Traffic Region: South East
Traffic Authority: Kent
Road Number: A259
Road Type: Class A Principal road in Urban area
OS Grid: TR221362
Location: Folkestone
Census Point ID: 76062
Census Point Coverage: A259 between A2034 and A2034
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 280 | 267 | 183 | 216 | 175 | 148 | 233 | 145 | 162 | 163 | 189 | 136 | 129 | 129 | 130 | 126 | 92 | 96 |
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 430 | 451 | 434 | 228 | 150 | 124 | 107 | 103 | 98 | 109 | 95 | 127 | 87 | 99 | 94 | 84 | 97 | 99 |
| Cars | 15,960 | 15,465 | 15,387 | 13,420 | 13,594 | 12,969 | 12,723 | 12,519 | 12,244 | 12,514 | 11,847 | 11,690 | 11,051 | 11,000 | 11,306 | 11,556 | 11,794 | 11,793 |
| Buses and Coaches | 486 | 508 | 538 | 539 | 441 | 416 | 386 | 351 | 305 | 301 | 391 | 449 | 248 | 260 | 248 | 269 | 183 | 174 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 1,647 | 1,659 | 1,621 | 1,348 | 1,485 | 1,582 | 1,606 | 1,691 | 1,727 | 1,753 | 1,592 | 1,206 | 1,754 | 1,767 | 1,853 | 1,922 | 1,969 | 1,951 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 238 | 224 | 181 | 107 | 131 | 142 | 136 | 126 | 126 | 115 | 131 | 121 | 203 | 198 | 198 | 186 | 192 | 182 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 16 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 43 | 41 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 39 | 45 | 44 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 15 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 18 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 45 | 50 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 58 |
| All HGVs | 282 | 266 | 219 | 152 | 181 | 191 | 177 | 164 | 162 | 150 | 171 | 154 | 353 | 353 | 354 | 339 | 404 | 392 |
| All motor vehicles | 18,805 | 18,349 | 18,199 | 15,687 | 15,851 | 15,282 | 14,999 | 14,828 | 14,536 | 14,827 | 14,096 | 13,626 | 13,494 | 13,478 | 13,855 | 14,170 | 14,448 | 14,409 |
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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