Road conditions: notes and definitions

Department for Transport, 2026
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Civil & Structural Supplement

Abstract

Accompanies the latest statistics on road conditions in England covering: data source, definitions, specific issues, statistical conventions and glossary of technical terms.

History

Last updated: 21 January 2026. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-network-size-and-condition-statistics-guidance/road-conditions-notes-and-definitions and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 29 August 2013.

Subjects

  • Roads
  • Streetworks/road maintenance
  • Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
  • Transport facilities

Publisher History

The Department for Transport is a UK Government department that provides leadership across the transport sector to achieve its objectives, working with regional, local and private sector partners to deliver many of the services. These activities were formerly carried out by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

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