18M getaway car trips planned this Jubilee half-term

Less than a fifth of drivers check oil, coolant and tyres ahead of a long journey, research shows

18M getaway car trips planned this Jubilee half-term

Drivers are planning on making 17.8m leisure trips this weekend as schools break for half-term and preparations get underway for the Jubilee bank holiday weekend, research from RAC Breakdown suggests.

Based on the travel plans of 1,425 UK drivers, the RAC expects motorways and major A-roads to be busiest on Saturday with an estimated 4.6m trips taken, followed by tomorrow (Friday) and Sunday with 4m journeys each day.

Drivers expect to take an additional 5.3m at some point between tomorrow and the end of the weekend.

Data from transport experts INRIX shows the potential for some delays across the country, in particular the M1 southbound between J16 and J6 on Friday evening, the M25 anticlockwise between J17 and J12 on Saturday morning and A720 west between the A1 and the M60 clockwise between J7 and J18 on Sunday afternoon.

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The RAC is reminding drivers to check over their vehicles before setting out after separate research revealed that less than a fifth (17 per cent) admit to always checking things like oil, coolant and tyres prior to a long journey, with a quarter (24 per cent) never doing so at all.

RAC traffic spokesman Rod Dennis said: “All eyes might be turning to the long Jubilee bank holiday just a week away, but before then we have the start of half-term which will no doubt see major routes to holiday destinations start to clog up.”

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