England’s slowest city to drive in is revealed and it’s NOT London! So how did your area fare?

England’s slowest city for drivers has been revealed – and some might be surprised to learn that the answer isn’t London.

Bristol topped the list with a slow traffic score of 8.51/10 – where the study takes into account the average speed, average delay, the number of A roads, motorways, B and C roads requiring maintenance, the annual average daily traffic flow and the annual average hours lost in congestion.

Nottingham is the second slowest city for drivers, with an overall slow traffic score of 8.28/10 and Liverpool rounds out the top three as the third slowest city for drivers, with a score of 7.88/10.

London is only the fourth slowest city in the survey, after falling from first place since 2021, according to the study by Money shed revealed.

Further findings showed that Middlesbrough is the fastest area to drive in, with a slow traffic score of just 0.8/10. The working class city has the third shortest average delay time in the study, as well as the second lowest number of hours lost due to congestion.

Moneybarn compared how slow it is to drive in England’s cities based on average speed, number of roads needing maintenance, average daily traffic flow and hours lost in traffic jams

In Bristol, an average of 91 hours are lost to traffic every year and 10 per cent of the South West city’s ‘B’ and ‘C’ roads require maintenance. There are also nine per cent of Bristol’s ‘A’ roads and motorways that also require maintenance, making it a difficult city for motorists.

Nottingham, which came in as the second slowest city for motorists, has 10 per cent of its ‘A’ roads and motorways requiring maintenance, the highest of any city in the study.

In addition, the average traffic speed in the city is only 22 km/h, with only motorists in Brighton scoring a lower average speed.

Liverpool has the worst B and C roads of any major city in the country as 15 per cent of them are eligible for maintenance, according to the study.

In addition, the average delay in Liverpool is over 83 seconds per vehicle per mile (spvpm) and there is a very high average daily traffic flow of over 1,250 vehicles.

Further data analyzed by Moneybarn, which compared driving in different countries, concluded that Peru is the slowest country to drive in.

The study found that it has an average congestion level of 42 percent and 26 days of heavy traffic in Peruvian cities.

The United States is the fastest country to drive in, according to the study, with heavy traffic on average only six days a year and a high top speed of 50 mph in urban areas.

Slow moving traffic makes its way through Bristol city center during the evening rush hour – photo dated 22 October 2015

Data published by Moneybarn analyzed England’s largest cities by their average speed, the number of roads needing maintenance, the average daily traffic flow and the number of hours lost due to congestion