UK drivers urged not to travel during height of ‘record Christmas getaway’

RAC says to avoid major routes in England between 1pm and 7pm on Friday and Saturday as long queues expected

Drivers are being urged not to travel on major routes for six hours on Friday and Saturday, with record levels of Christmas holiday traffic expected to cause long queues on Britain’s roads.

The RAC and the transport analytics company Inrix predicted a total of 29.3m festive journeys would be made between Wednesday and Christmas Eve, the most since the RAC began recording the data in 2013.