A-road

A1151 traffic and collisions

The A1151 is an A-road of 12.2 miles, in Norfolk. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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6 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 55m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 12,452 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 15,396 A1042 to Blue Boar Lane
  • HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +7.1% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 83 33.6 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A1151?

On an average day in 2025, 12,452 vehicles passed each point on the A1151, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1042 to Blue Boar Lane (Norfolk), with 15,396 a day; the quietest listed is A1062 to A149, with 10,964.

Busiest sections, 2025

A1042 to Blue Boar Lane carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A1151 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A1042 to Blue Boar Lane Norfolk · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.0% 15,396
Blue Boar Lane to A1270 Norfolk · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% 13,450
A1270 to A1062 Wroxham Norfolk · 3.6 mi · HGVs 2.6% 13,215
B1150 to A1042 Norfolk · 1.0 mi · HGVs 0.4% 11,963
A1062 to A149 Norfolk · 4.5 mi · HGVs 2.8% 10,964

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

In Norfolk · 12.2 miles

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

A1151 traffic and collisions by section

6 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 A1151 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A147 to B1150Norfolk0.411,4540.4%+2.3%17
2B1150 to A1042Norfolk1.011,9630.4%−5.2%1257.1
3A1042 to Blue Boar LaneNorfolk1.115,3961.0%−3.2%1343.6
4Blue Boar Lane to A1270Norfolk1.613,4501.4%+4.0%8
5A1270 to A1062 WroxhamNorfolk3.613,2152.6%+15.3%2331.0
6A1062 to A149Norfolk4.510,9642.8%+8.9%1012.6

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1151 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.

A1151 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.7% of the vehicle miles on the A1151. HGVs account for 2.1%.

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 A1151, by year
Year HGV share
2000 2.3%
2001 2.4%
2002 1.7%
2003 2.0%
2004 2.3%
2005 2.1%
2006 2.0%
2007 2.0%
2008 2.0%
2009 1.9%
2010 1.9%
2011 2.7%
2012 2.6%
2013 2.6%
2014 2.5%
2015 2.6%
2016 2.3%
2017 2.4%
2018 2.4%
2019 2.4%
2020 2.8%
2021 2.8%
2022 2.6%
2023 2.4%
2024 2.2%
2025 2.1%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A1151 traffic trend

Traffic on the A1151 came to 55.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.5% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 5.5% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A1151 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 64m
2001 64m
2002 59m
2003 67m
2004 65m
2005 63m
2006 63m
2007 62m
2008 63m
2009 63m
2010 60m
2011 59m
2012 59m
2013 59m
2014 58m
2015 59m
2016 60m
2017 59m
2018 58m
2019 52m
2020 39m
2021 43m
2022 47m
2023 48m
2024 54m
2025 55m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A1151, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 14,190
2001 14,264
2002 13,064
2003 14,829
2004 14,406
2005 13,917
2006 14,065
2007 13,823
2008 13,929
2009 13,946
2010 13,288
2011 13,155
2012 13,084
2013 13,107
2014 12,884
2015 13,035
2016 13,272
2017 13,225
2018 13,117
2019 11,624
2020 8,812
2021 9,697
2022 10,475
2023 10,687
2024 12,138
2025 12,452

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

A1151 collisions

Police recorded 83 collisions with the A1151 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 33.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.4 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 27.8% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A1151 by year
Year Collisions
2021 18
2022 19
2023 12
2024 11
2025 23

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 A1151, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
B1150 to A1042 Norfolk · 12 collisions 57.1
A1042 to Blue Boar Lane Norfolk · 13 collisions 43.6
A1270 to A1062 Wroxham Norfolk · 23 collisions 31.0
A1062 to A149 Norfolk · 10 collisions 12.6

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

A further 21 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1151 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 A1151

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

  • Norfolk

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 6 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 83 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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