A-road
A1060 traffic and collisions
The A1060 is an A-road of 20.3 miles, from Hertfordshire to Essex. This page covers its traffic at 13 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 74m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,980 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 31,816 A1016 to A1099
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 119 34.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1060?
On an average day in 2025, 9,980 vehicles passed each point on the A1060, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1016 to A1099 (Essex), with 31,816 a day; the quietest listed is B184N to Lordship Rd, with 5,473.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1016 to A1099 carries 3.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1016 to A1099 Essex · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 31,816 |
| Lordship Road to Chignall Rd Essex · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 17,428 |
| A1114 to A12(T) Essex · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 16,676 |
| Chignall Rd to A1016 Essex · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 15,383 |
| B184S to B184 N Essex · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 8,469 |
| Bedlams Lane to B183 Hertfordshire, Essex · 4.0 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 7,593 |
| B183 to B184 S Essex · 4.2 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 7,136 |
| B184N to Lordship Rd Essex · 7.0 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 5,473 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Hertfordshire to Essex · 20.3 miles
A1060 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | B1383 to Bedlams LaneHertfordshire | 8,348 | 3 |
| 2 | Bedlams Lane to B183Hertfordshire, Essex | 7,593 | 24 |
| 3 | B183 to B184 SEssex | 7,136 | 14 |
| 4 | B184S to B184 NEssex | 8,469 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | B184N to Lordship RdEssex | 5,473 | 18 |
| 6 | Lordship Road to Chignall RdEssex | 17,428 | 4 |
| 7 | Chignall Rd to A1016Essex | 15,383 | 15 |
| 8 | A1016 to A1099Essex | 31,816 | 11 |
| 9 | A1099 to B1007Essex | 51,775 | 5 |
| 10 | B1007 to A1099Essex | 36,170 | 6 |
| 11 | A1098 to A1060Essex | 38,980 | 12 |
| 12 | A1114 to A12(T)Essex | 16,676 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1060 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.
A1060 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.1% of the vehicle miles on the A1060. HGVs account for 1.6%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.7% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1060 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1060 came to 73.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 0.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 2.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 75m |
| 2001 | 77m |
| 2002 | 81m |
| 2003 | 80m |
| 2004 | 77m |
| 2005 | 75m |
| 2006 | 73m |
| 2007 | 72m |
| 2008 | 71m |
| 2009 | 71m |
| 2010 | 71m |
| 2011 | 72m |
| 2012 | 71m |
| 2013 | 71m |
| 2014 | 71m |
| 2015 | 72m |
| 2016 | 71m |
| 2017 | 74m |
| 2018 | 78m |
| 2019 | 76m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 64m |
| 2022 | 69m |
| 2023 | 69m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 74m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,070 |
| 2001 | 10,312 |
| 2002 | 10,781 |
| 2003 | 10,635 |
| 2004 | 10,320 |
| 2005 | 10,059 |
| 2006 | 9,758 |
| 2007 | 9,581 |
| 2008 | 9,541 |
| 2009 | 9,535 |
| 2010 | 9,541 |
| 2011 | 9,570 |
| 2012 | 9,454 |
| 2013 | 9,423 |
| 2014 | 9,534 |
| 2015 | 9,634 |
| 2016 | 9,446 |
| 2017 | 9,837 |
| 2018 | 10,208 |
| 2019 | 10,203 |
| 2020 | 7,784 |
| 2021 | 8,601 |
| 2022 | 9,233 |
| 2023 | 9,346 |
| 2024 | 9,787 |
| 2025 | 9,980 |
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. In 2025, 3 of the 13 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1060 collisions
Police recorded 119 collisions with the A1060 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 34 of them fatal or serious. That is 34.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 35.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 6 |
| 2022 | 26 | 7 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 15 | 8 |
| 2025 | 16 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Chignall Rd to A1016 Essex · 15 collisions | 71.0 |
| Bedlams Lane to B183 Hertfordshire, Essex · 24 collisions | 47.6 |
| A1016 to A1099 Essex · 11 collisions | 37.6 |
| B184N to Lordship Rd Essex · 18 collisions | 28.8 |
| B183 to B184 S Essex · 14 collisions | 26.7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 24 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1060 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 A1060
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Hertfordshire
- Essex
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 | 13 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 119 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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