Official Statistics: Cycling traffic index, England

Published: 27 June 2024
By Chris Haycock

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The data is published as a rolling annual index, referenced to a 2013 baseline, from the date which consistent data is available.

In the year ending March 2024, longer-term trends show that cycling traffic levels have been increasing. The latest provisional data shows that cycling traffic levels have increased by 10.6% since December 2013.

In the year ending March 2021, cycling traffic levels peaked during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was an increase of 62.8% since the December 2013 baseline. COVID-19 restrictions were still in place during this peak and will have impacted travel patterns across England.

Cycling traffic levels have been decreasing since this peak, falling by 32.1% between March 2021 and March 2024 and have decreased by 0.8% in comparison to pre-pandemic levels (December 2019).

Cycling traffic levels have decreased by 5.3% since the previous year (March 2023).

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