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M3: Road Traffic

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the volume of traffic (a) on the M3 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 and (b) entering and leaving the motorway at those junctions was in each year since 1993. (151999)

Traffic data on the volume of traffic on the M3 motorway between junctions 6 and 7 are only available from 1995 to 2006. Information on traffic entering and leaving the motorway at these junctions is only available for 2005 and 2006. The information is shown in the following tables.

Volume of traffic M3 junctions 6-7—annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day

Junction 6-7 eastbound

Junction 7-6 westbound

1995

38,222

37,946

1996

39,387

39,303

1997

41,177

40,956

1998

42,331

42,770

1999

43,138

43,418

2000

1n/a

43,995

2001

44,938

45,122

2002

45,108

43,948

2003

45,074

45,298

2004

45,060

44,217

2005

44,952

43,744

2006

45,930

46,616

1 Not available as the automatic traffic counting sites were out of operation.

Source:

Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006, HA TRADS2.

Volume of traffic entering M3 junctions 6 and—annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day

Junction 6 on-slip westbound

Junction 6 on-slip eastbound

Junction 7 on-slip westbound

Junction 7 on-slip eastbound

20051

8,032

15,145

4,014

1,744

2006

8,550

13,568

4,233

3,936

1 Data not available prior to year stated as automatic traffic counting sites on slip roads were not installed until 2005.

Source:

Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006, HA TRADS2.

Volume of traffic leaving M3 junctions 6 and 7—annual average daily traffic flows in vehicles/day

Junction 6 off-slip westbound

Junction 6 off-slip eastbound

Junction 7 off-slip westbound

Junction 7 off-slip eastbound

20051

12,879

8,169

3,024

4,034

2006

13,100

8,233

2,971

4,070

1 Data not available prior to year stated as automatic traffic counting sites on slip roads were not installed until 2005.

Source:

Southern Region Trunk Road Traffic Monitoring Reports 2005 and 2006. HA TRADS2.