# Live Traffic Info

> Official live traffic information for England's motorways and major A roads. (iPhone/iPad app by Highways England Company Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-traffic-info/id354106594 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Highways England Company Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/1087324684)
- Category: Travel, News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.04/5 from 27 App Store ratings · 22 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 56 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2010-02-11
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-traffic-info/id354106594/reviews.md

## What is Live Traffic Info?

*********We welcome your feedback. Please visit our website (link below) and take a couple of minutes to complete our short survey in order to help us improve the experience of our mobile app.***************** 
 
Check how the traffic is flowing on motorways and major A roads in England with official information live from the Highways England National Traffic Control Centre.
 
PLEASE NOTE: This app only contains information about the roads we manage in England. Other smaller roads in England are managed by local authorities. Trunk roads and motorways in Scotland are the responsibility of Transport Scotland; those in Wales of the Welsh Assembly Government. 
 
This App will use your current location to give you the traffic news when and where you need it. Plan your journey, reduce congestion, lower emissions and arrive safe and less frustrated.
 
Official data is collected from thousands of vehicle monitors, CCTV and patrol reports to show where the Highways England network is flowing well and to keep you up-to-date with traffic incidents as they break throughout the day.
 
The information covers unplanned incidents such as accidents and congestion, plus lane closures and other restrictions due to improvement works. Advance notice of future essential roadworks is given wherever possible.
 
KEY FEATURES

Search 
Allows the user to search for Incidents, current-road works and future road works, using 4 search options: Near You, Region, Motorway or A-Road. The facility to see all the events on all of Highways England Roads is included under ‘All of England’

Flow
A new feature. This option provides a view of the traffic flow on any of the Motorways in England. The user can then tap a ‘view’ button to review the motorway junction to junction information in detail. The user can share information about any event of interest using the social media options on their phone.

CCTV
This allows the user to search and view any of the CCTV’s on the Highways England Network. A current still image is shown, the image can be updated after 1 minute.

Routes
The user can now input a route using location name, address or postcodes. This feature uses the Google route finder to identify the available routes and the route will be displayed on a Google Map. Notifications can be added for chosen routes.

Review
The review screen enables the user, when not driving, to review the status of a route. They can scroll the list of events or they can zoom the map in or out. 

Drive 
The user can drive with or without a planned route. When driving without a planned route the user will be informed about all the Highways England events on the roads around them. The most common approach is to drive with a route. Then the App will only show the known events on the Highways England roads along that route.
 
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Your phone must be connected to the internet (mobile 3G/4G/GPRS or wireless) to access live traffic information.
 
To use the location based features of the app, you must have a GPS enabled phone. Having access to the internet can greatly improve the accuracy and the time taken to get an accurate position. It can take several minutes in some conditions for your device to determine your position. If you are experiencing persistent location issues please contact our support team.
 
The app does not currently support bluetooth speakers or hands free kits.
 
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We'd welcome your feedback about this app and how we can improve it, so please contact us on 0300 123 5000 and let us know what you think.
Please remember: NEVER use a mobile while driving
 
Highways England is responsible for managing, maintaining and modernising England's motorways and major A roads. It is a government-owned company. We manage, maintain and modernise England's motorways and trunk roads in the interests of customers.
 
Safe Road, Reliable Journeys, Informed Travellers

## Key features

- Real-time traffic flow on motorways
- Incident and roadwork alerts
- CCTV image viewer
- Route planning and notifications
- Search by region, motorway, or A-road

## Recent user reviews (10 of 22)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/live-traffic-info/id354106594/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Highways England

*2024-10-15*

All my truck drivers use this absolutely amazing especially when planning night runs and day runs for trucks

### 1/5 — Awful

*2024-05-23*

Worst App ever encountered! Very poor in App navigation, information badly organised and impossible to plan or add to routes. If you give feedback within the App, you reach an end point that prevents you getting back into the App’s functionality - just left stuck, even if the App is closed!  Complete waste of public money - Highways Agency operates just like the Post Office, with similar levels of competence & integrity.

