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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

RAC warns of busiest Easter on UK roads in at least eight years

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The busiest single day on the roads over the bank holiday weekend is expected to be Good Friday. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

This weekend’s Easter getaway could be the busiest on the UK’s roads in at least eight years as engineering works look set to disrupt rail travel, the RAC has said.

An estimated 21.5 million leisure trips will be made by car between Good Friday and Easter Monday, the motoring organisation predicts. That is the most since the organisation began tracking motorists’ Easter plans in 2014.

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