A1(M) London–Newcastle: how busy it usually is

A1(M) London–Newcastle is one of the eight commuter corridors UK Live Traffic watches. The Department for Transport counts traffic at 178 points on it; spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern, that says how busy it usually is at any hour.

Usual is not live. The live map adds the current disruptions and traffic cameras along the corridor, the buses on it and, with a Darwin key, the trains on the railway beside it: Explore, then Corridors.

Open A1(M) London–Newcastle on the live map

Roads
A1(M), A1
Count points
178
Parallel railway
KGX to NCL

How many of the corridor's count points are usually busy or worse

WhenBusy or worseShare
Weekdays 03:000 of 1780%
Weekdays 08:0073 of 17841%
Weekdays 12:0045 of 17825%
Weekdays 17:0099 of 17856%
Weekdays 21:000 of 1780%
Saturday 12:0076 of 17843%
Sunday 12:0064 of 17836%

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

The busiest count points at the weekday morning peak (08:00)

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayUsually at 08:00
A1A69/A186 to B6324\A167 STAMFORDHAM ROAD112,532Very busy
A1B6324/A167 STAMFORDHAM ROAD to A696/A167109,925Very busy
A1A6085/A1 merge (Bell's Close) to A69/A186109,691Very busy
A1A184 to A692108,075Very busy
A1A1231/A1 Spur to A16796,198Very busy

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

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Where the figures come from

  • Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.