Following the opening of the M6 toll a number of reports have been produced. These include the M6 Traffic Monitoring Study: Traffic Impact Study Report which covered the first three months after opening and the M6 Toll After Study: Traffic and Safety Summary which covered the first year of opening. Both reports are available on the Highways Agency website at:
http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/documents/220_m6_toll _traffic_study.pdf
http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/documents/one_year_ after_study.pdf
Copies have also been placed in the Libraries of the House. The Highways Agency continues to monitor traffic flows on the motorway and trunk roads in the area.
The operators of the M6 toll, Midland Expressway Limited, have provided the following figures showing the annual number of vehicles using the toll road since it opened in December 2003. In addition to the categories requested, the company separately records details of vans and light commercial vehicles and these have also been included.
Cars Lorries Motorcycles Vans/light commercial Total 2004 15,775,261 261,787 41,356 664,441 16,742,845 2005 15,244,547 378,385 35,040 686,377 16,344,349 20061 11,961,606 362,365 31,142 567,641 12,922,754 Sub total 42,981,414 1,002,537 107,538 1,918,459 46,009,948 1 To end of September.