RCRC UK

Data Sources & Licences

Road Closures UK aggregates data from official UK government sources. Full attribution and licence details are listed below.

Primary Source
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ClearRoute

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ClearRoute is the UK's leading road disruption intelligence platform, aggregating real-time data from all major UK road closure sources into a single unified API. Road Closures UK is powered exclusively by ClearRoute's Business API, which provides access to 150,000+ active UK road closures from Street Manager, National Highways, D-TRO, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales, and Transport NI — updated every 15 minutes.

Street ManagerNational HighwaysD-TROTraffic ScotlandTraffic WalesTransport NI
Data attribution: All disruption data is sourced via ClearRoute's Business API. ClearRoute aggregates data from official UK government open data sources under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and applicable data licences. See individual source attributions below.

Underlying data sources (via ClearRoute)

Department for Transport — Street Manager

street manager

Street Manager is the DfT's digital service for managing and coordinating street works and road closures in England. It provides real-time data on planned and active works.

Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Transport Street Manager.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Department for Transport — D-TRO (Digital Traffic Regulation Orders)

dtro

D-TRO provides digital access to Traffic Regulation Orders — the legal instruments that authorise road closures, speed limit changes, and parking restrictions.

Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Transport D-TRO.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

National Highways — Transport Data Feeds

national highways

National Highways operates England's motorways and major A-roads. Their Transport Data Feeds provide planned and unplanned closures, incidents, and roadworks on the Strategic Road Network.

Attribution: Powered by National Highways' Transport Data Feeds. © National Highways.
Licence: National Highways Data Licence

Traffic Scotland

traffic scotland

Traffic Scotland provides real-time traffic information for Scotland's trunk road network, operated by Transport Scotland.

Attribution: Traffic Scotland © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Licence: Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0

Traffic Wales

traffic wales

Traffic Wales provides traffic information for the Welsh trunk road network, operated by Welsh Government.

Attribution: Traffic Wales © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Licence: Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0

TrafficWatchNI

transport ni

TrafficWatchNI provides traffic information for Northern Ireland's road network, operated by the Department for Infrastructure.

Attribution: TrafficWatchNI © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Licence: Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0

General Attribution

All disruption data displayed on Road Closures UK is sourced via ClearRoute, which aggregates official UK government open data sources. Data is used in accordance with the Open Government Licence v3.0 and applicable data licences. Road Closures UK is not affiliated with any of the underlying data providers listed above.