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United Kingdom

United Kingdom Road Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Cars > Hybrid vehicles 25,370 2012 4th out of 6
Cars > Hybrid vehicles per million people 401.25 2012 5th out of 6
Expressway length 3,519 km 2014 13th out of 59
Expressway length per million people 55.7 km 2014 1st out of 1
Length of motorways per capita 24.65 mm 2014 25th out of 93
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 519 2014 34th out of 191
Motorway density 97.03 m of motorway per square km 2014 37th out of 93
Motorway length 6,016 km 2014 11th out of 93
Motorway length per million people 95.22 km 2014 1st out of 1
Public road per capita 6.77 m 2014 22nd out of 28
Road density 1,733 m of road per square km 2014 8th out of 28
Traffic laws > Speed limit at motorway 112 km/h 2014 27th out of 34
Traffic laws > Speed limit at single carriageway 97 km/h 2014 3rd out of 40
Traffic laws > Speed limit at urban area 48 km/h 2014 41st out of 42
Traffic laws > Tow rope required Yes 2014

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and); Wikipedia: Hybrid electric vehicle (Top national markets for hybrid electric vehicles between 2007 and). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size; Wikipedia: List of countries by road network size. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways.; Wikipedia: List of countries by vehicles per capita; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2085.html, Roadways. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of OECD countries by road network size (Motorway network) ("Selected year 2006 road traffic data" . OECD International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD).); Wikipedia: Comparison of European traffic laws (General)

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United Kingdom Transport > Road Profiles (Subcategories)

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