Trunk A-road
A106 traffic and collisions
The A106 is a trunk A-road of 5.8 miles, from Hackney to Waltham Forest. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 25m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,683 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,166 Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd
- HGV share 2.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −10.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 192 156.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A106?
On an average day in 2025, 11,683 vehicles passed each point on the A106, counting both directions. The busiest section is Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd (Hackney, Waltham Forest), with 22,166 a day; the quietest listed is Francis Rd to A11, with 5,933.
Busiest sections, 2025
Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd Hackney, Waltham Forest · 0.8 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 22,166 |
| A1205 to A106 Wick Rd Hackney · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 9,949 |
| A107 to A1205 Hackney · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 8,251 |
| A12/A115 to A12 Hackney · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 7,524 |
| Francis Rd to A11 Waltham Forest · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 5,933 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Hackney to Waltham Forest · 5.8 miles
A106 traffic and collisions by section
9 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 4 short link roads and spurs (1.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A107 to A1205Hackney | 8,251 | 10 |
| 2 | A1205 to A106 Wick RdHackney | 9,949 | 24 |
| 3 | A106 Victoria Park Rd to A12Hackney | 34,101 | 8 |
| 4 | A12 to A12/A115Hackney | 34,101 | 5 |
| 5 | A12/A115 to A12Hackney | 7,524 | 19 |
| 6 | Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra RdHackney, Waltham Forest | 22,166 | 33 |
| 7 | York Road to A112Waltham Forest | 7,015 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A112 to A106 Grove Green RdWaltham Forest | 4,857 | 7 |
| 9 | Francis Rd to A11Waltham Forest | 5,933 | 23 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A106 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.
A106 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 69.9% of the vehicle miles on the A106. HGVs account for 2.8%, rising to 4.3% on Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4% |
| 2001 | 4.4% |
| 2002 | 4.0% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 5.1% |
| 2006 | 4.9% |
| 2007 | 5.0% |
| 2008 | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 5.3% |
| 2010 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.1% |
| 2012 | 4.6% |
| 2013 | 4.3% |
| 2014 | 4.0% |
| 2015 | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 4.1% |
| 2019 | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 2.9% |
| 2025 | 2.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A106 traffic trend
Traffic on the A106 came to 24.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 10.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 12.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 33m |
| 2001 | 33m |
| 2002 | 31m |
| 2003 | 31m |
| 2004 | 29m |
| 2005 | 28m |
| 2006 | 30m |
| 2007 | 29m |
| 2008 | 29m |
| 2009 | 30m |
| 2010 | 30m |
| 2011 | 16m |
| 2012 | 15m |
| 2013 | 16m |
| 2014 | 31m |
| 2015 | 26m |
| 2016 | 26m |
| 2017 | 27m |
| 2018 | 27m |
| 2019 | 26m |
| 2020 | 21m |
| 2021 | 23m |
| 2022 | 24m |
| 2023 | 26m |
| 2024 | 25m |
| 2025 | 25m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,177 |
| 2001 | 16,187 |
| 2002 | 15,144 |
| 2003 | 15,075 |
| 2004 | 14,249 |
| 2005 | 13,719 |
| 2006 | 14,450 |
| 2007 | 14,362 |
| 2008 | 14,148 |
| 2009 | 14,645 |
| 2010 | 14,807 |
| 2011 | 14,495 |
| 2012 | 13,277 |
| 2013 | 14,042 |
| 2014 | 15,282 |
| 2015 | 12,932 |
| 2016 | 12,867 |
| 2017 | 12,957 |
| 2018 | 13,104 |
| 2019 | 12,693 |
| 2020 | 10,172 |
| 2021 | 11,182 |
| 2022 | 11,436 |
| 2023 | 12,172 |
| 2024 | 11,712 |
| 2025 | 11,683 |
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, 1 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A106 collisions
Police recorded 192 collisions with the A106 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 32 of them fatal or serious. That is 156.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 6.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 25.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 42 | 5 |
| 2022 | 35 | 11 |
| 2023 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 27 | 7 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A12/A115 to A12 Hackney · 19 collisions | 231.3 |
| A1205 to A106 Wick Rd Hackney · 24 collisions | 189.5 |
| Francis Rd to A11 Waltham Forest · 23 collisions | 155.1 |
| Junction A12/A106 to A106 Alexandra Rd Hackney, Waltham Forest · 33 collisions | 127.5 |
| A107 to A1205 Hackney · 10 collisions | 111.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 57 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A106 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 A106
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Hackney
- Waltham Forest
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 | 192 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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