### 2/5 — Good Info / Poor App

*2023-10-07*

Information within the app is very helpful, however the app itself is rubbish. Most obvious example… The ‘continue’ button on the message immediately after loading about not using it while driving, should not need 5 taps to proceed. Needs more work. Much like the roads Highways England claim to maintain really, so there’s consistency at least, in fairness to them!

### 1/5 — Do the authors use the app, or just don't care?

*2023-10-07*

Dire UI, hopelessly pointless routing (no means to re-route).  Also, pictures from roadside CCTV are thoughtfully date- and time-stamped.  Unfortunately you can't read the date-stamp because there's a Highways England logo plonked on top of it -so you've no idea if the picture you're looking at is today or last week!

### 1/5 — Very confusing

*2023-08-31*

Too difficult to find the information you need quickly with confusing options and lots of information that you probably don’t need. All you really want is to know where the hold ups are and how long the delay is

### 1/5 — Pretty poor app which isn’t user friendly

*2022-11-08*

The app is incorrectly named since highways England has been rebranded. 
I wanted to find delays on a motorway. But couldn’t work out as the app Is not intuitive. 
Why isn’t the app more like to website which quickly takes you to the information required. 
I’ve deleted this app.

### 1/5 — Terrible app

*2022-09-27*

Clunky layout lacks any kind of ergonomic thought, and the information is presented in an imprecise and unclear way. It would be so much easier to write in plain English that a road is closed between start time and end time, but the attempt at presenting information appears to be written in a bureaucratic manner attempting to be technical. Abysmally slow loading times too.

### 1/5 — No Good!!

*2021-11-10*

Been using for a few weeks now. Tells me when I leave work that my route is clear with no delays despite delays on at least four occasions in last two weeks alone including my 30 minute drive home tonight taking an hour and a half yet still showing no delays on my route. Deleted !!!

### 1/5 — Needs updating

*2021-03-10*

This app is utterly useless. It shows no delays on the A11 map view and junctions open when they are in reality closed. The current roadworks do show under the search tab but only to tell me there is work going on not that there is one lane open and a 40mph speed limit. Many of us rely on the A11 in Norfolk and regular updates are essential.

### 2/5 — No dark screen option

*2020-11-26*

The app works well when you set a route providing you adjust the settings, otherwise you get given info about roads you need to use. My only real criticism is that there is no option to put the screen in dark mode, can’t use the app at night with a bright white screen.

## Frequently asked questions about Live Traffic Info

### What roads does Live Traffic Info cover?

Live Traffic Info provides official information for motorways and major A roads managed by Highways England in England. It does not cover smaller local roads or trunk roads/motorways in Scotland or Wales.

### How does Live Traffic Info use my location?

The app uses your current location to provide relevant traffic news when and where you need it, helping you plan your journey and receive timely updates about your surroundings.

### Can I see traffic cameras with Live Traffic Info?

Yes, the CCTV feature allows you to search and view current still images from CCTV cameras across the Highways England network. Images can be updated every minute.

### Does Live Traffic Info offer route planning?

Yes, you can input a route using location names, addresses, or postcodes. The app uses Google's route finder to display available routes on a map and allows you to add notifications for your chosen routes.

### How often is the traffic information updated?

Official data is collected from thousands of vehicle monitors, CCTV, and patrol reports to provide live updates on traffic flow and incidents throughout the day.

### Is Live Traffic Info available offline?

No, your phone must be connected to the internet (mobile 3G/4G/GPRS or wireless) to access live traffic information through this app.

### What is the user sentiment for Live Traffic Info?

The app has a rating of 2.0 stars from 27 ratings, indicating that user satisfaction may be mixed. Feedback is welcomed via their website survey to help improve the experience.

### How can I share traffic information with others?

The 'Flow' feature allows you to tap into detailed motorway junction information and share details about any event of interest using the social media options available on your phone.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.24 — 2021-07-28

Restored maintenance notifications

### 2.23 — 2021-02-15

Maintenance update

### 2.22 — 2020-07-02

Added details of Motorway Service Areas

### 2.21 — 2020-06-08

Added feedback form.

### 2.20 — 2020-02-20

Resolved issue that was causing notifications to be reset intermittently for some users.

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