Traffic Region: North West
Traffic Authority: West Cheshire
Road Number: A556
Road Type: Class A Principal road in Rural area
OS Grid: SJ660715
Location: Northwich
Census Point ID: 75178
Census Point Coverage: A556 between A533 and A533
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| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedal Cycles | 91 | 80 | 85 | 47 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 77 | 66 | 62 | 91 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 92 |
| Motorcycles and Mopeds | 238 | 263 | 268 | 239 | 243 | 233 | 253 | 129 | 125 | 131 | 224 | 97 | 94 | 232 | 240 | 208 | 208 | 137 |
| Cars | 21,553 | 22,222 | 22,866 | 26,202 | 26,647 | 26,461 | 26,911 | 25,214 | 25,038 | 24,713 | 22,856 | 22,042 | 21,884 | 22,062 | 22,570 | 25,907 | 26,228 | 28,023 |
| Buses and Coaches | 153 | 158 | 164 | 183 | 153 | 146 | 141 | 150 | 152 | 159 | 111 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 49 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 2,356 | 2,489 | 2,508 | 2,550 | 2,839 | 2,969 | 3,112 | 2,625 | 2,630 | 2,718 | 2,413 | 2,444 | 2,545 | 2,675 | 2,872 | 3,199 | 3,455 | 3,598 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 419 | 413 | 424 | 588 | 628 | 632 | 650 | 671 | 654 | 606 | 550 | 515 | 511 | 393 | 376 | 440 | 462 | 506 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 83 | 95 | 105 | 111 | 125 | 123 | 123 | 142 | 156 | 157 | 95 | 93 | 100 | 59 | 61 | 89 | 85 | 84 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 104 | 104 | 115 | 126 | 147 | 156 | 169 | 137 | 141 | 136 | 121 | 195 | 218 | 41 | 42 | 107 | 123 | 67 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 126 | 114 | 106 | 130 | 124 | 111 | 101 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 62 | 84 | 64 | 129 | 130 | 71 | 73 | 120 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 376 | 333 | 298 | 308 | 275 | 243 | 217 | 336 | 319 | 275 | 274 | 285 | 280 | 308 | 285 | 273 | 255 | 214 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 194 | 224 | 252 | 171 | 190 | 203 | 220 | 284 | 299 | 290 | 201 | 249 | 261 | 248 | 265 | 365 | 376 | 343 |
| All HGVs | 1,302 | 1,283 | 1,300 | 1,434 | 1,489 | 1,468 | 1,480 | 1,649 | 1,644 | 1,532 | 1,303 | 1,421 | 1,435 | 1,178 | 1,158 | 1,345 | 1,374 | 1,334 |
| All motor vehicles | 25,602 | 26,415 | 27,106 | 30,608 | 31,371 | 31,277 | 31,897 | 29,767 | 29,589 | 29,253 | 26,907 | 26,067 | 26,023 | 26,208 | 26,908 | 30,733 | 31,338 | 33,141 |
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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