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A117 traffic and collisions
The A117 is an A-road of 5.4 miles, in Newham. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 23m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,434 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,096 A13 to A124
- HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −12.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 345 315.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A117?
On an average day in 2025, 11,434 vehicles passed each point on the A117, counting both directions. The busiest section is A13 to A124 (Newham), with 16,096 a day; the quietest listed is A118 to A116, with 7,861.
Busiest sections, 2025
A13 to A124 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A13 to A124 Newham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 16,096 |
| A124 to A118 Newham · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 12,499 |
| A13 Newham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 12,309 |
| A112 to A1020 Newham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 9,678 |
| A118 to A116 Newham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 7,861 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Newham · 5.4 miles
A117 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | ferry to A112Newham | 4,070 | 6 |
| 2 | A112 to A1020Newham | 9,678 | 9 |
| 3 | A1020Newham | 9,014 | 6 |
| 4 | A13Newham | 12,309 | 66 |
| 5 | A13 to A124Newham | 16,096 | 111 |
| 6 | A124 to A118Newham | 12,499 | 137 |
| 7 | A118 to A116Newham | 7,861 | 10 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A117 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.
A117 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.3% of the vehicle miles on the A117. HGVs account for 2.1%, rising to 5.7% on A112 to A1020.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% |
| 2001 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 3.2% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 2.9% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A117 traffic trend
Traffic on the A117 came to 22.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 12.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 16.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 5.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20m |
| 2001 | 20m |
| 2002 | 25m |
| 2003 | 25m |
| 2004 | 23m |
| 2005 | 23m |
| 2006 | 25m |
| 2007 | 25m |
| 2008 | 24m |
| 2009 | 24m |
| 2010 | 25m |
| 2011 | 25m |
| 2012 | 24m |
| 2013 | 26m |
| 2014 | 26m |
| 2015 | 23m |
| 2016 | 22m |
| 2017 | 22m |
| 2018 | 23m |
| 2019 | 23m |
| 2020 | 19m |
| 2021 | 20m |
| 2022 | 22m |
| 2023 | 22m |
| 2024 | 22m |
| 2025 | 23m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,969 |
| 2001 | 11,220 |
| 2002 | 14,139 |
| 2003 | 13,911 |
| 2004 | 12,907 |
| 2005 | 12,929 |
| 2006 | 13,700 |
| 2007 | 13,861 |
| 2008 | 13,651 |
| 2009 | 13,325 |
| 2010 | 13,975 |
| 2011 | 13,864 |
| 2012 | 13,492 |
| 2013 | 14,234 |
| 2014 | 14,383 |
| 2015 | 13,099 |
| 2016 | 12,518 |
| 2017 | 12,479 |
| 2018 | 12,439 |
| 2019 | 12,453 |
| 2020 | 9,537 |
| 2021 | 10,253 |
| 2022 | 11,296 |
| 2023 | 11,292 |
| 2024 | 11,198 |
| 2025 | 11,434 |
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 (72.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A117 collisions
Police recorded 345 collisions with the A117 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 54 of them fatal or serious. That is 315.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 12.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 17.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67 | 11 |
| 2022 | 49 | 7 |
| 2023 | 59 | 7 |
| 2024 | 65 | 16 |
| 2025 | 51 | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A13 to A124 Newham · 111 collisions | 463.9 |
| A124 to A118 Newham · 137 collisions | 461.5 |
| A13 Newham · 66 collisions | 281.7 |
| A118 to A116 Newham · 10 collisions | 131.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 63 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A117 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 A117
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newham
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 | 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 | 345 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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