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Design Traffic Calculator

Design Traffic Calculator

Enter your project parameters below to calculate both MSA (cumulative design traffic) and CV (commercial vehicles per lane per day) simultaneously. Results update automatically as you type.

Design traffic calculator
Project Inputs
FAADT (Annual Avg Daily Traffic)
All vehicles, both directions

%

% Commercial / Heavy Vehicles
Percentage of all vehicles
No. of Lanes (one direction)
Lanes in one direction of travel
Design Period — MSA Calculation
Used for MSA cumulative design traffic
Design Period — CV Calculation
Used for CV/lane/day at end of design life
Pavement Type  (MSA only)
Determines wear factors for MSA calculation

Key / Abbreviations

vpd — vehicles per day

CV/l/d — commercial vehicles per lane per day

msa — million standard axles

OGV1 — other goods vehicle class 1 (incl. PSV)

OGV2 — other goods vehicle class 2

MSA — Cumulative Design Traffic
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msa (million standard axles)
CV — Design Traffic (End of Design Life)
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commercial vehicles / lane / day

Disclaimer

This calculator is provided as a supplementary guidance tool only and can act as a sense check function for hand calculations. Engineers should refer to CD224 for developing design traffic calculations. Results should be validated by a qualified roads engineer before use in any road design.

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