Traffic Region: West Midlands
Traffic Authority: Walsall
Road Number: M6
Road Type: M or Class A Trunk Motorway
OS Grid: SP016954
Location: Walsall
Census Point ID: 73921
Census Point Coverage: M6 between Walsall boundary and M5
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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 | 106 | 133 | 147 | 166 | 168 | 154 | 156 | 152 | 85 | 82 | 77 | 75 | 158 | 155 | 153 | 130 | 150 | 173 |
| Cars | 27,970 | 26,637 | 26,876 | 26,231 | 29,544 | 29,136 | 30,397 | 27,676 | 13,676 | 13,553 | 15,264 | 15,524 | 35,177 | 33,632 | 35,627 | 31,644 | 31,936 | 38,889 |
| Buses and Coaches | 154 | 148 | 228 | 235 | 168 | 200 | 222 | 218 | 100 | 107 | 85 | 97 | 187 | 183 | 179 | 136 | 138 | 159 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 6,969 | 6,465 | 5,285 | 5,444 | 6,979 | 7,532 | 7,514 | 7,094 | 3,466 | 3,528 | 4,017 | 4,198 | 6,160 | 6,118 | 6,630 | 5,988 | 6,304 | 7,789 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 1,623 | 1,577 | 1,423 | 1,377 | 1,603 | 1,387 | 1,531 | 1,256 | 539 | 497 | 289 | 276 | 1,153 | 1,046 | 1,138 | 1,069 | 1,076 | 1,233 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 343 | 320 | 513 | 525 | 580 | 328 | 323 | 274 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 154 | 241 | 235 | 232 | 211 | 197 | 233 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 274 | 191 | 383 | 404 | 427 | 288 | 297 | 210 | 87 | 83 | 109 | 118 | 215 | 213 | 225 | 200 | 225 | 282 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 572 | 427 | 894 | 829 | 820 | 650 | 565 | 435 | 220 | 203 | 97 | 73 | 187 | 154 | 181 | 192 | 194 | 222 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 1,462 | 1,147 | 1,552 | 1,338 | 1,734 | 2,475 | 2,663 | 2,636 | 1,299 | 1,116 | 750 | 725 | 967 | 804 | 1,015 | 894 | 923 | 1,499 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 1,263 | 1,478 | 1,973 | 2,108 | 2,658 | 2,425 | 2,005 | 1,910 | 973 | 940 | 1,673 | 1,730 | 1,758 | 1,829 | 1,821 | 1,670 | 1,772 | 1,774 |
| All HGVs | 5,537 | 5,140 | 6,738 | 6,581 | 7,822 | 7,553 | 7,384 | 6,721 | 3,265 | 2,987 | 3,067 | 3,076 | 4,520 | 4,281 | 4,611 | 4,235 | 4,387 | 5,243 |
| All motor vehicles | 40,736 | 38,523 | 39,274 | 38,657 | 44,681 | 44,575 | 45,673 | 41,861 | 20,592 | 20,257 | 22,510 | 22,970 | 46,203 | 44,370 | 47,200 | 42,133 | 42,916 | 52,253 |
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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