Traffic Region: North West
Traffic Authority: West Cheshire
Road Number: A540
Road Type: Class A Principal road in Urban area
OS Grid: SJ400676
Location: Cheshire West and Chester
Census Point ID: 70016
Census Point Coverage: A540 between A5268 and A5480
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 85 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 61 | 52 | 81 | 50 | 57 | 122 | 122 | 134 | 127 | 125 | 121 | 113 | 105 | 106 |
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 97 | 101 | 105 | 150 | 98 | 81 | 70 | 67 | 64 | 85 | 81 | 69 | 66 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 61 | 59 |
| Cars | 8,739 | 8,468 | 8,604 | 8,286 | 8,394 | 8,007 | 7,855 | 7,729 | 7,559 | 8,519 | 8,468 | 8,443 | 8,311 | 8,238 | 8,461 | 8,629 | 8,764 | 8,753 |
| Buses and Coaches | 236 | 247 | 249 | 242 | 198 | 187 | 173 | 159 | 138 | 644 | 729 | 689 | 749 | 783 | 754 | 812 | 753 | 732 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 588 | 592 | 635 | 690 | 759 | 810 | 822 | 865 | 883 | 797 | 852 | 951 | 962 | 1,000 | 1,070 | 1,122 | 1,225 | 1,297 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 80 | 77 | 72 | 70 | 85 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 88 | 83 | 84 | 87 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| All HGVs | 132 | 127 | 121 | 119 | 147 | 158 | 153 | 142 | 147 | 114 | 120 | 123 | 123 | 125 | 128 | 124 | 125 | 128 |
| All motor vehicles | 9,792 | 9,535 | 9,714 | 9,487 | 9,596 | 9,243 | 9,073 | 8,962 | 8,791 | 10,159 | 10,250 | 10,275 | 10,212 | 10,220 | 10,483 | 10,748 | 10,927 | 10,969 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 38 | 36 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 22 | 25 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 52 | 54 | 56 | 80 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 36 | 34 | |||||||||
| Cars | 4,375 | 4,239 | 4,307 | 4,148 | 4,202 | 4,008 | 3,932 | 3,869 | 3,784 | |||||||||
| Buses and Coaches | 134 | 140 | 141 | 137 | 112 | 106 | 98 | 90 | 78 | |||||||||
| Light Goods Vehicles | 299 | 301 | 323 | 351 | 386 | 412 | 418 | 440 | 449 | |||||||||
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 48 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 51 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 49 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| All HGVs | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 90 | 97 | 93 | 87 | 91 | |||||||||
| All motor vehicles | 4,942 | 4,812 | 4,901 | 4,789 | 4,842 | 4,666 | 4,578 | 4,522 | 4,436 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 47 | 45 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 29 | 45 | 28 | 32 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 45 | 47 | 49 | 70 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 31 | 30 | |||||||||
| Cars | 4,364 | 4,229 | 4,297 | 4,138 | 4,192 | 3,999 | 3,923 | 3,860 | 3,775 | |||||||||
| Buses and Coaches | 102 | 107 | 108 | 105 | 86 | 81 | 75 | 69 | 60 | |||||||||
| Light Goods Vehicles | 289 | 291 | 312 | 339 | 373 | 398 | 404 | 425 | 434 | |||||||||
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 33 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| All HGVs | 50 | 49 | 47 | 46 | 57 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 56 | |||||||||
| All motor vehicles | 4,850 | 4,723 | 4,813 | 4,698 | 4,754 | 4,577 | 4,495 | 4,440 | 4,355 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 63 | 63 | 69 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 54 | 54 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 43 | 41 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 30 | 30 | |||||||||
| Cars | 4,471 | 4,444 | 4,431 | 4,362 | 4,323 | 4,441 | 4,529 | 4,637 | 4,594 | |||||||||
| Buses and Coaches | 327 | 370 | 350 | 381 | 398 | 383 | 413 | 410 | 372 | |||||||||
| Light Goods Vehicles | 420 | 449 | 501 | 507 | 527 | 563 | 591 | 634 | 683 | |||||||||
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 41 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 47 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| All HGVs | 61 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 67 | 68 | |||||||||
| All motor vehicles | 5,322 | 5,369 | 5,383 | 5,348 | 5,351 | 5,490 | 5,629 | 5,778 | 5,746 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 59 | 59 | 65 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 55 | 51 | 51 | |||||||||
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 42 | 40 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 29 | |||||||||
| Cars | 4,048 | 4,024 | 4,012 | 3,949 | 3,915 | 4,021 | 4,100 | 4,198 | 4,159 | |||||||||
| Buses and Coaches | 317 | 359 | 339 | 369 | 385 | 371 | 400 | 397 | 360 | |||||||||
| Light Goods Vehicles | 377 | 403 | 450 | 455 | 473 | 506 | 531 | 570 | 613 | |||||||||
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 36 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 40 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| All HGVs | 53 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 60 | 61 | |||||||||
| All motor vehicles | 4,837 | 4,881 | 4,892 | 4,864 | 4,868 | 4,993 | 5,120 | 5,254 | 5,223 |
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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