Stockport Transport Statistics 2005
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ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MANCHESTER AUTHORITIES GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORTATION UNIT Transport Statistics Stockport 2005 GMTU Report 1145 July 2006 SUMMARY This report complements GMTU Reports 1138, ‘Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2005’ and 1137, ‘Road Casualty Statistics Greater Manchester 2005’. It focuses on the statistics for Stockport and compares them with those for Greater Manchester where appropriate. It includes: • diagrams showing traffic flows on major roads • lists of traffic flows on road links • summaries of traffic profiles at automatic traffic counter sites • diagrams showing road accident locations by type of accident Katy Farrer Elwyn Ellis July 2006 Paul Gent Ann Castle All enquiries to: Greater Manchester Transportation Unit 1st Floor Salisbury House Granby Row Manchester M1 7AH Telephone: 0161 455 2062 Fax: 0161 455 2071 e-mail: [email protected] The Greater Manchester Transportation Unit provides a strategic and local transportation service to and on behalf of the ten district councils of Greater Manchester. The unit is funded by the ten districts and attached to Manchester City Council as lead authority. GMTU Report 1026 July 2006 C O N T E N T S Page 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY.................................................................1 2. ROAD TRAFFIC..............................................................................................3 Traffic Flows 2005 .................................................................................................. 3 Motorway Traffic Growth 2004-2005....................................................................... 3 A and B Road Traffic Growth 2004-2005................................................................ 4 Traffic Growth Since 1988 ...................................................................................... 4 Annual Vehicle Kilometres 2005............................................................................. 6 Traffic Composition 2005........................................................................................ 7 3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT....................................................................................7 Rail Patronage........................................................................................................ 7 Bus Mileage.......................................................................................................... 10 4 KEY CENTRE MONITORING .......................................................................12 Road Traffic .......................................................................................................... 12 Car Occupancy..................................................................................................... 15 Rail Patronage...................................................................................................... 16 Summary of Modal Share of Trips into Stockport Key Centre .............................. 16 Walk Trips............................................................................................................. 17 Pedestrian Activity Surveys .................................................................................. 19 5 ROAD ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES .....................................................23 APPENDIX 1 TRAFFIC FLOWS ON MAJOR ROADS IN 2005 APPENDIX 2 AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC, CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS APPENDIX 3 ROAD ACCIDENTS i GMTU Report 1145 July 2006 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1.1 This report has been written to complement GMTU Reports 1138, ‘Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2005’ and 1137, ‘Road Casualty Statistics Greater Manchester 2005’. Whereas those reports present statistics for Greater Manchester, this report focuses on Stockport and compares it to Greater Manchester where appropriate. Key Facts • Stockport has a population of 282,200 and covers an area of 126 square kilometres. • There are 984 kilometres (km) of road consisting of 12 km motorway, 84 km A road, 37 km B road, 43 km other classified road and 806 km unclassified road. • The average daily flow per kilometre is 106,600 vehicles on motorways, 20,900 on A roads and 12,900 on B roads. • There were 770 injury accidents in Stockport during 2005 resulting in 1013 casualties. 