The ONLY app to show live traffic incidents, roadworks and 4,700+ cameras covering England, Scotland and Wales. The app was updated during September 2024.
KEY FEATURES
Live traffic incidents, roadworks and traffic cams covering:
- England: Traffic England for all motorways and main trunk roads: 2,000+ cameras
- Scotland: Traffic Scotland: 304 cameras
- Wales: Traffic Wales: 250 cameras
- London: TfL: 911 VIDEO cameras
- Manchester: 63 cameras
- Tyne & Wear: 261 cameras
- Essex: 35 cameras
- Tamar Crossing: 2 cameras
- Today screen widget to show at a glance the nearest current traffic incidents
- Optimised for all iPhone and iPad models.
- Dark Mode throughout the app (iOS13+).
- Sharing: you can easily share traffic camera images (and videos for TfL cameras) with your Twitter followers, Facebook friends or via email etc.
LIST VIEW
- Shows current incidents in order of distance from your current location (closest incidents are shown first).
- Each incident is colour-coded to indicate the severity of the delay.
- You can quickly see the distance the incident is from you, the road name,
the type of incident and when the incident info was updated.
- The detail view for each incident shows the description of the incident together with a map showing the exact location of the incident.
MAP VIEW
- Shows current incidents and traffic cams.
- Each incident is colour coded as well as being represented by an icon showing the incident type.
- Clicking on an incident displays more detail right there on the map.
- The map view can also show live traffic camera images.
TRAFFIC CAMS
- Toggle show/hide the cameras on the map.
- Touch a camera icon on the map to view a live camera image.
TRAFFIC CAM FAVOURITES
- Save your favourite cameras for quick access to see how clear/congested your usual routes are.
TODAY WIDGET
- Shows at a glance the nearest current traffic incidents without launching the app.
PERSONALISE
- Toggle traffic information on the map.
- Toggle auto refresh of camera images (will refresh every 10 seconds).
- Toggle always show map on app launch.
- You can configure which incidents are displayed according to the severity of the delay caused.
- Miles or Kilometres setting.
ICONS AND COLOUR CODING
- The icons on the map show the type of incident so you can see at a glance both the incident type and severity (indicated by the colour of the icon).
The incident icons currently available are:
- Accident: ambulance icon
- Congestion: standard congestion sign (3 cars) icon
- Breakdown: car with bonnet raised icon
- Signal Failure: traffic signal icon
- Event (such as football match, concert): a calendar event icon
- Snow or flooding: the appropriate icon
- Other/Hazard/Incident: standard hazard (exclamation mark) icon
Incidents are colour coded accruing to severity:
- Red: severe; delays of one hour or more, or road/exit closed
- Orange: medium; delays 15 minutes or more
- Green: minor; delays less than 15 minutes
CONTACT
- Email me for feature requests/bug reports etc. I would love to hear from you!
- Follow @ukroadsapp on Twitter for latest news on the app.