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A1133 traffic and collisions

The A1133 is an A-road of 13.7 miles, from Nottinghamshire to Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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5 count points in 2025
Methodology
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  • Traffic in 2025 22m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 4,325 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 4,516 A46 to A57
  • HGV share 6.9% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −5.8% same count points

How busy is the A1133?

On an average day in 2025, 4,325 vehicles passed each point on the A1133, counting both directions. The busiest section is A46 to A57 (Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire), with 4,516 a day; the quietest listed is A57(T) to A156, with 3,470.

Busiest sections, 2025

A46 to A57 carries 1.0 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A1133 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A46 to A57 Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire · 11.2 mi · HGVs 7.1% 4,516
A57(T) to A156 Lincolnshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 5.8% 3,470

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Nottinghamshire to Lincolnshire · 13.7 miles

Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A1133 traffic and collisions by section

2 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.

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Sections of the A1133 in route order, 2025 traffic
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1A46 to A57Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire11.24,5167.1%−5.8%
2A57(T) to A156Lincolnshire2.53,4705.8%−5.5%

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1133 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.

A1133 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 71.9% of the vehicle miles on the A1133. HGVs account for 6.9%.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A1133, by year
Year HGV share
2000 8.5%
2001 7.3%
2002 6.4%
2003 6.9%
2004 7.1%
2005 7.8%
2006 7.3%
2007 7.4%
2008 7.1%
2009 6.4%
2010 6.5%
2011 6.5%
2012 6.5%
2013 6.5%
2014 6.5%
2015 6.6%
2016 6.5%
2017 6.6%
2018 6.8%
2019 6.8%
2020 8.0%
2021 7.8%
2022 7.5%
2023 7.1%
2024 7.0%
2025 6.9%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A1133 traffic trend

Traffic on the A1133 came to 21.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 29.3% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 27.8% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A1133 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 30m
2001 30m
2002 31m
2003 33m
2004 29m
2005 30m
2006 30m
2007 28m
2008 30m
2009 30m
2010 30m
2011 30m
2012 29m
2013 30m
2014 30m
2015 31m
2016 32m
2017 32m
2018 23m
2019 23m
2020 18m
2021 19m
2022 21m
2023 21m
2024 21m
2025 22m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A1133, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 5,992
2001 5,941
2002 6,115
2003 6,564
2004 5,806
2005 5,902
2006 6,016
2007 5,585
2008 5,984
2009 5,966
2010 5,898
2011 5,972
2012 5,886
2013 5,896
2014 6,059
2015 6,122
2016 6,294
2017 6,382
2018 4,582
2019 4,591
2020 3,497
2021 3,848
2022 4,148
2023 4,226
2024 4,274
2025 4,325

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, 0 of the 5 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A1133 collisions

Police recorded fewer than 3 collisions with the A1133 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 9 of them fatal or serious.

Reported collisions by year

Down 20.0% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A1133 by year
Year Collisions Fatal or serious
2021 5 fewer than 3
2022 fewer than 3 0
2023 6 fewer than 3
2024 6 3
2025 4 fewer than 3

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 7 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1133 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 A1133

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Nottinghamshire
  • Lincolnshire

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 5 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 22 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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