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A124 traffic and collisions
The A124 is an A-road of 12.2 miles, from Newham to Havering. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,161 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,312 A117 to A406(T)
- HGV share 1.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 879 229.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A124?
On an average day in 2025, 17,161 vehicles passed each point on the A124, counting both directions. The busiest section is A117 to A406(T) (Newham), with 22,312 a day; the quietest listed is A13 to A112, with 10,995.
Busiest sections, 2025
A117 to A406(T) carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A117 to A406(T) Newham · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 22,312 |
| A123S to A123N Barking and Dagenham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 21,527 |
| A112 to A117 Newham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 17,732 |
| A123 to A1153 Barking and Dagenham · 2.3 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 17,040 |
| A1112 to A125 Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 15,699 |
| A1153 to A1240 Barking and Dagenham · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 15,398 |
| A125 roundabout to B1421 Corbets Tey Rd Havering · 2.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 14,335 |
| A13 to A112 Newham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 10,995 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Newham to Havering · 12.2 miles
A124 traffic and collisions by section
13 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 | A13 to A112Newham | 10,995 | 124 |
| 2 | A112 to A117Newham | 17,732 | 155 |
| 3 | At A117Newham | 21,496 | 23 |
| 4 | A117 to A406(T)Newham | 22,312 | 79 |
| 5 | A406(T) to A124 Abbey RdBarking and Dagenham | 30,992 | 45 |
| 6 | A123S to A123NBarking and Dagenham | 21,527 | 31 |
| 7 | A123 to A1153Barking and Dagenham | 17,040 | 165 |
| 8 | A1153 to A1240Barking and Dagenham | 15,398 | 46 |
| 9 | A1240 to A1112/A1083Barking and Dagenham | 22,014 | 37 |
| 10 | At A1112Barking and Dagenham | 28,952 | 15 |
| 11 | A1112 to A125Barking and Dagenham, Havering | 15,699 | 61 |
| 12 | Rom Valley Way to Upper Rainham Road roundaboutHavering | 38,090 | 6 |
| 13 | A125 roundabout to B1421 Corbets Tey RdHavering | 14,335 | 92 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A124 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.
A124 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.9% of the vehicle miles on the A124. HGVs account for 1.3%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 2.2% |
| 2002 | 2.0% |
| 2003 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2008 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 1.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A124 traffic trend
Traffic on the A124 came to 76.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 10.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 24.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 103m |
| 2001 | 99m |
| 2002 | 103m |
| 2003 | 100m |
| 2004 | 100m |
| 2005 | 102m |
| 2006 | 102m |
| 2007 | 104m |
| 2008 | 100m |
| 2009 | 98m |
| 2010 | 95m |
| 2011 | 90m |
| 2012 | 89m |
| 2013 | 88m |
| 2014 | 88m |
| 2015 | 88m |
| 2016 | 87m |
| 2017 | 86m |
| 2018 | 85m |
| 2019 | 85m |
| 2020 | 68m |
| 2021 | 74m |
| 2022 | 77m |
| 2023 | 78m |
| 2024 | 77m |
| 2025 | 76m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,047 |
| 2001 | 21,250 |
| 2002 | 21,976 |
| 2003 | 21,408 |
| 2004 | 21,385 |
| 2005 | 21,872 |
| 2006 | 21,924 |
| 2007 | 22,239 |
| 2008 | 21,306 |
| 2009 | 20,882 |
| 2010 | 20,227 |
| 2011 | 19,245 |
| 2012 | 18,934 |
| 2013 | 18,817 |
| 2014 | 18,906 |
| 2015 | 18,890 |
| 2016 | 18,704 |
| 2017 | 18,413 |
| 2018 | 17,945 |
| 2019 | 18,069 |
| 2020 | 14,344 |
| 2021 | 15,705 |
| 2022 | 16,268 |
| 2023 | 16,659 |
| 2024 | 16,420 |
| 2025 | 17,161 |
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, 3 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A124 collisions
Police recorded 879 collisions with the A124 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 120 of them fatal or serious. That is 229.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 14.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 156 | 24 |
| 2022 | 143 | 33 |
| 2023 | 154 | 20 |
| 2024 | 163 | 24 |
| 2025 | 143 | 19 |
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 A112 Newham · 124 collisions | 518.4 |
| A112 to A117 Newham · 155 collisions | 453.2 |
| A117 to A406(T) Newham · 79 collisions | 249.1 |
| A123 to A1153 Barking and Dagenham · 165 collisions | 230.5 |
| A1153 to A1240 Barking and Dagenham · 46 collisions | 204.3 |
| A1112 to A125 Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 61 collisions | 132.9 |
| A123S to A123N Barking and Dagenham · 31 collisions | 131.3 |
| A125 roundabout to B1421 Corbets Tey Rd Havering · 92 collisions | 130.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 126 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A124 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 A124
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newham
- 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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 879 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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