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ASSOCIATION OF GREATER MANCHESTER AUTHORITIES GREATER MANCHESTER TRANSPORTATION UNIT Transport Statistics Bury 2006 GMTU Report 1291 August 2007 SUMMARY This report complements GMTU Reports 1289 ‘Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2006’ and 1288 ‘Road Casualty Statistics Greater Manchester 2006’. It focuses on the statistics for Bury and compares them to those for Greater Manchester where appropriate. It includes: • lists and diagrams of traffic flows on major road links • summaries of traffic profiles at automatic traffic counter sites • diagrams showing road accident locations by type of accident Riccardo Boncinelli Elwyn Ellis Jeremy Morewood August 2007 Dan Weston 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] website: http://www.gmtu.gov.uk/ 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 1291 August 2007 C O N T E N T S Page 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ................................................................1 2. ROAD TRAFFIC.............................................................................................4 Traffic Flows 2006 ..........................................................................................4 Motorway Traffic Growth 2005-2006 ..............................................................4 A and B Road Traffic Growth 2005-2006 .......................................................5 Traffic Growth Since 1993..............................................................................5 Annual Vehicle Kilometres 2006.....................................................................6 Traffic Composition 2006................................................................................7 3. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ...................................................................................8 Metrolink Patronage .......................................................................................8 Bus Mileage..................................................................................................10 4. KEY CENTRE MONITORING ......................................................................12 Road Traffic..................................................................................................12 Car Occupancy.............................................................................................15 Metrolink Passengers...................................................................................17 Walk Trips ....................................................................................................17 Summary of Trends in Modal Share .............................................................18 5. ROAD CASUALTIES AND ACCIDENTS .....................................................19 6. CONGESTION..............................................................................................26 7. BEST VALUE TRANSPORT INDICATORS.................................................29 APPENDIX 1 LISTS OF TRAFFIC FLOWS ON MAJOR ROADS IN 2006 APPENDIX 2 AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC, CYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS APPENDIX 3 ATC DATA FROM SITES ON KEY CENTRE CORDONS APPENDIX 4 TRAFFIC FLOW, ROAD ACCIDENT AND CONGESTION PLOTS i GMTU Report 1291 August 2007 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1.1 This report has been written to complement GMTU Reports 1289, ‘Transport Statistics Greater Manchester 2006’ and 1288, ‘Road Casualty Statistics Greater Manchester 2006’. Whereas those reports present statistics for Greater Manchester, this report focuses on Bury and compares it to Greater Manchester where appropriate. 1.2 The key points from the report are summarised below. Key Facts • Bury has a population of 183,500 and covers an area of 99 square kilometres. • There are 619 kilometres (km) of road consisting of 21 km motorway, 55 km A road, 33 km B road, 38 km other classified road and 473 km unclassified road. • The average daily flow per kilometre is 95,000 vehicles on motorways, 18,600 on A roads and 8,600 on B roads. • There were 603 injury accidents in Bury during 2006 resulting in 830 casualties. There were 58 killed or seriously injured (KSI) casualties. • Bury has been awarded an allocation of £2.7million through the LTP process for 2006/7, £1.2 million for integrated transport and £1.5 million for maintenance. Traffic Flows 2006 • The highest estimated 24-hour Annual Average Weekday Traffic (AAWT) flow was 182,200 vehicles on the M60 between Junctions 16 and 17. • The busiest all-purpose road was the A58 Bolton St in Bury where the estimated 24-hour AAWT flow reached 74,400 vehicles. • The site with the highest 12-hour pedal cycle flow was also the A58 Bolton St in Bury with 256 cycles recorded between 07:00 and 19:00. • The average 12-hour A and B road pedal cycle flows in Bury are 71 and 41 respectively, lower than the Greater Manchester averages of 85 and 86. Traffic Growth • 24-hour weekday flows on motorways in Bury increased by 2% between 2005 and 2006 compared to a 1% increase in Greater Manchester. • 12-hour weekday flows on A and B roads in both Bury and Greater Manchester remained unchanged between 2005 and 2006. 