§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions which two-lane dual carriageways in England, not of motorway standard, currently carry the highest levels of road traffic. [63532]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonIn 1997 the highest level of road traffic on non-motorway, two lane dual carriageways, in England, recorded as an Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) flow was 84,000 vehicles on the A1. From readily available records, the ten busiest sections are listed. Lengths of two lane dual carriageway less than 2.5km, which predominantly occur in Urban areas, have been excluded:
Road Location Road class AADT A1 Gateshead Western By-pass Trunk 84,000 A1 Newcastle Western By-pass Trunk 79,000 A27 Havant-Chichester Trunk 75,000 A127 M25-Southend Principal 72,000 A45 M1-Northampton Principal 71,000 A66 Darlington-Middlesborough Principal 67,000 A14 Hungtingdon-Cambridge Trunk 66,000 A23 Brighton-Crawley Trunk 65,000 A312 Hayes By-pass Principal 61,000 A34 Oxford-Abingdon Trunk 61,000