80 were killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties. • Stockport was awarded an allocation of £6.2 million through the LTP process in 2006/7, £4.5 million for integrated transport (£3 million of which was for the South East Manchester Multi Modal Study (SEMMMS) minor works) and £1.7 million for maintenance. Traffic Flows 2005 • The highest estimated 24-hour Annual Average Weekday Traffic (AAWT) flow was 156,700 vehicles on the M60 between Junctions 2 and 3. • The busiest all-purpose road was the A34 Kingsway where the estimated 24-hour AAWT flow reached 73,300 vehicles just south of the M60 • The site with the highest 12-hour pedal cycle flow was the A560 Stockport Road in Cheadle with 232 cycles recorded between 07:00 and 19:00. • The average 12-hour A and B road pedal cycle flows in Stockport were 78 and 87 cycles respectively, similar to the Greater Manchester averages of 84 and 86. Traffic Growth • 24-hour weekday flows on motorways in Stockport decreased by 2% between 2004 and 2005 compared to a 1% decrease in Greater Manchester. • 12-hour weekday flows on A and B roads in Stockport decreased by 1% between 2004 and 2005 which was the same as in Greater Manchester as a whole. • Since 1988, traffic flows on A and B roads in Stockport have increased by 13% compared to 8% in Greater Manchester and 9% nationally. 1 GMTU Report 1145 July 2006 Annual Vehicle Kilometres • 467 million vehicle kilometres were travelled on motorways, 642 million on A roads and 170 million on B roads. • Motorways, A roads and B roads in Stockport carried 10% of the major road traffic in Greater Manchester on 9% of the major road network. Traffic Composition • Motorways: 78% cars, 13% light goods vehicles (LGVs) and 9% other goods vehicles (OGVs). • A roads: 83% cars, 11% LGVs and 4% OGVs. • B roads: 82% cars, 12% LGVs and 3% OGVs. • The proportion of OGVs on roads in Greater Manchester was higher than in Stockport. Rail Patronage • Peak (07:30-09:30) Manchester bound boarders at stations in Stockport district increased by 11% between 2004 and 2005 to stand 10% above their 1991 level. • Off-peak (09:30-13;30) Manchester bound boarders increased by 15% between 2004 and 2005 to stand 20% above their 1991 level. • Increases in Stockport between 2004 and 2005 were higher than for Greater Manchester as a whole, but Greater Manchester has had much higher growth since 1991. Numbers of boarders at stations on the Stockport corridor may have been affected by disruption to services in recent years during the upgrade of the west coast main line and the renovation of Stockport station. Bus Mileage • 6.2 million bus miles were operated in Stockport in 2005. This was 5% less than in 2004, but 22% higher than the pre-deregulation level. • This was 9% of Greater Manchester bus mileage. 23% of the bus miles were subsidised as opposed to 21% in Greater Manchester. Key Centre Monitoring • The number of cars crossing the cordon into Stockport town centre in 2005 was 12,900 in the morning peak, 9,000 in the off-peak and 11,000 in the evening peak. • This represents decreases of 8%, 1% and 3% respectively on car numbers in 1997. • The modal share in 2005 was 70% car and 30% public transport in the morning peak, 73% car and 28% public transport in the off-peak, and 79% car and 21% public transport in the evening peak. 2 GMTU Report 1145 July 2006 • The modal share of public transport in 2005 has increased compared to previous years in the morning peak, decreased in the off-peak and stayed the same in the evening peak. • The level of pedestrian activity in Stockport Town Centre fell by 21% on a Friday and by 40% on a Saturday between 1997 and 2005. Road Traffic Casualties • The total number of casualties in Stockport was 1013 in 2005, 36% lower than the average of the base years (1994-1998) and 9% lower than in 2004. • There were 80 KSI casualties, 11 child KSI casualties, 162 pedestrian casualties and 80 pedal cyclist casualties in 2005. • All four casualty groups (KSI, child KSI, pedestrian and pedal cyclist) had fewer casualties than the average of the base years, and all target groups, apart from pedestrians, increased between 2004 and 2005. 2. ROAD TRAFFIC Traffic Flows 2005 2.1 Appendix 1 gives motor traffic and cycle flow information for all major road links in Stockport. The traffic flows are estimates of 24-hour annual average weekday traffic (AAWT) flows. • The highest AAWT flow in Stockport was on the M60 between Junctions 2 and 3, at 156,700 vehicles. • The busiest all-purpose road was the A34 Kingsway where the AAWT flow reached 73,300 vehicles just south of the M60. • The second list in Appendix 1 shows that the road with the highest recorded 12-hour pedal cycle flow is the A560 Stockport Road, Cheadle, with 232 cycles between 07:00 and 19:00. • The average 12-hour A road pedal cycle flow in Stockport is 78. The average B road pedal cycle flow were 87. These are very similar to the Greater Manchester averages of 84 and 86 cycles respectively. Motorway Traffic Growth 2004-2005 2.2 Due to insufficient reliable manual count data, motorway traffic growth has been calculated using 24-hour average weekday automatic traffic count data supplied by the Highways Agency. 2.3 Table 1 gives 24-hour AAWT flows on the five motorway sections in Stockport for which automatic