England · Local authority E09000011

Driving around Greenwich.

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

Population and household transport

Explore the full local-area picture

Residents aged 17–24

30,971

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

Households without a car or van

43.1%

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

Annual traffic

749

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

582

Police-reported personal-injury collisions during 2025.

2 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 749 567
2024 755 571
2023 743 563
2022 733 554
2021 711 538
2020 639 479
2019 748 575
2018 742 567
2017 746 570
2016 743 568
2015 737 576
2014 732 572
2013 721 566
2012 727 571
2011 748 589

Road setting

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting Collisions
Single carriageway 307
Dual carriageway 116
Roundabout 64
Unknown 52
One way street 30
Slip road 13

Light conditions

Reported collisions by recorded setting, 2025
Setting Collisions
Daylight 375
Darkness - lights lit 192
Darkness - lighting unknown 7
Darkness - no lighting 4
Darkness - lights unlit 4
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.

Community and travel context

Census 2021 gives a historical picture of Greenwich. These figures can help you plan the support and practical questions to discuss with an instructor.

Residents reporting a disability

14.4%

Census definition; not driving fitness.

Employed residents commuting as car/van drivers

20%

Census 2021, during coronavirus restrictions.

Explore language, disability and commuting figures for Greenwich

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.