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A118 traffic and collisions
The A118 is an A-road of 12.8 miles, from Newham to Havering. This page covers its traffic at 21 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 100m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 21,335 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 40,556 A406 to A123
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −13.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 951 192.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A118?
On an average day in 2025, 21,335 vehicles passed each point on the A118, counting both directions. The busiest section is A406 to A123 (Redbridge), with 40,556 a day; the quietest listed is A1112 Chadwell Heath to A125, with 15,702.
Busiest sections, 2025
A406 to A123 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A406 to A123 Redbridge · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 40,556 |
| A12 to A115 Newham · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 33,530 |
| A116 to A406 Newham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 32,137 |
| A1083 to A1112 Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,426 |
| A11 to A114 Newham · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 17,083 |
| A1251 to A12/A127 Havering · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 16,996 |
| A114 to A117 Newham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 16,264 |
| A1112 Chadwell Heath to A125 Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 1.5 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 15,702 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Newham to Havering · 12.8 miles
A118 traffic and collisions by section
16 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (0.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A12 to A115Newham | 33,530 | 0 |
| 2 | A115 to A11 Great Eastern RdNewham | 23,163 | 0 |
| 3 | A11 Great Eastern Rd to A112 Tramway AveNewham | 20,024 | 0 |
| 4 | At A11Newham | 16,803 | 3 |
| 5 | A11 to A114Newham | 17,083 | 109 |
| 6 | A114 to A117Newham | 16,264 | 106 |
| 7 | A117 to A116Newham | 15,516 | 65 |
| 8 | A116 to A406Newham | 32,137 | 117 |
| 9 | A406 to A123Redbridge | 40,556 | 83 |
| 10 | A123 to Griggs Approach roundaboutRedbridge | 32,648 | 53 |
| 11 | Griggs Approach roundabout to A1083Redbridge | 34,531 | 14 |
| 12 | A1083 to A1112Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham | 17,426 | 232 |
| 13 | A1112 Chadwell Heath to A125Barking and Dagenham, Havering | 15,702 | 44 |
| 14 | At A125Havering | 43,808 | 18 |
| 15 | A125 to A1251Havering | 28,541 | 11 |
| 16 | A1251 to A12/A127Havering | 16,996 | 95 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A118 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.
A118 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.0% of the vehicle miles on the A118. HGVs account for 1.5%, rising to 2.8% on A114 to A117.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.8% |
| 2003 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2008 | 2.0% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A118 traffic trend
Traffic on the A118 came to 99.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 13.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 20.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 92m |
| 2001 | 93m |
| 2002 | 90m |
| 2003 | 81m |
| 2004 | 84m |
| 2005 | 89m |
| 2006 | 92m |
| 2007 | 88m |
| 2008 | 87m |
| 2009 | 87m |
| 2010 | 89m |
| 2011 | 86m |
| 2012 | 79m |
| 2013 | 80m |
| 2014 | 81m |
| 2015 | 81m |
| 2016 | 80m |
| 2017 | 114m |
| 2018 | 114m |
| 2019 | 112m |
| 2020 | 90m |
| 2021 | 97m |
| 2022 | 100m |
| 2023 | 100m |
| 2024 | 99m |
| 2025 | 100m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,793 |
| 2001 | 24,839 |
| 2002 | 24,079 |
| 2003 | 21,685 |
| 2004 | 22,595 |
| 2005 | 23,807 |
| 2006 | 24,673 |
| 2007 | 23,624 |
| 2008 | 23,249 |
| 2009 | 23,473 |
| 2010 | 23,780 |
| 2011 | 23,195 |
| 2012 | 21,338 |
| 2013 | 21,597 |
| 2014 | 21,751 |
| 2015 | 21,813 |
| 2016 | 21,393 |
| 2017 | 24,593 |
| 2018 | 24,499 |
| 2019 | 24,210 |
| 2020 | 19,309 |
| 2021 | 20,846 |
| 2022 | 21,332 |
| 2023 | 21,320 |
| 2024 | 21,220 |
| 2025 | 21,335 |
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, 5 of the 21 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A118 collisions
Police recorded 951 collisions with the A118 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 134 of them fatal or serious. That is 192.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 14.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 4.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 168 | 26 |
| 2022 | 199 | 25 |
| 2023 | 152 | 29 |
| 2024 | 146 | 21 |
| 2025 | 152 | 33 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A11 to A114 Newham · 109 collisions | 434.2 |
| A116 to A406 Newham · 117 collisions | 325.7 |
| A114 to A117 Newham · 106 collisions | 324.9 |
| A1083 to A1112 Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham · 232 collisions | 272.5 |
| A406 to A123 Redbridge · 83 collisions | 224.7 |
| A1251 to A12/A127 Havering · 95 collisions | 190.2 |
| A1112 Chadwell Heath to A125 Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 44 collisions | 99.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 122 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A118 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.9% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A118
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Barking and Dagenham
- Havering
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 | 21 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 951 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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