UK Road Congestion Gets Worse, According to new study

ReturnLoads.net can report that a new survey has ranked the UK's road congestion as the sixth worst amongst 13 European countries while traffic in London has increased the most sharply

The Traffic Scorecard Report from traffic information provided INRIX shows drivers spend 30 hours stuck in traffic each year in the UK on average.

This is up one hour on the 2012 study and is worse than Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Spain, Hungary and Portugal. Belgium records the most hours wasted in traffic each year at 58 hours and is followed by Luxembourg, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

While Belgium is also home to the most congested city, with drivers in Brussels getting stuck for an average of 83 hours a year, London posts the biggest increase of nine hours to come a close second with 82 hours worth of jams.