In 2020, London was ranked as the most congested UK city, with an estimated 69 hours lost in traffic. That year, Lincoln and Bristol ranked second and third in the rankings at 47 and 37 hours lost, respectively. Due to travel restrictions and related actions taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the amount of time lost due to traffic was considerably lower in 2020, compared with the previous year.
Most congested cities in the United Kingdom in 2020, in hours lost per year
The source calculated the additional time spent due to traffic for commuters between multiple points within e.g. the United Kingdom; the source takes into account peak speed and free-flow speed data for the busiest sub-areas and commuting corridors.
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