Dartford Tunnel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average number of (a) daily and (b) annual crossings made at the Dartford Crossing, broken down by vehicle category, was in the last five years. (188868)

The figures requested are in the following tables.

*Average daily traffic flows*
	Motorbikes	Cars	Vans	HGVs/PSVs	Total
2003	1,005	107,763	21,334	15,998	146,106
2004	981	109,430	22,420	16,795	149,631
2005	1,017	107,998	22,454	16,915	148,390
2006	1 ,024	107,101	22,689	16,607	147,426
2007	1,075	104,753	22,820	17,037	145,690

*Annual traffic flows*
	Motorbikes	Cars	Vans	HGVs/PSVs	Total
2003	366,849	39,333,500	7,786,829	5,839,418	53,328,599
2004	358,908	40,051,354	8,205,557	6,146,979	54,764,802
2005	371,024	39,419,306	8,195,879	6,174,141	54,162,355
2006	373,639	39,091,736	8,281,632	6,061,508	53,810,521
2007	392,340	38,234,700	8,329,418	6,218,527	53,176,992

Volume 472: debated on Monday 25 February 2008