But which roads in the city were the busiest and most congested?
Data from the Department for Transport (DfT) shows how many vehicles per day used each of Sheffield’s carriageways at various points during 2025.
The busiest road in the city was unsurprisingly the M1 near Meadowhall with nearly 140,000 vehicles a day.
But there were numerous other roads used by tens of thousands of vehicles per day, the statistics show.
Below are the 13 busiest roads in Sheffield, based on the latest figures from 2025.
For each road, we have only used the figure for the busiest section on which traffic was counted.
13. M1 junction 34 - 138,072
A total of 138,072 motor vehicles per day were recorded travelling along the M1, at junction 34 near Meadowhall, during 2025, making it the busiest road in Sheffield. | Google