Noise pollution

Noise pollution#

Last modified: 09 Jun 2025

UK LLC provides modelled road-traffic noise estimates using the CNOSSOS-EU framework, incorporating traffic volumes, speeds, land cover and building heights.

More information about this dataset is available here.

Common framework for noise assessment methods (CNOSSOS-EU) noise modelling#

Modelled road-transport noise estimates are calculated in accordance to the ‘Common framework for noise assessment methods’ (CNOSSOS-EU) framework, developed by the European Commission (2002/49/EC).

Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts and traffic speeds across the UK road-network in 2013 enter the model, along with information relating to the surface roughness of land cover, building heights, wind profiles and average temperatures.

1. Summary#

Household level, England and Wales

Dataset Descriptor	Dataset-specific Information
Name of dataset in TRE	noise_england_wales_hh
Citation (APA)	Gulliver, J., Morley, D., Vienneau, D., Fabbri, F., Bell, M., Goodman, P., … & Fecht, D. (2015). Development of an open-source road traffic noise model for exposure assessment. Environmental Modelling & Software, 74, 183-193.
Download citation	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.022109304
Owner	University of Leicester
Temporal coverage	2013
Geographical coverage	England and Wales
Key link	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280894153_Common_noise_assessment_methods_in_Europe_CNOSSOS-EU
Keywords	Noise, Pollution, Road, Transport
Participant count	TBC
Number of variables	TBC
Number of observations	TBC
Latest extract date	TBC
Specific restrictions to data use	TBC
Build a data request	TBC
Version
1

Variables: TBC

Postcode level, England and Wales

Dataset Descriptor	Dataset-specific Information
Name of dataset in TRE	noise_england_wales_pc
Citation (APA)	Gulliver, J., Morley, D., Vienneau, D., Fabbri, F., Bell, M., Goodman, P., … & Fecht, D. (2015). Development of an open-source road traffic noise model for exposure assessment. Environmental Modelling & Software, 74, 183-193.
Download citation	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.12.022109304
Owner	University of Leicester
Temporal coverage	2013
Geographical coverage	England and Wales
Key link	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280894153_Common_noise_assessment_methods_in_Europe_CNOSSOS-EU
Keywords	Noise, Pollution, Road, Transport
Participant count	TBC
Number of variables	TBC
Number of observations	TBC
Latest extract date	TBC
Specific restrictions to data use	TBC
Build a data request	TBC
Version
1

Variables: TBC

2. Metrics#

TBC

3. Version History#

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4. Documentation#

We are currently building a documentation storage system which will host relevant and useful documents related to datasets, groupings, and studies themselves.

5. Useful Syntax#

Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to the UK LLC GitHub repository where you can find the full scripts.