OS MasterMap Highways Network With Speed Data

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OS MasterMap Highways Network with Average Speed contains detailed historical speed information which provides the average speed travelled for all roads in Great Britain. This dataset is based on a year’s worth of information collected by in-vehicle telematics devices that capture data for all roads.

This product is updated quarterly.

OS MasterMap Highways data.

New OS MasterMap Highways Network With Speed Data contracts cannot be entered into after 29 March 2023. Supply of product updates to customers with existing contracts continues until March 2024.

Average speed and indicative speed limits are now available to access directly from the OS National Geographic Database (OS NGD) Transport Theme. These datasets are available under the PSGA and make it easier to analyse travel times and provide more accurate insight for safety and infrastructure policy decisions.

Features

Optimise highway routes

Access road speed limits and average speed with our additional highways datasets, to plan logistics and monitor and optimise routes more effectively.

Historical comparisons

Use OS MasterMap Highways Network With Speed Data to perform studies on drive time, or congestion analysis.

Intelligent integration

Develop speed limiter technology for autonomous vehicles, or design customisable sat nav systems with access to speed limit and average speed datasets.

Average speed and speed limits

The Average Speed dataset contains a year's worth of historical speed information broken down into six time periods for each day. The data is bi-directional, so gives you the average speed of a road link in both directions.

Use cases

OS MasterMap Highways Network With Speed Data can be used for speed data calculations and analysis:

• Congestion analysis and drive time studies

• Environmental analysis to monitor emissions and carry out standing time analysis

• Routing and route optimisation, including planning emergency response routing

• Planning and development using traffic and infrastructure modelling

• Autonomous vehicles usage of speed limits

Summary

• Access: Download

• Category: Networks

• Data theme: Transport

• Data structure: Vector – Topologically structured link and node network

• Coverage: Great Britain

• Scale: 1:1 250 to 1:10 000

• Format: CSV

• Ordering area: All of Great Britain

• Publication months: January, April, July, October

• OS Data Hub plan: Premium Plan

Additional information

Data supply

The Average Speed dataset is supplied on an annual basis each May, averaging the year's travelling speeds to form a single dataset.

The Speed Limits dataset identifies the speed limit for a stretch of road based on road traffic signs; the data is supplied on a quarterly basis throughout the year.

How to get this product

Average speed and indicative speed limits are now available to access directly from the OS National Geographic Database (OS NGD) Transport Theme for PSGA Members and OS Licensed Partners. Find out more about how to access OS NGD on our website here.