Motorcycles
(asked on 20th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of vehicles on (a) urban roads, (b) rural roads, and (c) motorways that are motorcycles in each year from 2014 to 2017.
The Department produces estimates of vehicle flows by vehicle type and road type. Based on 2017 estimates, motor-cycles accounted for 0.8% of motor vehicle flow on Britain’s roads.
Proportion of motor vehicles that are motor-cycles by road type and year in Great Britain, 2014 - 2017
Year | (a) Urban Roads | (b) Rural Roads | (c) Motorways | All Roads |
2014 | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
2015 | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
2016 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
2017 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
Further contextual information can be found on the data.gov.uk website here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics