Traffic Region: North West
Traffic Authority: West Cheshire
Road Number: M56
Road Type: M or Class A Trunk Motorway
OS Grid: SJ424728
Location: Stoke
Census Point ID: 75189
Census Point Coverage: M56 between M53 spur and M56 spur
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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 | 173 | 225 | 267 | 105 | 193 | 213 | 154 | 234 | 238 | 214 | 211 | 221 | 249 | 261 | 248 | 241 | 263 | 254 |
| Cars | 46,758 | 46,504 | 54,276 | 49,726 | 50,374 | 48,657 | 51,628 | 50,048 | 53,238 | 51,449 | 52,174 | 56,100 | 55,474 | 56,463 | 57,952 | 58,621 | 56,077 | 56,956 |
| Buses and Coaches | 406 | 340 | 410 | 309 | 185 | 159 | 164 | 241 | 266 | 222 | 192 | 261 | 295 | 307 | 292 | 253 | 242 | 233 |
| Light Goods Vehicles | 5,935 | 6,396 | 6,799 | 7,296 | 8,014 | 7,149 | 8,642 | 8,282 | 8,075 | 8,468 | 8,471 | 9,373 | 9,714 | 10,272 | 10,785 | 11,092 | 11,069 | 11,407 |
| Two-axle Rigid HGVs | 2,281 | 2,146 | 2,453 | 2,422 | 2,650 | 2,113 | 2,340 | 2,541 | 2,650 | 2,606 | 2,942 | 1,658 | 1,818 | 1,756 | 1,851 | 1,980 | 1,889 | 1,807 |
| Three-axle Rigid HGVs | 420 | 443 | 380 | 404 | 431 | 312 | 356 | 398 | 468 | 356 | 292 | 496 | 381 | 395 | 377 | 391 | 346 | 341 |
| Four-axle Rigid HGVs | 474 | 560 | 469 | 470 | 515 | 400 | 523 | 576 | 654 | 456 | 428 | 455 | 339 | 357 | 366 | 370 | 395 | 413 |
| Three-axle Articulated HGVs | 839 | 749 | 1,199 | 864 | 882 | 533 | 462 | 252 | 215 | 393 | 312 | 312 | 295 | 259 | 295 | 355 | 340 | 325 |
| Five-axle Articulated HGVs | 2,527 | 2,308 | 2,783 | 2,966 | 2,678 | 2,574 | 2,639 | 1,678 | 2,624 | 2,980 | 2,498 | 1,041 | 1,524 | 1,349 | 1,651 | 1,656 | 1,622 | 2,196 |
| Six-axle Articulated HGVs | 1,492 | 1,562 | 1,645 | 1,439 | 1,763 | 1,876 | 1,980 | 3,103 | 2,245 | 1,675 | 2,417 | 4,310 | 2,772 | 3,071 | 2,962 | 3,093 | 3,111 | 2,598 |
| All HGVs | 8,033 | 7,768 | 8,929 | 8,565 | 8,919 | 7,808 | 8,300 | 8,548 | 8,856 | 8,466 | 8,889 | 8,272 | 7,129 | 7,187 | 7,501 | 7,846 | 7,704 | 7,679 |
| All motor vehicles | 61,305 | 61,233 | 70,681 | 66,001 | 67,685 | 63,986 | 68,888 | 67,353 | 70,673 | 68,819 | 69,937 | 74,227 | 72,862 | 74,490 | 76,778 | 78,053 | 75,356 | 76,529 |
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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