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A1124 traffic and collisions
The A1124 is an A-road of 16.3 miles, in Essex. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 60m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,078 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,043 B1408 to A133
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 96 33.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1124?
On an average day in 2025, 10,078 vehicles passed each point on the A1124, counting both directions. The busiest section is B1408 to A133 (Essex), with 15,043 a day; the quietest listed is A1017 to Unclassfied Road, with 5,130.
Busiest sections, 2025
B1408 to A133 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B1408 to A133 Essex · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 15,043 |
| A12(T) to B1408 Essex · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 13,689 |
| A131 to Unclassified Road Essex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 12,034 |
| A133 to A134 Balkerne Hill Essex · 1.6 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 11,794 |
| Unclassified Road to B1024 Essex · 2.8 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 10,339 |
| B1024 to A12(T) Essex · 6.8 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 10,264 |
| Unclassfied Road to A131 Essex · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 5,930 |
| A1017 to Unclassfied Road Essex · 2.2 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 5,130 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Essex · 16.3 miles
A1124 traffic and collisions by section
8 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 | A1017 to Unclassfied RoadEssex | 5,130 | 5 |
| 2 | Unclassfied Road to A131Essex | 5,930 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A131 to Unclassified RoadEssex | 12,034 | 7 |
| 4 | Unclassified Road to B1024Essex | 10,339 | 10 |
| 5 | B1024 to A12(T)Essex | 10,264 | 22 |
| 6 | A12(T) to B1408Essex | 13,689 | 10 |
| 7 | B1408 to A133Essex | 15,043 | 24 |
| 8 | A133 to A134 Balkerne HillEssex | 11,794 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1124 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.
A1124 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.2% of the vehicle miles on the A1124. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 3.4% on A131 to Unclassified Road.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 4.0% |
| 2003 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 4.5% |
| 2005 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 3.9% |
| 2007 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.1% |
| 2011 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.4% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1124 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1124 came to 60 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 5.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 56m |
| 2001 | 55m |
| 2002 | 54m |
| 2003 | 55m |
| 2004 | 55m |
| 2005 | 57m |
| 2006 | 58m |
| 2007 | 59m |
| 2008 | 57m |
| 2009 | 57m |
| 2010 | 57m |
| 2011 | 58m |
| 2012 | 56m |
| 2013 | 56m |
| 2014 | 58m |
| 2015 | 58m |
| 2016 | 60m |
| 2017 | 60m |
| 2018 | 63m |
| 2019 | 63m |
| 2020 | 48m |
| 2021 | 53m |
| 2022 | 57m |
| 2023 | 58m |
| 2024 | 59m |
| 2025 | 60m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,504 |
| 2001 | 9,348 |
| 2002 | 9,231 |
| 2003 | 9,279 |
| 2004 | 9,325 |
| 2005 | 9,709 |
| 2006 | 9,851 |
| 2007 | 10,068 |
| 2008 | 9,768 |
| 2009 | 9,765 |
| 2010 | 9,707 |
| 2011 | 9,824 |
| 2012 | 9,553 |
| 2013 | 9,528 |
| 2014 | 9,781 |
| 2015 | 9,876 |
| 2016 | 10,179 |
| 2017 | 10,216 |
| 2018 | 10,575 |
| 2019 | 10,623 |
| 2020 | 8,093 |
| 2021 | 8,912 |
| 2022 | 9,594 |
| 2023 | 9,794 |
| 2024 | 9,934 |
| 2025 | 10,078 |
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 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1124 collisions
Police recorded 96 collisions with the A1124 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 28 of them fatal or serious. That is 33.4 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 5.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 6 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7 |
| 2023 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 15 | 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(T) to B1408 Essex · 10 collisions | 84.0 |
| B1408 to A133 Essex · 24 collisions | 83.4 |
| A133 to A134 Balkerne Hill Essex · 16 collisions | 45.0 |
| Unclassified Road to B1024 Essex · 10 collisions | 20.6 |
| B1024 to A12(T) Essex · 22 collisions | 18.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 15 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1124 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 A1124
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- 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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 96 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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