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A1068 traffic and collisions
The A1068 is an A-road of 29.0 miles, in Northumberland. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 89m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,382 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 17,504 A19(T) to A1172
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +15.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 94 25.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1068?
On an average day in 2025, 8,382 vehicles passed each point on the A1068, counting both directions. The busiest section is A19(T) to A1172 (Northumberland), with 17,504 a day; the quietest listed is road to Hillcrest Avenue, Ashington to A197, with 5,430.
Busiest sections, 2025
A19(T) to A1172 carries 2.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A19(T) to A1172 Northumberland · 1.9 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 17,504 |
| B6346 to A1 Northumberland · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 14,198 |
| A1172 to A192 Northumberland · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 12,712 |
| Corchester Rd, Bedlington to A196 Northumberland · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 10,844 |
| A192 to Hartlands, Bedlington Northumberland · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 7,637 |
| A189 to B6346 Northumberland · 17.6 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 7,194 |
| A197 to A189 Northumberland · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 6,398 |
| A196 to road to Hillcrest Avenue Northumberland · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 6,027 |
| road to Hillcrest Avenue, Ashington to A197 Northumberland · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 5,430 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Northumberland · 29.0 miles
A1068 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 | A19(T) to A1172Northumberland | 17,504 | 8 |
| 2 | A1172 to A192Northumberland | 12,712 | 12 |
| 3 | A192 to Hartlands, BedlingtonNorthumberland | 7,637 | 0 |
| 4 | Hartlands to A193Northumberland | 8,477 | 4 |
| 5 | A193 to Corchester RdNorthumberland | 12,037 | 6 |
| 6 | Corchester Rd, Bedlington to A196Northumberland | 10,844 | 6 |
| 7 | A196 to road to Hillcrest AvenueNorthumberland | 6,027 | 3 |
| 8 | road to Hillcrest Avenue, Ashington to A197Northumberland | 5,430 | 4 |
| 9 | A197 to A189Northumberland | 6,398 | 4 |
| 10 | A189 to B6346Northumberland | 7,194 | 15 |
| 11 | B6346 to A1Northumberland | 14,198 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1068 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.
A1068 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.4% of the vehicle miles on the A1068. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 5.1% on A19(T) to A1172.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% |
| 2001 | 4.6% |
| 2002 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 3.1% |
| 2005 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 3.2% |
| 2016 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1068 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1068 came to 88.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 15.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 12.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 34.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 67m |
| 2001 | 77m |
| 2002 | 82m |
| 2003 | 79m |
| 2004 | 80m |
| 2005 | 80m |
| 2006 | 78m |
| 2007 | 86m |
| 2008 | 79m |
| 2009 | 80m |
| 2010 | 79m |
| 2011 | 79m |
| 2012 | 79m |
| 2013 | 79m |
| 2014 | 80m |
| 2015 | 79m |
| 2016 | 81m |
| 2017 | 77m |
| 2018 | 77m |
| 2019 | 77m |
| 2020 | 59m |
| 2021 | 65m |
| 2022 | 71m |
| 2023 | 76m |
| 2024 | 77m |
| 2025 | 89m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,263 |
| 2001 | 7,184 |
| 2002 | 7,728 |
| 2003 | 7,460 |
| 2004 | 7,531 |
| 2005 | 7,564 |
| 2006 | 7,320 |
| 2007 | 8,052 |
| 2008 | 7,459 |
| 2009 | 7,530 |
| 2010 | 7,388 |
| 2011 | 7,437 |
| 2012 | 7,431 |
| 2013 | 7,404 |
| 2014 | 7,505 |
| 2015 | 7,478 |
| 2016 | 7,637 |
| 2017 | 7,268 |
| 2018 | 7,278 |
| 2019 | 7,280 |
| 2020 | 5,579 |
| 2021 | 6,134 |
| 2022 | 6,672 |
| 2023 | 7,155 |
| 2024 | 7,244 |
| 2025 | 8,382 |
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 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1068 collisions
Police recorded 94 collisions with the A1068 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 40 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 25.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.7 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 30.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 13 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A1172 to A192 Northumberland · 12 collisions | 45.2 |
| A189 to B6346 Northumberland · 15 collisions | 8.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1068 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 A1068
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Northumberland
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 94 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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