Alberta Highway Traffic Volumes with Vehicle Classification and Load Data

Annual data on average daily traffic, vehicle classifications, million vehicle-kilometres, and equivalent single axle loadings for Alberta's highways. The dataset is published by the Government of Alberta and was last updated on March 18, 2026. Data are provided as weighted averages over entire highways, control sections, and traffic control sections.

Use Cases

• Modeling road wear and maintenance needs based on equivalent single axle loadings.
• Analyzing traffic flow patterns and congestion based on average daily traffic volumes.
• Studying vehicle fleet composition and trends based on vehicle classification data.
• Calculating infrastructure usage and environmental impact based on million vehicle-kilometres traveled.

Strengths

• Data is provided annually, offering a time-series perspective.
• Includes multiple traffic metrics: average daily traffic, vehicle classifications, million vehicle-kilometres, and equivalent single axle loadings.
• Aggregated at three spatial levels: entire highways, control sections, and traffic control sections.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Likely collected via traffic monitoring infrastructure on the highway network.

Time Range

Annual coverage.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 07:01:59.369792; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada.