OS MasterMap Highways Network with speed data

New OS MasterMap Highways Network with speed data contracts cannot be entered into after 29 March 2023. Supply of product updates to customers with existing contracts continues until March 2024. Average speed and indicative speed limits are now available to access directly from the OS National Geographic Database (OS NGD) Transport theme. These datasets are available under the PSGA and make it easier to analyse travel times and provide more accurate insight for safety and infrastructure policy decisions.

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What OS MasterMap Highways Network with speed data provides you with

Optimise highway routes

Access road speed limits and average speed with our additional highways datasets, to plan logistics and monitor and optimise routes more effectively.

Historical comparisons

Use OS MasterMap Highways with Speed data to perform studies on drive time, or congestion analysis.

Intelligent integration

Develop speed limiter technology for autonomous vehicles, or design customisable sat nav systems with access to speed limit and average speed datasets.

Average speed and speed limits

The Average Speed dataset contains a years' worth of historical speed information broken down into six time periods for each day. The data is bi-directional, so gives you the average speed of a road link in both directions.

OS MasterMap Highways Network with speed data

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Specifications

Use cases

OS MasterMap Highways Network with speed data can be used for speed data calculations and analysis:

  • congestion analysis and drive time studies
  • environmental analysis to monitor emissions and carry out standing time analysis
  • routing and route optimisation, including planning emergency response routing
  • planning and development using traffic and infrastructure modelling
  • autonomous vehicles usage of speed limits
Access
  • Download
Data theme
  • Transport
Data structure
Vector - Topologically structured link and node network
Coverage
Great Britain
Scale
1:1250 to 1:10,000
Format
  • CSV
Ordering area
  • All of Great Britain
Publication months
  • January
  • April
  • July
  • October
OS Data Hub plan
  • Premium Plan

Documents and Support

Getting started guides

  • OS MasterMap Highways Network - Product guide
    This product guide provides instructions for using the product in different software applications. Users with limited technical knowledge will be able to follow this guide.
    pdf
    v2.7
    1,190 kb
    December 8, 2023

Technical specification

Supporting documents

  • OS MasterMap Highways - Playbook
    This playbook provides simple ways to tackle common questions about OS MasterMap Highways.
    pdf
    v1.5
    1,040 kb
    February 5, 2018
  • Getting started with GeoPackage
    This guide helps you to get started using GeoPackage - a lightweight format that can contain large amounts of complex data in a single, easy to distribute and ready to use file.
    pdf
    v2
    1.11 mb
    September 30, 2021
  • Getting started with vector tiles
    This guide will help you to get started using vector tiles (MBTiles) – lightweight tiles that are efficient and quick to render in your software, letting you create customised, high-resolution, beautiful mapping.
    pdf
    v1
    845 kb
    September 23, 2022
  • Product refresh dates
    Find out the update frequencies of our premium products and the calendar months that they are updated.
    link
  • Use of NSG and OS Data
    This document isa briefing note on the use of the National Street Gazetteer (NSG) and Ordnance Survey Data.
    pdf
    v1
    97.6 kb
    May 23, 2023
  • OS MasterMap Network schemas and codelists
    Access the schemas and codelists describing the data structure and content.
    link

Release notes

Additional information

Data supply

The Average Speed dataset is supplied on an annual basis each May, averaging the year's travelling speeds to form a single dataset. The Speed Limits dataset identifies the speed limit for a stretch of road based on road traffic signs. The data is supplied on a quarterly basis throughout the year.

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What you get

Key features
  • Optimise highway routes
  • Historical comparisons
  • Intelligent integration
  • Average speed and speed limits
Category
Networks
Access
  • Download
Data structure
Vector - Topologically structured link and node network
Update frequency
Quarterly
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How to access

Accessing transport data from the OS NGD

Average speed and indicative speed limits are now available to access directly from the OS National Geographic Database (OS NGD) Transport Theme for PSGA members and OS Licensed Partners.

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