1 GMTU Report 1291 August 2007 • Traffic flows on A and B roads in Bury were the same in 2006 as they were in 1993. They were 2% higher in Greater Manchester and 6% higher nationally. Annual Vehicle Kilometres • 728 million vehicle kilometres were travelled on motorways, 374 million on A roads and 104 million on B roads. • Motorways, A roads and B roads in Bury carried 9% of the major road traffic in Greater Manchester on 8% of the major road network. Traffic Composition • Motorways: 71% cars, 16% light goods vehicles (LGVs) and 12% other goods vehicles (OGVs). • A roads: 83% cars, 12% LGVs and 3% OGVs. • B roads: 83% cars, 13% LGVs and 3% OGVs. • These are similar percentages to Greater Manchester as a whole. Metrolink Patronage • Weekday peak period (07:30-09:30) boarders on Manchester bound trams on the Bury line increased by 4% between 2005 and 2006 to just over 3,000 passengers. However, off-peak (09:30-13:30) boarders decreased by 6% to almost 2,800 passengers. Bus Mileage • 4.6 million bus miles were operated in Bury in 2006. This was 4% less than in 2005 but 10% more than the pre-deregulation level. • Bury accounted for 6% of Greater Manchester bus mileage. • 20% of bus miles were subsidised in both Bury and Greater Manchester. Key Centre Monitoring • The number of vehicles crossing the cordon into Bury town centre in 2005 was about 4,200 in the morning peak, 4,300 in the off-peak and 3,400 in the evening peak. • This represents decreases of 11%, 1% and 14% respectively on vehicle numbers in 1997. • The modal share in 2005 was 47% car and 53% non-car in the morning peak period, 46% car, 54% non-car in both the off peak and evening peak periods. • Between 2002 and 2005 car trips have decreased but non-car trips have increased. Trips overall have increased slightly in the peak periods, but decreased in the off-peak. 2 GMTU Report 1291 August 2007 Road Accidents and Casualties • The total number of accidents in Bury was 603 in 2006, 19% lower than the base years (1994-1998) and 5% lower than in 2005. • The total number of casualties in Bury was 830 in 2006, 19% lower than the base years (1994-1998) and 13% lower than in 2005. • The 2004-2006 three-year average used for monitoring KSI GMLTP2 targets was 4% below the base years. • The 2004-2006 three-year average for child KSI casualties was 20% below the base years. • Slight casualties in 2006 were 19% below the base years. Congestion • The most congested time of day on A and B roads (with a 30mph speed limit) was between 08:30 and 08:45 with average speeds of 16 mph and 14 mph respectively. • The most congested roads in the morning peak (08:00 – 09:00) were to the east and south of Bury town centre and in Prestwich. 3 GMTU Report 1291 August 2007 2. ROAD TRAFFIC Traffic Flows 2006 2.1 Road traffic figures and traffic growth for Bury must be treated with caution since the sample size for a single district is smaller than for the county as a whole. Appendix 1 gives 24-hour annual average weekday (AAW) traffic and the most recent 12-hour (07:00-19:00) pedal cycle flow information for all major road links in Bury. • The highest motorway flow in Bury was 182,200 vehicles recorded on the M60 between Junctions 16 and 17. • The busiest all-purpose road was the A58 Bolton St to the west of Bury town centre where the traffic flow reached 74,400 vehicles. • The second list in Appendix 1 shows that the road with the highest recorded 12-hour pedal cycle flow was also the A58 Bolton Street with 256 pedal cycles between 07:00 and 19:00. • Average 12-hour pedal cycle flows on A and B roads in Bury are 71 and 41 respectively. These are below the Greater Manchester averages of 85 and 86 pedal cycles. Motorway Traffic Growth 2005-2006 2.2 Table 1 gives 24-hour average weekday traffic flows on 7 motorway sections in Bury surveyed both by automatic traffic counter (ATC) and manually in 2006, together with percentage changes in flow since 2005. Countywide figures based on 50 motorway sections are also given. • Traffic flow at the surveyed sites showed an average increase of 2% compared with a countywide increase of 1%. Table 1 Average