The Traffic Management Centre (TMC) monitors the county’s road network and reports any variations to the traffic flow, we refer to these as ‘incidents’. They use the term ‘incident’ to describe something that has happened on the County’s road network which has an impact (of varying degrees) on usual traffic flows. This could include, for example, a Road Traffic Collision, a burst water main or temporary traffic lights for road works.
They are using a new web-based system to log and display these incidents in both map and report formats.
This system can be viewed by visiting; https://cadence247-ccc.controller.cityscience.com/
The system is still a work in progress and has been used live since August 2022, so anything pre-August has been ported over from our old log which is why there might not be as much detail in the information.
The TMC responded to 92 incidents on the road network throughout Cambridgeshire in March covering 21 weekdays. This figure is slightly higher to that of what is reported in March 2024 and a decrease to that of Februarys.
Please see the table below which illustrates the number of incidents over the last 6 months, compared to the same period last year;
Incidents by month/year
The @Cambs_Traffic X account is their quickest engagement tool with the public and the interaction gives a good indication of how effective the messages are getting out to people.
Throughout January they gained 51 new followers however they lost some making the number lower than that of February’s. Our profile views increased throughout March to that of Februarys with our post impressions and posts decreasing.
The table below illustrates the analytics over the last 6 months.
| X Analytics | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 | Feb-25 | Mar-25 |
| Number of Followers | 17,157 | 16,900 | 16,958 | 16,908 | 16,854 | 16,826 |
| Increase in followers from previous month | -146 | -257 | 58 | -50 | -54 | -28 |
| Number of Posts | 377 | 253 | 443 | 397 | 318 | |
| Number of profile visits | 536 | 782 | 1,200 | 752 | 488 | 538 |
| Number of Post impressions | 282,800 | 305,600 | 492,700 | 333,464 | 259,615 | 232,834 |
Note: The number of Posts sent includes advance notice road works and event Posts alongside live incident Posts.
And some exciting news – they have now launched our Facebook and Instagram accounts! Following on from the success that they’ve had with the Cambs_Traffic social media account on X (formally Twitter), they wanted to share with their new pages for Facebook and Instagram that will show advance warnings of road closures and impactful works throughout the county, educational posts about Highways & Transport and any Highways & Transport information moving forward, so they can reach a larger audience of the public within Cambridgeshire and beyond.
Our pages are:
Cambs Traffic on Facebook you can find here Cambs Traffic
Cambs_traffic on Instagram you can find here cambs_traffic
They will not be posting emergency and up to date traffic news such as delays etc within the county due to the algorithms used. They will continue using X to display this information as posts are posted immediately and in sequence.
For ease, historic data from 2018 -2023 can be found on google maps via the links below. If you have any queries or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact them at Tmc@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Traffic Management Team