A-road

A125 traffic and collisions

The A125 is an A-road of 5.1 miles, in Havering. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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5 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 42m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 22,778 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 22,875 A118 to A12
  • HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −3.5% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 185 91.1 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A125?

On an average day in 2025, 22,778 vehicles passed each point on the A125, counting both directions. The busiest section is A118 to A12 (Havering), with 22,875 a day; the quietest listed is A1112 to A124 roundabout, with 21,069.

Busiest sections, 2025

A118 to A12 carries 1.0 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A125 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A118 to A12 Havering · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.4% 22,875
A1306 to A1112 Havering · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.0% 22,210
A1112 to A124 roundabout Havering · 2.5 mi · HGVs 1.9% 21,069

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

In Havering · 5.1 miles

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

A125 traffic and collisions by section

5 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 A125 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A1306 to A1112Havering1.222,2103.0%−0.4%3065.3
2A1112 to A124 roundaboutHavering2.521,0691.9%+0.6%4853.0
3A124 to A1251Havering0.423,6112.0%−17.4%24
4A1251 to A118Havering0.434,1851.9%−9.8%36
5A118 to A12Havering0.622,8752.4%−6.5%47194.1

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A125 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.

A125 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.1% of the vehicle miles on the A125. HGVs account for 2.2%.

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 A125, by year
Year HGV share
2000 3.9%
2001 4.0%
2002 3.8%
2003 2.6%
2004 2.9%
2005 3.7%
2006 3.5%
2007 3.2%
2008 3.1%
2009 2.4%
2010 3.0%
2011 3.2%
2012 3.5%
2013 3.5%
2014 3.3%
2015 2.9%
2016 2.7%
2017 2.4%
2018 2.4%
2019 1.8%
2020 2.2%
2021 2.2%
2022 2.1%
2023 2.2%
2024 2.2%
2025 2.2%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A125 traffic trend

Traffic on the A125 came to 42.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 2.4% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 3.0% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A125 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 44m
2001 38m
2002 38m
2003 37m
2004 38m
2005 45m
2006 44m
2007 46m
2008 43m
2009 42m
2010 54m
2011 53m
2012 52m
2013 53m
2014 53m
2015 43m
2016 44m
2017 45m
2018 45m
2019 44m
2020 34m
2021 37m
2022 38m
2023 43m
2024 43m
2025 42m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A125, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 23,474
2001 20,464
2002 20,361
2003 19,650
2004 20,562
2005 24,362
2006 23,603
2007 24,561
2008 23,179
2009 22,652
2010 28,830
2011 28,390
2012 27,952
2013 28,215
2014 28,294
2015 23,331
2016 23,481
2017 24,395
2018 24,404
2019 23,604
2020 18,482
2021 19,842
2022 20,483
2023 23,054
2024 22,978
2025 22,778

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

A125 collisions

Police recorded 185 collisions with the A125 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 27 of them fatal or serious. That is 91.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 7.3 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 17.5% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A125 by year
Year Collisions
2021 40
2022 30
2023 36
2024 46
2025 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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A125, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
A118 to A12 Havering · 47 collisions 194.1
A1306 to A1112 Havering · 30 collisions 65.3
A1112 to A124 roundabout Havering · 48 collisions 53.0

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

A further 51 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A125 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 A125

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

  • Havering

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 5 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 185 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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