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Road Traffic

Commons · Question 28029 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 18158 on Road Traffic, whether her Department or National Highways holds estimates of (a) total hours of delay and (b) the economic cost of delay attributable

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 15 Sep 2026

Neither the Department for Transport nor National Highways has produced assured estimates of total hours of delay specifically attributable to incidents.An estimate of the economic cost of delay on the strategic road network, for all causes of delay, can ...