A-road

A114 traffic and collisions

The A114 is an A-road of 4.1 miles, from Newham to Waltham Forest. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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7 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 23m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 15,049 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 21,259 A12 roundabout to A104
  • HGV share 1.1% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −3.4% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 194 174.5 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A114?

On an average day in 2025, 15,049 vehicles passed each point on the A114, counting both directions. The busiest section is A12 roundabout to A104 (Waltham Forest), with 21,259 a day; the quietest listed is A118 to A116, with 9,728.

Busiest sections, 2025

A12 roundabout to A104 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A114 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A12 roundabout to A104 Waltham Forest · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.0% 21,259
A112 to A118 Newham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.3% 13,705
A118 to A116 Newham, Redbridge · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.2% 9,728

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Newham to Waltham Forest · 4.1 miles

Newham Waltham Forest
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A114 traffic and collisions by section

5 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 A114 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A112 to A118Newham1.213,7051.3%+1.4%77273.8
2A118 to A116Newham, Redbridge1.29,7281.2%−6.5%77376.4
3Aldersbrook Rd to Bush RdRedbridge0.423,5641.1%−4.0%8
4A1008 to High RoadRedbridge, Waltham Forest0.39,6491.1%−6.9%4
5A12 roundabout to A104Waltham Forest1.021,2591.0%−4.4%2874.5

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A114 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.

A114 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 80.7% of the vehicle miles on the A114. HGVs account for 1.1%.

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 A114, by year
Year HGV share
2000 2.0%
2001 1.8%
2002 1.7%
2003 1.8%
2004 2.1%
2005 2.1%
2006 1.9%
2007 1.6%
2008 1.6%
2009 2.0%
2010 2.2%
2011 2.3%
2012 2.5%
2013 2.3%
2014 2.1%
2015 2.3%
2016 2.1%
2017 1.4%
2018 1.5%
2019 1.3%
2020 1.7%
2021 1.9%
2022 1.9%
2023 1.7%
2024 1.6%
2025 1.1%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A114 traffic trend

Traffic on the A114 came to 22.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 19.4% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 13.2% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A114 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 26m
2001 28m
2002 29m
2003 28m
2004 27m
2005 27m
2006 28m
2007 28m
2008 28m
2009 27m
2010 28m
2011 28m
2012 27m
2013 29m
2014 29m
2015 28m
2016 27m
2017 25m
2018 26m
2019 23m
2020 19m
2021 21m
2022 22m
2023 23m
2024 23m
2025 23m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A114, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 17,332
2001 18,343
2002 19,021
2003 18,632
2004 18,311
2005 18,316
2006 18,974
2007 18,809
2008 18,415
2009 18,145
2010 18,524
2011 18,427
2012 18,069
2013 19,033
2014 19,135
2015 18,681
2016 17,757
2017 16,967
2018 16,882
2019 15,575
2020 12,617
2021 13,904
2022 14,739
2023 15,568
2024 15,042
2025 15,049

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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A114 collisions

Police recorded 194 collisions with the A114 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 25 of them fatal or serious. That is 174.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 9.5 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 17.1% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A114 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 365
2022 334
2023 334
2024 396
2025 286

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A114, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
A118 to A116 Newham, Redbridge · 77 collisions 376.4
A112 to A118 Newham · 77 collisions 273.8
A12 roundabout to A104 Waltham Forest · 28 collisions 74.5

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

A further 41 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A114 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions

Council areas on the A114

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

  • Newham
  • Redbridge
  • Waltham Forest

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 7 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 194 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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