HC Deb 04 July 1962 vol 662 cc41-2W
Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Transport what traffic census he has taken on the two lane sections of the A.30 and A.303 on Saturdays during the summer months; and what figures were obtained.

Mr. Marples

A traffic census was taken between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on a Saturday in August, 1961, at selected points on the two-lane sections of the trunk roads A.303 and A.30. The figures, for both directions, are:

Site Traffic in vehicles
A.30 Basingstoke By-pass west of Cranbourne Road Railway Bridge 23,939
A.30 West of A.33—milestone"14 to Stockbridge" 15,556
A.303 West of A.30—½mile west of G.W. Railway Bridge 9,615
A.303 ½ mile east of Western Borough boundary of Andover 19,202
A.303 East of Amesbury ½ mile west of Park House 11,508
A.303 West of Stonehenge at Winter-bourne Stoke Clump 10,708
A.303 West of Wylye Railway Bridge 10,568
A.303 Zeals—near Zeals House 12,337
A.303 l½ miles east of Wincanton 12,729
A.303 2½ miles east of Sparkford 11,829
A.303 l¾ miles west of Sparkford—Plowage Cross 13,127
A.303 Bearly Brook—south west of Ilchester 15,657
A.303 Near South Petherton 16,790
A.303 1 mile west of Ilminster 14,994
A.303 West of A.358, near Broadway 12,587
A.30 East of Honiton, near Borough Building 18,855
A.30 West of Honiton, 1½ miles south-west of A.375 20,067
A.30 7th milestone east of Exeter 20,206
A.30 6 miles west of Exeter 9,984
A.30 2 miles east of Okehampton 11,194
A.30 Near Bridestowe 13,037
A.30 3 miles east of Launceston 13,171
A.30 West of A.395 at Five Lanes 13,565
A.30 3 miles east of Bodmin 12,288
A.30 West of Bodmin at Treningle 14,833
A.30 East of A.392 at Toldish 12,456
A.30 West of A.3076 between Car-land and Zelah 7,488
A.30 North of A.390 at Blackwater 8,330
A.30 Illogan Highway on the eastern outskirts of Camborne 15,426
A.30 Between Camborne and Hayle at Connor Downs 10,475
A.30 Between Hayle and Penzance at Crowlas 8,980
A.30 Eastern outskirts of Penzance at Chyandour 14,389
A traffic census on the classified road section of A.30 would normally be the responsibility of the local highway authorities.