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  "phase": "E6",
  "status": "Evidence audit only; no national pedestrian/cyclist pressure decile",
  "inspectedAt": "2026-10-12",
  "dft": {
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    "sourceFields": [
      "count_point_id",
      "year",
      "region_id",
      "region_name",
      "region_ons_code",
      "local_authority_id",
      "local_authority_name",
      "local_authority_code",
      "road_name",
      "road_category",
      "road_type",
      "start_junction_road_name",
      "end_junction_road_name",
      "easting",
      "northing",
      "latitude",
      "longitude",
      "link_length_km",
      "link_length_miles",
      "estimation_method",
      "estimation_method_detailed",
      "pedal_cycles",
      "two_wheeled_motor_vehicles",
      "cars_and_taxis",
      "buses_and_coaches",
      "LGVs",
      "HGVs_2_rigid_axle",
      "HGVs_3_rigid_axle",
      "HGVs_4_or_more_rigid_axle",
      "HGVs_3_or_4_articulated_axle",
      "HGVs_5_articulated_axle",
      "HGVs_6_articulated_axle",
      "all_HGVs",
      "all_motor_vehicles"
    ],
    "pedestrianFieldPresent": false,
    "years": {
      "2022": {
        "rowsInEW": 19622,
        "estimatedOrOther": 12374,
        "counted": 7248,
        "uniqueCountPoints": 19622,
        "lsoasAnyCountPoint": 12042,
        "lsoasContemporaneouslyCountedPoint": 5833,
        "nationalLSOAs": 35672
      },
      "2023": {
        "rowsInEW": 19624,
        "estimatedOrOther": 12809,
        "counted": 6815,
        "uniqueCountPoints": 19624,
        "lsoasAnyCountPoint": 12037,
        "lsoasContemporaneouslyCountedPoint": 5566,
        "nationalLSOAs": 35672
      },
      "2024": {
        "rowsInEW": 19698,
        "estimatedOrOther": 12656,
        "counted": 7042,
        "uniqueCountPoints": 19698,
        "lsoasAnyCountPoint": 12041,
        "lsoasContemporaneouslyCountedPoint": 5781,
        "nationalLSOAs": 35672
      },
      "2025": {
        "rowsInEW": 19698,
        "estimatedOrOther": 12526,
        "counted": 7172,
        "uniqueCountPoints": 19698,
        "lsoasAnyCountPoint": 12028,
        "lsoasContemporaneouslyCountedPoint": 5870,
        "nationalLSOAs": 35672
      }
    },
    "limitation": "Point AADF pedal-cycle counts describe sampled road links. Multiple points can lie in one LSOA; an LSOA without a point is missing, not zero. Estimated rows can reuse earlier counts. No inference of pedestrian pressure or whole-area cycle flow.",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
    "guidance": "https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/downloads"
  },
  "localCounterEvidence": [
    {
      "provider": "Transport for London",
      "url": "https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/our-open-data",
      "dataUrl": "https://cycling.data.tfl.gov.uk/",
      "scope": "Selected London cycle routes and count programmes; local, not England and Wales",
      "status": "Catalogue verified; local counter data not ingested into national ranks",
      "licence": "TfL transport-data terms require separate review at ingestion"
    }
  ],
  "surveyEvidence": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/walking-and-cycling-statistics-england-2023/walking-and-cycling-statistics-england-local-area-walking-and-cycling-rates-active-lives-survey",
      "scope": "England LA participation survey, not LSOA physical flows or Wales-compatible enumeration",
      "status": "Context only"
    }
  ],
  "existingFeaturesReused": [
    "walk_commute",
    "cycle_commute",
    "connectivity_walking",
    "connectivity_cycling"
  ],
  "reuseInterpretation": "Commuting participation and accessibility remain separately labelled; neither is measured pedestrian or cyclist pressure.",
  "nextEvidenceGate": "For flow features require route coverage, counting interval, count completeness, seasonal/weather correction and independently validated national estimation before ranking. No STATS19 casualty counts used to infer flow.",
  "outcomesUsed": false,
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}