Quiet Easter expected on UK roads as Covid rules deter most from travelling

Motoring organisation polls show most people likely to stay home over traditionally busy holiday weekend

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Two years ago, Easter brought warnings of traffic chaos, closed rail stations and crowded destinations, with staycationers expecting to enjoy hotter weather than those who had jetted off to Mallorca; but last year, with the four-day holiday falling in the early weeks of the first Covid-19 lockdown, no one was going anywhere.

This time, despite the first substantial easing of lockdown rules that potentially allows many to see family and friends for the first time in months, it does not look as if the traditional Easter mass getaway will reappear in 2021.