§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has on five-day and seven-day average traffic flows on a 16 and a 24-hour per day basis on each section of the M25; and when such counts have been undertaken.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information is set out in the table. It relates to traffic flow in both directions. The figures for junctions 1–15 are the average flows for February 1986, and those for junctions 15–31 are the
5-Day Flows (000s) 7-Day Flows (000s) Section Junction Numbers 16 Hour Day 24 Hour Day 16 Hour Day 24 Hour Day A225-A2 1–2 — — — — A2-M20 2–3 — — — — M20-A21 3–4 — — — — A21-M26/A21 4–5 — — — — M26/A21-A22 5–6 57 59 51 53 A22-M23 6–7 64 67 57 60 M23-A217 7–8 — — — — A217-A243 8–9 62 64 56 59 A243-A3 9–10 64 67 58 61 A3-A320 10–11 83 86 74 78 A320-M3 11–12 96 100 85 90 M3-A30 12–13 — — — — A30-Airport Spur 13–14 — — — — Airport Spur-M4 14–15 — — — — M4-M40 15–16 63 66 59 63 M40-A412 16–17 62 65 58 62 A412-A404 17–18 — — *58 — A404-A405 18–19 69 73 66 72 A405-A41 †19–20 — — — — A41-M1 †20–21 — — — — M1-A6 †21–22 — — — — A6-A1 (M) †22–23 — — — — A1(M) A111 23–24 — — *54 — A111-A10 24–25 — — *56 — A10-A121 25–26 55 59 52 55 A121-M11 26–27 55 59 52 55 M11-A12 27–28 — — *58 — A12-A127 28–29 — — *50 — A127-A13 29–30/31 50 53 47 51 A13-Dartford Tunnel 31–1 56 59 54 58 † These sections not yet opened