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A1173 traffic and collisions
The A1173 is an A-road of 15.1 miles, from Lincolnshire to North Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 26m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 4,733 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 9,045 A180(T) to A1173 Kings Road roundabout
- HGV share 13.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 27 21.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1173?
On an average day in 2025, 4,733 vehicles passed each point on the A1173, counting both directions. The busiest section is A180(T) to A1173 Kings Road roundabout (North East Lincolnshire), with 9,045 a day; the quietest listed is A1084/A46 to A18, with 1,759.
Busiest sections, 2025
A180(T) to A1173 Kings Road roundabout carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A180(T) to A1173 Kings Road roundabout North East Lincolnshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 16.1% | 9,045 |
| B1210 to A180(T) North East Lincolnshire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 8,291 |
| Pelham Rd to A160 North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire · 1.8 mi · HGVs 19.4% | 7,330 |
| A18 to B1210 Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 9.4% | 4,026 |
| A1084/A46 to A18 Lincolnshire · 5.9 mi · HGVs 17.6% | 1,759 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lincolnshire to North Lincolnshire · 15.1 miles
A1173 traffic and collisions by section
6 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (1.0 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1084/A46 to A18Lincolnshire | 1,759 | 8 |
| 2 | A18 to B1210Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire | 4,026 | 3 |
| 3 | B1210 to A180(T)North East Lincolnshire | 8,291 | 5 |
| 4 | A180(T) to A1173 Kings Road roundaboutNorth East Lincolnshire | 9,045 | 4 |
| 5 | A1173 split to Pelham RdNorth East Lincolnshire | 7,770 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Pelham Rd to A160North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire | 7,330 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1173 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.
A1173 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 66.5% of the vehicle miles on the A1173. HGVs account for 13.8%, rising to 19.4% on Pelham Rd to A160.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.7% |
| 2001 | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 13.8% |
| 2003 | 13.6% |
| 2004 | 14.7% |
| 2005 | 14.6% |
| 2006 | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 14.4% |
| 2008 | 14.7% |
| 2009 | 12.7% |
| 2010 | 12.3% |
| 2011 | 12.7% |
| 2012 | 13.2% |
| 2013 | 14.2% |
| 2014 | 13.7% |
| 2015 | 13.5% |
| 2016 | 13.2% |
| 2017 | 13.0% |
| 2018 | 12.7% |
| 2019 | 12.8% |
| 2020 | 14.4% |
| 2021 | 15.5% |
| 2022 | 14.9% |
| 2023 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 14.0% |
| 2025 | 13.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1173 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1173 came to 26.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 3.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20m |
| 2001 | 20m |
| 2002 | 21m |
| 2003 | 21m |
| 2004 | 21m |
| 2005 | 23m |
| 2006 | 23m |
| 2007 | 23m |
| 2008 | 23m |
| 2009 | 22m |
| 2010 | 22m |
| 2011 | 23m |
| 2012 | 22m |
| 2013 | 21m |
| 2014 | 22m |
| 2015 | 22m |
| 2016 | 23m |
| 2017 | 25m |
| 2018 | 28m |
| 2019 | 28m |
| 2020 | 23m |
| 2021 | 24m |
| 2022 | 25m |
| 2023 | 26m |
| 2024 | 26m |
| 2025 | 26m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,042 |
| 2001 | 4,095 |
| 2002 | 4,271 |
| 2003 | 4,381 |
| 2004 | 4,374 |
| 2005 | 4,675 |
| 2006 | 4,743 |
| 2007 | 4,730 |
| 2008 | 4,704 |
| 2009 | 4,476 |
| 2010 | 4,535 |
| 2011 | 4,629 |
| 2012 | 4,566 |
| 2013 | 4,370 |
| 2014 | 4,478 |
| 2015 | 4,542 |
| 2016 | 4,655 |
| 2017 | 4,617 |
| 2018 | 5,114 |
| 2019 | 5,079 |
| 2020 | 4,081 |
| 2021 | 4,273 |
| 2022 | 4,579 |
| 2023 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 4,691 |
| 2025 | 4,733 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1173 collisions
Police recorded 27 collisions with the A1173 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 9 of them fatal or serious. That is 21.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 40.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 17 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1173 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 A1173
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lincolnshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 27 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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