More than 800, 000 homes are "mired in transport poverty" as a result, the RAC Foundation said.
"These figures should shock the chancellor, " said Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation.
The RAC has also warned that some over-the-counter and prescription drugs can impair driving ability.
The research is based on "previously unreleased" data from the Office for National Statistics, the RAC said.
The RAC is advising drivers to be prepared for hazardous driving conditions over the next few days.
Speed limits always trade time against safety, notes Stephen Glaister of the RAC Foundation, a motoring lobby.
That year's RAC cross-country motor rally was cancelled, and social life in infected areas ground to a halt.
But the RAC said colder weather and rain on Saturday had caused the cancellation of any ambitious drives.
The RAC said the figures were a "cause for concern" and they suggested "something is not quite right".
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The motoring organisation, the RAC, has called for road safety to be taught as part of the national curriculum.
Clarke's initials -- "rac" -- are typed at the end of the e-mail.
The RAC said it was expecting up to 56, 000 breakdowns and widespread disruption on the roads if snow arrived over the weekend.
As the campaigning arm of the motoring organisation, the RAC Foundation believes the problem of drugs and driving has not been highlighted enough.
David Bizley, technical director of the RAC, said the proposals were welcome but his organisation is keen to understand how traffic will be affected.
Meanwhile, a survey by motoring group RAC shows almost half of drivers are seriously distracted by in-car technology - rising to 55% for 17-to-24-year-olds.
The report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), funded by the the RAC Foundation, suggested a "radical overhaul" of road taxes was needed.
Adrian Tink of the RAC is in no doubt that motorists began cutting their driving towards the end of last year, as they felt the pinch.
RAC's vulgar squabbles are bound to be accompanied by a dash of envy that its members now seem about to vote themselves a large wad of money.
The RAC also wants to see the introduction of a three-tier warning system for over-the-counter drugs so drivers know at a glance which drugs pose a driving hazard.
Elsewhere in the business its RAC Trackstar division - which allows stolen vehicles to be traced - got a boost from a 35% increase in sales of Trackstar plus.
Talks had taken place between the RAC and the RIAA but, although the RIAA claimed to have made key concessions, negotiations stalled after artists held out for their original terms.
Professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation, said the government was looking for radical solutions to the "chronic problems" of congestion and rising traffic levels due to population growth and under-investment.
RAC's board and senior managers had shown themselves to be acting against members' interests by, among other things, considering a rival scheme in which the commercial offshoot swallowed up its parent, the clubhouse.
The research, which was actually commissioned by the RAC Foundation, the Independent Transport Commission, the Office of Rail Regulation and Transport Scotland, also looks at the corresponding boom on the trains over the same period.
Some industry insiders also believe Mr Murray and the RAC decided to withdraw the bill because they felt that the committee on arts and entertainment, chaired by Democratic Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn, was too pro-recording industry.
And while you won't find the Jetson's Food-A-Rac-A-Cycle in stores, the television dinner meant that by 1962, a future where machines produced a variety of tasty food at the push of a button seemed just around the corner.
Indeed, Professor Stephen Glaister, director of motorists' advocacy group the RAC Foundation, suggests much of the hostility on the roads stems from a lack of understanding and suggests levelling out the legislation would reassure drivers that the rules were being applied fairly.
After a Commons statement by Transport Secretary Philip Hammond on 20 December 2010, she accused the government of failing to implement the recommendations made in a report by former RAC Foundation chief Sir David Quarmby into the UK's ability to deal with extreme cold weather.
Stephen Glaister of the RAC Foundation, a motoring lobby group, points out that road-building could look even more attractive if the government were to allow private firms to upgrade and run the things, charging European-style tolls to motorists and potentially freeing government cash to be spent elsewhere.
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