London was found to be the worst city for traffic jams, followed by Belfast in Northern Ireland, Bristol and Edinburgh.
UK drivers spent around 115 hours held up in traffic in 2019 - with new research revealing the most frustrating places in the country to be a motorist.
Traffic analyst Inrix also found that tailbacks on UK roads were impacting our pockets, costing the average driver £894 a year.London was the worst off city, according to the research, with motorists spending an average of 149 hours in jams during peak periods last year, making it the world's eighth most congested city.
Belfast came second, with drivers in the Northern Ireland capital being held up on average for 112 hours.Bristol motorists spent on average 103 hours stuck on the roads per driver, followed by Edinburgh at 98 hours and Manchester at 92 hours. The biggest year-on-year increase in congestion was in Cardiff, which saw a 5% growth in the hours spent in tailbacks to 87 hours per driver last year.
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