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The best time to drive the M180 on a Sunday

GO18:00Quietest daytime hour, 71 mph average
AVOID09:00Busiest daytime hour, 69 mph average
Photo: J.Hannan-Briggs, Geograph, CC BY-SA 2.0, resized

On a Sunday the M180 is quietest at 18:00, averaging 71 mph, and busiest at 09:00, averaging 69 mph. Measured from National Highways roadside sensors between 1 May 2026 and 15 June 2026, not estimated.

  • Measured, not estimated
  • 1 May 2026 to 15 June 2026

Every hour of a Sunday

Darker means slower
  1. 00:0067mphnormal speed
  2. 01:0067mph4% below normal
  3. 02:0065mph6% below normal
  4. 03:0064mph7% below normal
  5. 04:0064mph7% below normal
  6. 05:0067mph4% below normal
  7. 06:0068mphnormal speed
  8. 07:0068mphnormal speed
  9. 08:0069mphnormal speed
  10. 09:0069mphnormal speed
  11. 10:0069mphnormal speed
  12. 11:0070mphnormal speed
  13. 12:0070mphnormal speed
  14. 13:0070mphnormal speed
  15. 14:0070mphnormal speed
  16. 15:0070mphnormal speed
  17. 16:0070mphnormal speed
  18. 17:0071mphnormal speed
  19. 18:0071mphnormal speed
  20. 19:0071mphnormal speed
  21. 20:0070mphnormal speed
  22. 21:0069mphnormal speed
  23. 22:0068mphnormal speed
  24. 23:0066mph4% below normal

Across the day that is roughly 4 percentage points closer to free-flowing than the M180's average day, so Sunday is one of the easier days to travel on this road. Hours outside 06:00 to 22:00 are shown but greyed: the small hours are the fastest on almost every road in England, which is true and useless for planning. Averaged across 4 sensors on the M180.

Minutes you save on a Sunday

Quietest against busiest hour
18:00
71 mph
42 min
09:00
69 mph
44 min

2 minsaved on a 50-mile trip

Other trip lengths: 10 miles saves 1 min, 25 miles saves 1 min. Worked out from the average speed along the whole M180 at each hour, so a trip through its worst junction at rush hour loses more than this.

Questions about the M180 on a Sunday

What is the best time to drive the M180 on a Sunday?

On a Sunday the quietest hour on the M180 is 18:00, when traffic averages 71 mph. That is a measured average from National Highways roadside sensors on the road itself, recorded between 1 May 2026 and 15 June 2026, rather than an estimate. Only 06:00 to 22:00 is considered, because the small hours are the fastest on almost every road in England and saying so helps nobody plan a journey. Roadworks, collisions and weather are not in the average, so it describes what this Sunday usually looks like rather than what today will look like.

What time is the M180 busiest on a Sunday?

The busiest hour on the M180 on a Sunday is 09:00, averaging 69 mph, about 1% below the speed the road runs at when it is clear. The comparison is against this road's own free-flowing speed, so "slower" means slower than the M180 normally manages rather than slower than some national figure. Measured from roadside sensors between 1 May 2026 and 15 June 2026. It is an archive of the usual pattern, not a live reading, so check conditions before you set off.

The M180 on other days

Same road, different day

Every road on a Sunday

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