The RAC estimated that 19.2 million leisure trips by car will be made between Friday and Monday. The figure, based on a survey of 2,128 UK adults, is the highest since the motoring services company began recording data for the summer bank holiday in 2015.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. The poll indicated that 84% of people who plan to travel by car for leisure this weekend will make a day trip. One in 10 (10%) said they will set off for a holiday, while 6% will return from a holiday.
Saturday is expected to be the busiest day on the roads for leisure journeys, with 3.7 million planned. This is ahead of Friday (3.
2 million), Sunday (3.1 million) and Monday (3.0 million).
Advertisement Advertisement A further 6.2 million leisure trips are planned at some point over the four days. Transport analytics company Inrix warned that the worst times for congestion are likely to be between 10am and 6pm on Friday, and between 10am and 1pm on Saturday.
Delays are expected on roads serving coastal resorts and on routes for Leeds and Reading music festivals. Leeds Festival, which has been described as being the UK event that has the second biggest impact on traffic, is expected to cause long queues on the A1, A1(M), M1, M62 and A64 from Thursday. Advertisement Advertisement It could cause journey times to be doubled at.