A66 (Hansard, 25 April 1994)

§ Mr. Devlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many agricultural vehicles use the A66 each day between Scotch Corner and Penrith.

§ Mr. Key
No separate data are available on the flows of agricultural vehicles on the A66. Agricultural vehicles are classified as goods vehicles in the national traffic census.

§ Mr. Devlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles use the A66 per day from east to west and west to east between Scotch Corner and Penrith.

§ Mr. Key
The latest available estimates are for 1992. Approximately 8,900 vehicles use this route on average, each day. Of these about 53 per cent.—4,700—are westbound and 47 per cent.—4,200—eastbound.

§ Mr. Devlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many heavy goods vehicles use the A66 each day between Scotch Corner and Penrith.

§ Mr. Key
The latest available estimates are for 1992. Approximately 2,200 heavy goods vehicles use this route on average, each day—those figures include agricultural vehicles.