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A1018 traffic and collisions
The A1018 is an A-road of 14.1 miles, from Durham to South Tyneside. This page covers its traffic at 17 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 75m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,569 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 17,998 B1291 to A184
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −4.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 109 29.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1018?
On an average day in 2025, 14,569 vehicles passed each point on the A1018, counting both directions. The busiest section is B1291 to A184 (Sunderland), with 17,998 a day; the quietest listed is A19 to Council boundary, with 9,563.
Busiest sections, 2025
B1291 to A184 carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B1291 to A184 Sunderland · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 17,998 |
| A1300 to Dean Rd South Tyneside · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.3% | 15,944 |
| A1231 Sunderland · 4.0 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 15,714 |
| A184 to A1300 John Reid Road Sunderland, South Tyneside · 3.1 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 13,004 |
| A1290 to B1291 Sunderland · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 12,264 |
| A19 to Council boundary Durham · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 9,563 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Durham to South Tyneside · 14.1 miles
A1018 traffic and collisions by section
13 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (1.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A19 to Council boundaryDurham | 9,563 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A1231Sunderland | 15,714 | 10 |
| 3 | A1231 to B1294Sunderland | 13,680 | 7 |
| 4 | B1294 to B1293Sunderland | 19,128 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | B1293 to A183Sunderland | 25,087 | 8 |
| 6 | A183 to A1018 Dame Dorothy StSunderland | 37,821 | 11 |
| 7 | A1018 Dame Dorothy St to Southwick Road roundaboutSunderland | 23,707 | 14 |
| 8 | A1290 to B1291Sunderland | 12,264 | 10 |
| 9 | B1291 to A184Sunderland | 17,998 | 3 |
| 10 | A184 to A1300 John Reid RoadSunderland, South Tyneside | 13,004 | 16 |
| 11 | A1300 to Dean RdSouth Tyneside | 15,944 | 9 |
| 12 | Sunderland Rd to Westoe RdSouth Tyneside | 9,679 | 12 |
| 13 | A1018 Imeary St to A194South Tyneside | 14,657 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1018 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A1018 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.6% of the vehicle miles on the A1018. HGVs account for 1.5%, rising to 4.0% on A19 to Council boundary.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1018 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1018 came to 75 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 2.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 7.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 66m |
| 2001 | 65m |
| 2002 | 72m |
| 2003 | 71m |
| 2004 | 73m |
| 2005 | 73m |
| 2006 | 73m |
| 2007 | 73m |
| 2008 | 67m |
| 2009 | 69m |
| 2010 | 68m |
| 2011 | 68m |
| 2012 | 68m |
| 2013 | 68m |
| 2014 | 69m |
| 2015 | 70m |
| 2016 | 71m |
| 2017 | 71m |
| 2018 | 70m |
| 2019 | 74m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 68m |
| 2022 | 74m |
| 2023 | 75m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 75m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,227 |
| 2001 | 13,545 |
| 2002 | 14,778 |
| 2003 | 14,522 |
| 2004 | 14,982 |
| 2005 | 15,001 |
| 2006 | 14,855 |
| 2007 | 14,845 |
| 2008 | 13,484 |
| 2009 | 13,869 |
| 2010 | 13,656 |
| 2011 | 13,773 |
| 2012 | 13,624 |
| 2013 | 13,633 |
| 2014 | 13,969 |
| 2015 | 14,135 |
| 2016 | 14,194 |
| 2017 | 14,235 |
| 2018 | 14,134 |
| 2019 | 14,705 |
| 2020 | 12,018 |
| 2021 | 13,251 |
| 2022 | 14,410 |
| 2023 | 14,680 |
| 2024 | 14,374 |
| 2025 | 14,569 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years (44.0% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 17 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1018 collisions
Police recorded 109 collisions with the A1018 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 23 of them fatal or serious. That is 29.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 36.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | 3 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| A1290 to B1291 Sunderland · 10 collisions | 43.7 |
| A184 to A1300 John Reid Road Sunderland, South Tyneside · 16 collisions | 24.6 |
| A1231 Sunderland · 10 collisions | 9.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 27 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1018 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A1018
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Durham
- Sunderland
- South Tyneside
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 17 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 109 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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