M1 London–Leeds: how busy it usually is

M1 London–Leeds is one of the eight commuter corridors UK Live Traffic watches. The Department for Transport counts traffic at 97 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 M1 London–Leeds on the live map

Roads
M1
Count points
97
Parallel railway
KGX to LDS

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

WhenBusy or worseShare
Weekdays 03:000 of 970%
Weekdays 08:0076 of 9778%
Weekdays 12:0035 of 9736%
Weekdays 17:0076 of 9778%
Weekdays 21:000 of 970%
Saturday 12:0076 of 9778%
Sunday 12:0073 of 9775%

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
M147 to 4885,104Very busy
M146 east end of slips to 4783,466Very busy
M1west end of Jn 46 to east end of Jn 4682,449Very busy
M113 On and Off ramps to LA boundary122,362Very busy
M1LA Boundary to 31122,208Busy

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.