BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2018

Christmas traffic: Where to avoid on the roads and rail

Christmas traffic: Where to avoid on the roads and rail

In December 2018 we reported on which areas to avoid and what times traffic would be busiest over the Christmas period. The story complemented other reporting across the corporation, as shown in the tweet above.

Get the data

• XLS: In numbers: expected Christmas getaway trips by day, plus worst delays; In full: roads expected to be worst affected

Quotes and interviews

• Spokesperson, Inrix
• Spokesperson, RAC
• Spokesperson, Highways England
• Spokesperson, Traffic Scotland
• Spokesperson, Network Rail

Visualisation

• Infographic: Worst times to travel
• Table: Roads expected to be busy for the Christmas getaway
• Table: Longest sets of roadworks staying in place

Related repos

• In 2016 we first reported on the best Christmas transport to avoid - and when.
• This was repeated last year
• In Easter 2018 we reported on expected traffic disruption
• All delays-related repos can be found here
• All transport-related repos can be found here