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A1020 traffic and collisions
The A1020 is an A-road of 5.4 miles, from Tower Hamlets to Newham. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 39m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,980 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 30,393 Count point 92069
- HGV share 5.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −10.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 52 28.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1020?
On an average day in 2025, 19,980 vehicles passed each point on the A1020, counting both directions. The busiest section is Count point 92069 (Newham), with 30,393 a day; the quietest listed is A1261 to A1011, with 16,687.
Busiest sections, 2025
Count point 92069 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Count point 92069 Newham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 30,393 |
| A112 to A117 Newham · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 18,991 |
| A1011 to A112 Newham · 1.7 mi · HGVs 7.5% | 18,467 |
| A1261 to A1011 Tower Hamlets, Newham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 9.5% | 16,687 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Tower Hamlets to Newham · 5.4 miles
A1020 traffic and collisions by section
6 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1261 to A1011Tower Hamlets, Newham | 16,687 | 24 |
| 2 | A1011 to A112Newham | 18,467 | 12 |
| 3 | At A112Newham | 13,988 | 0 |
| 4 | A112 to A117Newham | 18,991 | 15 |
| 5 | A117Newham | 21,369 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Count point 92069Newham | 30,393 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1020 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.
A1020 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.2% of the vehicle miles on the A1020. HGVs account for 5.6%, rising to 9.5% on A1261 to A1011.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.3% |
| 2001 | 5.8% |
| 2002 | 5.5% |
| 2003 | 5.6% |
| 2004 | 6.1% |
| 2005 | 6.1% |
| 2006 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 5.1% |
| 2009 | 5.3% |
| 2010 | 5.1% |
| 2011 | 5.6% |
| 2012 | 6.5% |
| 2013 | 7.8% |
| 2014 | 6.7% |
| 2015 | 7.0% |
| 2016 | 7.8% |
| 2017 | 7.6% |
| 2018 | 7.1% |
| 2019 | 7.2% |
| 2020 | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 7.3% |
| 2023 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 7.0% |
| 2025 | 5.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1020 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1020 came to 39.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 10.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 54.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 73m |
| 2001 | 68m |
| 2002 | 67m |
| 2003 | 73m |
| 2004 | 66m |
| 2005 | 62m |
| 2006 | 53m |
| 2007 | 52m |
| 2008 | 54m |
| 2009 | 52m |
| 2010 | 53m |
| 2011 | 56m |
| 2012 | 55m |
| 2013 | 48m |
| 2014 | 50m |
| 2015 | 49m |
| 2016 | 49m |
| 2017 | 42m |
| 2018 | 41m |
| 2019 | 41m |
| 2020 | 34m |
| 2021 | 34m |
| 2022 | 36m |
| 2023 | 36m |
| 2024 | 37m |
| 2025 | 39m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 40,953 |
| 2001 | 38,194 |
| 2002 | 37,410 |
| 2003 | 40,647 |
| 2004 | 36,738 |
| 2005 | 34,436 |
| 2006 | 29,492 |
| 2007 | 29,045 |
| 2008 | 29,938 |
| 2009 | 29,181 |
| 2010 | 29,517 |
| 2011 | 31,220 |
| 2012 | 30,983 |
| 2013 | 26,650 |
| 2014 | 27,855 |
| 2015 | 27,377 |
| 2016 | 27,256 |
| 2017 | 23,664 |
| 2018 | 21,965 |
| 2019 | 22,195 |
| 2020 | 17,778 |
| 2021 | 18,122 |
| 2022 | 18,891 |
| 2023 | 18,966 |
| 2024 | 19,441 |
| 2025 | 19,980 |
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 (31.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1020 collisions
Police recorded 52 collisions with the A1020 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 15 of them fatal or serious. That is 28.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 50.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A1261 to A1011 Tower Hamlets, Newham · 24 collisions | 563.0 |
| A1011 to A112 Newham · 12 collisions | 104.7 |
| A112 to A117 Newham · 15 collisions | 33.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 22 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1020 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 A1020
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Tower Hamlets
- Newham
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 52 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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