Traffic Region: West Midlands
Traffic Authority: Birmingham
Road Number: M6
Road Type: M or Class A Trunk Motorway
OS Grid: SP094903
Location: Birmingham
Census Point ID: 70234
Census Point Coverage: M6 between M6 main route and Salford Circus
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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| Pedal Cycles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 66 | 63 | 62 | 70 | 62 | 77 | 93 | 66 | 70 | 75 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 59 | 31 | 59 | 60 | 53 |
| Cars | 12,410 | 12,773 | 12,778 | 12,471 | 12,820 | 11,773 | 11,773 | 11,119 | 10,864 | 11,961 | 13,164 | 13,388 | 13,141 | 11,394 | 12,622 | 12,083 | 12,182 | 14,371 |
| Buses and Coaches | 127 | 86 | 57 | 59 | 35 | 105 | 103 | 66 | 86 | 71 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 48 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 33 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 2,255 | 2,353 | 2,174 | 2,239 | 2,467 | 3,102 | 3,263 | 3,044 | 3,117 | 2,995 | 3,234 | 3,380 | 3,465 | 3,052 | 3,169 | 2,679 | 2,845 | 3,568 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 583 | 565 | 1,082 | 1,047 | 1,128 | 668 | 721 | 562 | 542 | 600 | 532 | 509 | 484 | 602 | 973 | 917 | 964 | 866 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 96 | 108 | 122 | 124 | 142 | 163 | 172 | 141 | 153 | 121 | 119 | 123 | 126 | 143 | 160 | 160 | 157 | 149 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 103 | 122 | 110 | 116 | 136 | 96 | 110 | 100 | 102 | 84 | 104 | 112 | 120 | 71 | 142 | 94 | 110 | 135 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 414 | 344 | 324 | 300 | 299 | 196 | 176 | 126 | 114 | 120 | 103 | 78 | 60 | 81 | 44 | 124 | 128 | 61 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 993 | 774 | 1,023 | 882 | 817 | 1,015 | 897 | 866 | 788 | 965 | 932 | 900 | 876 | 335 | 205 | 484 | 458 | 414 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 443 | 788 | 577 | 617 | 708 | 857 | 916 | 999 | 1,009 | 729 | 746 | 771 | 804 | 1,395 | 1,862 | 1,502 | 1,562 | 1,850 |
| All HGVs | 2,632 | 2,701 | 3,238 | 3,086 | 3,230 | 2,995 | 2,992 | 2,794 | 2,708 | 2,619 | 2,536 | 2,493 | 2,469 | 2,625 | 3,384 | 3,282 | 3,379 | 3,474 |
| All motor vehicles | 17,490 | 17,976 | 18,309 | 17,925 | 18,614 | 18,052 | 18,224 | 17,089 | 16,845 | 17,721 | 19,039 | 19,371 | 19,183 | 17,178 | 19,243 | 18,144 | 18,506 | 21,500 |
Figures are daily averages calculated from all traffic counts over the course of the year.
Values are rounded to the nearest whole number.
A value of zero for any entry means that there were either no recorded vehicles of that type or too few to register after rounding.
A blank value means that there were no counts made in that year.
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