Traffic Region: North West
Traffic Authority: Manchester
Road Number: M56
Road Type: M or Class A Trunk Motorway
OS Grid: SJ822893
Location: Manchester
Census Point ID: 70271
Census Point Coverage: M56 between A560 and A5103
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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 | 302 | 241 | 244 | 404 | 296 | 240 | 291 | 275 | 266 | 347 | 313 | 204 | 281 | 196 | 326 | 274 | 285 | 287 |
| Cars | 80,794 | 69,244 | 69,105 | 77,235 | 80,129 | 69,891 | 72,917 | 82,582 | 83,365 | 82,217 | 72,029 | 75,232 | 77,407 | 74,064 | 77,238 | 77,438 | 79,755 | 79,721 |
| Buses and Coaches | 1,080 | 716 | 732 | 541 | 873 | 482 | 505 | 424 | 495 | 691 | 676 | 874 | 655 | 720 | 587 | 523 | 533 | 546 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 7,376 | 7,253 | 7,267 | 7,733 | 8,152 | 6,027 | 8,166 | 7,647 | 6,823 | 6,390 | 7,413 | 8,876 | 8,101 | 8,499 | 9,344 | 7,998 | 8,638 | 9,202 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 1,650 | 1,433 | 1,380 | 1,480 | 1,481 | 1,183 | 1,269 | 1,355 | 1,436 | 2,023 | 1,963 | 1,150 | 962 | 806 | 941 | 749 | 795 | 831 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 235 | 261 | 272 | 307 | 234 | 207 | 314 | 192 | 178 | 138 | 214 | 314 | 287 | 295 | 205 | 227 | 219 | 222 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 202 | 166 | 172 | 214 | 262 | 341 | 291 | 236 | 243 | 237 | 272 | 333 | 326 | 288 | 239 | 153 | 174 | 187 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 356 | 369 | 336 | 224 | 292 | 384 | 143 | 207 | 200 | 100 | 49 | 154 | 68 | 48 | 60 | 50 | 53 | 53 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 911 | 852 | 741 | 913 | 939 | 511 | 362 | 424 | 502 | 689 | 243 | 478 | 196 | 198 | 414 | 212 | 203 | 208 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 488 | 444 | 486 | 618 | 559 | 733 | 835 | 695 | 630 | 363 | 713 | 459 | 1,116 | 941 | 871 | 863 | 902 | 930 |
| All HGVs | 3,842 | 3,525 | 3,387 | 3,756 | 3,767 | 3,359 | 3,214 | 3,109 | 3,189 | 3,550 | 3,454 | 2,888 | 2,955 | 2,576 | 2,730 | 2,254 | 2,346 | 2,431 |
| All motor vehicles | 93,394 | 80,979 | 80,735 | 89,669 | 93,217 | 79,999 | 85,093 | 94,037 | 94,138 | 93,195 | 83,885 | 88,074 | 89,399 | 86,055 | 90,225 | 88,486 | 91,557 | 92,187 |
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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