Average Traffic Flow and Overall Traffic Performance on National Roads in 1999-2008

Traffic Count in 2008

Traffic count is the basis for road design, for determination of service levels and for applying several traffic safety measures.
Though traffic count has been handled long time, it is possible to speak about up-to-date count only from 90-ties of the last century when the first automatic counters were set on roads.

The renovation of stationary counting points was started in the last summer. There were 55 counting points that round-theclock measured number of passing vehicles and their speed in Estonia by the end of 2008.

Changes in economy reflect directly in traffic count. Consequently in 2008 the traffic flow decreased on main roads by 3.9% and on basic roads 10.9% compared to 2007.

The overall highest density (AADT 43,661) was fixed on the section km 0.0-0.1 of Viimsi-Randvere secondary road. The highest density on main roads (AADT 31,967) was fixed on the section 10.4-11.2 of Tallinn-Narva road. The biggest reduction of AADT on main roads was measured on Viljandi – Kilingi-Nõmme road section (21.9%) and on basic roads on access to Lehtma port (29%).

The reorganization of the traffic count system continues in 2009 with the main goal to perform count data on specific web site