How many rat runners use Leathley Road & Avenue?

Nearly 1000 rat runners use Leathley Avenue every day. Here are the numbers in May 2019:

On Monday 13th May 2019 (orange line), 972 cars and trucks used Leathley Avenue as a rat run between 7:00am and 7:00pm. If you include the other 12 hours, that's easily more than 1000 vehicles. Most of them (maybe 2/3 or more) are southbound towards Bingley Road.

A Bradford Council Traffic Officer has also counted them:

I can advise you that the vehicle registration survey, to determine the volume of through traffic,  in Leathley Road Area was carried out on 17 July 2019 and the result is as follow:

 

On the day of the survey, during the morning peak period between 8am – 10pm, 165 vehicles used Leathley Road and Leathley Ave, as through traffic, in both directions. 44 vehicles also used Leathley Road and Low Hall Road during the morning peak period in both directions.

 

However, during the evening peak period, between 4pm – 6pm, 224 vehicles used Leathley Road and Leathley Avenue in both directions and 35 used Leathley Road and Low Hall Road during the evening peak period in both directions. The volume of the Heavy Goods Vehicles in the area was very, very small.