England · Local authority E09000001

Driving around City of London.

Understand the wider traffic picture, discuss local driving skills and find useful next steps.

Population and household transport

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Residents aged 17–24

2,336

Mid-2025 estimate. This is an age-group count, not the number of learners.

Households without a car or van

77.2%

Census 2021. Household vehicle availability does not establish access to a practice car.

Annual traffic

71

Million motor-vehicle miles during 2025.

A measure of travel across this authority area, not the number of vehicles, a road’s daily flow or current congestion. DfT asks that these figures be rounded to the nearest million miles.

Reported injury collisions

210

Police-reported personal-injury collisions during 2025.

0 fatal collisions. This counts collisions, not people killed. Damage-only incidents and unreported collisions are outside this dataset.

Traffic over time

Annual million vehicle miles, rounded. Authority boundaries can change.
YearAll motor vehiclesCars and taxis
2025 71 46
2024 74 48
2023 74 48
2022 75 48
2021 80 52
2020 73 47
2019 93 63
2018 93 63
2017 96 65
2016 99 68
2015 101 72
2014 101 71
2013 99 69
2012 99 70
2011 102 73

Road setting

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting Collisions
Single carriageway 138
Dual carriageway 55
One way street 12
Unknown 3
Slip road 1
Roundabout 1

Light conditions

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting Collisions
Daylight 152
Darkness - lights lit 58
More collisions does not automatically mean greater risk.

Traffic exposure, area size, road mix and reporting vary. These are counts, not comparable collision rates. Ask your instructor to choose practice environments suited to your current ability and current conditions.

Plan useful practice

Work with a qualified supervisor and agree goals with your instructor.

Check today’s conditions

Official roadworks, travel and weather services.

Teach and reflect

Planning, CPD and tools for instructor development.

Sources and matching

Traffic: DfT road traffic downloads. Collisions: DfT STATS19 2025. We match the traffic authority code to the collision’s current highway-authority code; this does not assign an instructor or test centre to that area. Local traffic estimates are less robust than regional totals. Download the source metadata and full history.