses and Coaches	Average Daily Flow of Two Wheeled Motor Vehicles	Average Daily Flow of All Motor Vehicles
2010	151	87	11,050
2011	151	92	11,019
2012	162	83	10,790
2013	153	83	10,662
2014	147	79	10,740
2015	146	81	10,656
2016	149	84	10,989
2017	152	85	11,123

¹ DfT’s road link level traffic estimates are calculated using a variety of methods, with some methods likely to produce more accurate estimates than others.

Further detailed information on vehicle flows, including the local road network, can be accessed via the Department’s interactive map here:

https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints

Contextual information can be found on the data.gov.uk website here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

219394

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Motor vehicles Tourism Port of Dover A20

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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