STOKE-ON-TRENT — Live News The highest number for an Easter bank holiday since the RAC...

Published: 4:02 am April 11, 2022
Updated: 6:46 pm March 8, 2026
Drivers Are Collectively Planning An Estimated 21.46m Leisure Journeys By Car This Weekend

The highest number for an Easter bank holiday since the RAC first started tracking motorists’ plans in 2014, according to new research published today.*

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Good Friday – the first bank holiday since the start of the year – looks set to be the single busiest day of the long weekend with drivers planning in the region of 4.62m separate leisure trips, followed by bank holiday Monday (3.96m) with Saturday and Sunday each seeing around 3.63m journeys by car. An additional estimated 5.6m trips will be taken by drivers at some point between Friday and Monday.

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