Roadside survey of vehicle observations

Published by:
Department for Transport
Last updated:
16 March 2017
Topic:
Transport
Licence:
Open Government Licence

Summary

The roadside survey is a survey of vehicles passing observation points on the UK road network. It uses automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) cameras to capture registration marks at 256 sites during June each year (or every other from 2011 onwards).

The data are primarily used to create the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) evasion estimates, MOT non-compliance estimates and foreign-registered vehicles in traffic estimates.

These files present anonymised individual vehicle observation information by matching the captured registration mark with data held in the DVLA database. The files do not include registration mark, precise observation data / location, keeper name or keeper address details.

The data will be of use to anyone who wishes to understand the mix of vehicle types using British roads.

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Link to the data Format File added Data preview
Roadside survey data 2015 ZIP 16 March 2017 Not available
Roadside survey data 2013 CSV (ZIP) 08 August 2014 Not available
Roadside survey data 2010 CSV (ZIP) 18 July 2012 Not available
Roadside survey data 2011 CSV (ZIP) 18 July 2012 Not available
Roadside survey data 2009 CSV (ZIP) 18 July 2012 Not available
Roadside survey data 2007 CSV (ZIP) 18 July 2012 Not available
Roadside survey data 2008 CSV (ZIP) 18 July 2012 Not available

Supporting documents

Link to the document Format Date added
Vehicle Licensing Statistics HTML 18 July 2012
VED Evasion HTML 18 July 2012
Foreign-registered vehicles in traffic XLS 18 July 2012
MOT non-compliance HTML 18 July 2012
Roadside survey data guide PDF 18 July 2012

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