The RAC has warned that this weekend could be the busiest summer getaway in eight years. It is estimated that 18.8 million leisure trips are planned in the UK between July 22 and July 25.
That figure is the most since records began in 2014, with the traffic set to peak on Saturday after a survey of 1,700 motorists. The RAC is urging drivers to expect delays and traffic jams as the unprecedented amount of vehicles hit the roads.
Transport analytics company Inrix believes the M25 – London’s orbital motorway – could see some of the worst jams, singling out the stretches between Bromley and the Dartford Crossing; Maple Cross and the M3; and the M23 to the M40. The A303 near Stonehenge, Wiltshire, the M4 between Cardiff and Newport in south Wales, and the M5 south of Bristol are also likely to see queuing traffic at various points this weekend.
