Trunk A-road
A1089 traffic and collisions
The A1089 is a trunk A-road of 5.4 miles, in Thurrock. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 37m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 18,527 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 30,261 A126 to A1089
- HGV share 24.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +8.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 35 20.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1089?
On an average day in 2025, 18,527 vehicles passed each point on the A1089, counting both directions. The busiest section is A126 to A1089 (Thurrock), with 30,261 a day; the quietest listed is A126 to Fort Rd, with 4,484.
Busiest sections, 2025
A126 to A1089 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A126 to A1089 Thurrock · 1.1 mi · HGVs 21.6% | 30,261 |
| A1089 split to A126 Thurrock · 1.4 mi · HGVs 24.6% | 27,100 |
| A1089 to A13 Thurrock · 0.7 mi · HGVs 24.6% | 20,325 |
| A1089 trunk to A126 Thurrock · 0.7 mi · HGVs 33.2% | 4,537 |
| A126 to Fort Rd Thurrock · 0.7 mi · HGVs 39.1% | 4,484 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Thurrock · 5.4 miles
A1089 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1089 to A13Thurrock | 20,325 | 12 |
| 2 | A1089 split to A126Thurrock | 27,100 | 7 |
| 3 | A126 to mid-junctionThurrock | 19,505 | 0 |
| 4 | mid-point to A126Thurrock | 19,505 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A126 to A1089Thurrock | 30,261 | 11 |
| 6 | A1089 trunk to A126Thurrock | 4,537 | 3 |
| 7 | A126 to Fort RdThurrock | 4,484 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1089 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.
A1089 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 62.0% of the vehicle miles on the A1089. HGVs account for 24.2%, rising to 39.1% on A126 to Fort Rd.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 22.1% |
| 2001 | 21.3% |
| 2002 | 21.1% |
| 2003 | 22.2% |
| 2004 | 22.4% |
| 2005 | 22.6% |
| 2006 | 23.1% |
| 2007 | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 23.2% |
| 2009 | 22.1% |
| 2010 | 22.3% |
| 2011 | 25.4% |
| 2012 | 25.5% |
| 2013 | 25.8% |
| 2014 | 25.1% |
| 2015 | 25.6% |
| 2016 | 27.4% |
| 2017 | 28.2% |
| 2018 | 28.3% |
| 2019 | 28.2% |
| 2020 | 32.6% |
| 2021 | 31.8% |
| 2022 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 24.1% |
| 2024 | 24.4% |
| 2025 | 24.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1089 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1089 came to 36.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 8.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 14.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 44.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23m |
| 2001 | 24m |
| 2002 | 25m |
| 2003 | 25m |
| 2004 | 26m |
| 2005 | 27m |
| 2006 | 27m |
| 2007 | 28m |
| 2008 | 28m |
| 2009 | 27m |
| 2010 | 27m |
| 2011 | 28m |
| 2012 | 28m |
| 2013 | 28m |
| 2014 | 29m |
| 2015 | 30m |
| 2016 | 31m |
| 2017 | 32m |
| 2018 | 33m |
| 2019 | 33m |
| 2020 | 25m |
| 2021 | 28m |
| 2022 | 37m |
| 2023 | 38m |
| 2024 | 36m |
| 2025 | 37m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,747 |
| 2001 | 15,068 |
| 2002 | 15,800 |
| 2003 | 15,961 |
| 2004 | 16,636 |
| 2005 | 14,661 |
| 2006 | 14,951 |
| 2007 | 15,265 |
| 2008 | 15,175 |
| 2009 | 14,960 |
| 2010 | 14,766 |
| 2011 | 15,298 |
| 2012 | 15,325 |
| 2013 | 15,423 |
| 2014 | 15,784 |
| 2015 | 16,564 |
| 2016 | 16,874 |
| 2017 | 17,246 |
| 2018 | 17,314 |
| 2019 | 17,389 |
| 2020 | 12,918 |
| 2021 | 14,833 |
| 2022 | 18,826 |
| 2023 | 19,157 |
| 2024 | 18,225 |
| 2025 | 18,527 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1089 collisions
Police recorded 35 collisions with the A1089 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 7 of them fatal or serious. That is 20.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 54.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A1089 to A13 Thurrock · 12 collisions | 47.4 |
| A126 to A1089 Thurrock · 11 collisions | 18.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 3 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1089 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 A1089
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Thurrock
Planned closures on the A1089 in England
National Highways has 4 planned closures on the A1089 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 2 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 4 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Lane or slip A13 Eastbound A1012 to A1089 lane 1,2 closure
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Carriageway A1089 Northbound Tilbury to Marshfoot carriageway closure
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Carriageway A1089 Asda Roundabout Western quadrant full closure
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Lane or slip A1089 Southbound Asda Roundabout to Tilbury Docks lane 2 closure
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 35 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 16 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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