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A105 traffic and collisions
The A105 is an A-road of 10.9 miles, from Islington to Enfield. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 61m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,343 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 17,662 A503 to West Green Rd
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −12.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 984 324.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A105?
On an average day in 2025, 15,343 vehicles passed each point on the A105, counting both directions. The busiest section is A503 to West Green Rd (Hackney, Haringey), with 17,662 a day; the quietest listed is Council boundary to A503, with 13,660.
Busiest sections, 2025
A503 to West Green Rd carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A503 to West Green Rd Hackney, Haringey · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 17,662 |
| Junction where Silvber Street and Southbury Road meet (Enfield) to Junction where A105, A10 and Carterhatch Lane meet Enfield · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 16,832 |
| Junction A105/A1010 to Junction A10/A105 Enfield · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 16,076 |
| A1080 to A109 Haringey · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 14,872 |
| A111 to A110 Cecil Rd/Sydney Road roundabout Enfield · 2.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 14,783 |
| A109 to A406 Haringey, Enfield · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 14,485 |
| A1004 to A111 Enfield · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 14,426 |
| Council boundary to A503 Islington, Hackney · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 13,660 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Islington to Enfield · 10.9 miles
A105 traffic and collisions by section
11 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Council boundary to A503Islington, Hackney | 13,660 | 146 |
| 2 | A503 to West Green RdHackney, Haringey | 17,662 | 284 |
| 3 | A504 to A1080Haringey | 24,438 | 34 |
| 4 | A1080 to A109Haringey | 14,872 | 129 |
| 5 | At A109Haringey | 18,392 | 38 |
| 6 | A109 to A406Haringey, Enfield | 14,485 | 112 |
| 7 | A406(T) to A1004Enfield | 12,121 | 32 |
| 8 | A1004 to A111Enfield | 14,426 | 44 |
| 9 | A111 to A110 Cecil Rd/Sydney Road roundaboutEnfield | 14,783 | 113 |
| 10 | Junction where Silvber Street and Southbury Road meet (Enfield) to Junction where A105, A10 and Carterhatch Lane meetEnfield | 16,832 | 5 |
| 11 | Junction A105/A1010 to Junction A10/A105Enfield | 16,076 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A105 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.
A105 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 74.3% of the vehicle miles on the A105. HGVs account for 1.7%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.7% |
| 2004 | 2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 2.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.9% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A105 traffic trend
Traffic on the A105 came to 61 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 12.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 34.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 86m |
| 2001 | 86m |
| 2002 | 84m |
| 2003 | 82m |
| 2004 | 78m |
| 2005 | 77m |
| 2006 | 80m |
| 2007 | 82m |
| 2008 | 77m |
| 2009 | 74m |
| 2010 | 68m |
| 2011 | 68m |
| 2012 | 63m |
| 2013 | 64m |
| 2014 | 65m |
| 2015 | 65m |
| 2016 | 64m |
| 2017 | 52m |
| 2018 | 51m |
| 2019 | 66m |
| 2020 | 54m |
| 2021 | 58m |
| 2022 | 60m |
| 2023 | 63m |
| 2024 | 62m |
| 2025 | 61m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 21,021 |
| 2001 | 21,035 |
| 2002 | 20,449 |
| 2003 | 20,045 |
| 2004 | 18,966 |
| 2005 | 18,751 |
| 2006 | 19,675 |
| 2007 | 20,012 |
| 2008 | 18,721 |
| 2009 | 18,112 |
| 2010 | 16,733 |
| 2011 | 16,626 |
| 2012 | 15,502 |
| 2013 | 15,695 |
| 2014 | 15,786 |
| 2015 | 15,801 |
| 2016 | 15,680 |
| 2017 | 16,695 |
| 2018 | 16,535 |
| 2019 | 17,386 |
| 2020 | 14,229 |
| 2021 | 15,289 |
| 2022 | 15,775 |
| 2023 | 15,779 |
| 2024 | 15,497 |
| 2025 | 15,343 |
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. In 2025, 2 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A105 collisions
Police recorded 984 collisions with the A105 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 137 of them fatal or serious. That is 324.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 18.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 2.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 166 | 21 |
| 2022 | 181 | 33 |
| 2023 | 191 | 22 |
| 2024 | 148 | 31 |
| 2025 | 161 | 30 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A503 to West Green Rd Hackney, Haringey · 284 collisions | 669.0 |
| A1080 to A109 Haringey · 129 collisions | 653.7 |
| A109 to A406 Haringey, Enfield · 112 collisions | 425.1 |
| A1004 to A111 Enfield · 44 collisions | 334.6 |
| Council boundary to A503 Islington, Hackney · 146 collisions | 323.0 |
| A111 to A110 Cecil Rd/Sydney Road roundabout Enfield · 113 collisions | 155.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 187 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A105 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 95.2% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A105
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Islington
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Enfield
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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 984 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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