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A1270 traffic and collisions
The A1270 is an A-road of 13.3 miles, in Norfolk. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2016 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 117m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 24,184 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 30,644 A140 to A1151
- HGV share 4.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +17.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 75 14.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1270?
On an average day in 2025, 24,184 vehicles passed each point on the A1270, counting both directions. The busiest section is A140 to A1151 (Norfolk), with 30,644 a day; the quietest listed is A1067 to A140, with 13,019.
Busiest sections, 2025
A140 to A1151 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A140 to A1151 Norfolk · 4.9 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 30,644 |
| A1151 to A47 Norfolk · 1.2 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 28,101 |
| Roundabout where A1194 Poppy Way and A1270 meet to A1270 Roundabout (near New Rackheath, Norfolk) Norfolk · 2.4 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 28,101 |
| A1067 to A140 Norfolk · 4.2 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 13,019 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2016 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Norfolk · 13.3 miles
A1270 traffic and collisions by section
6 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 | A1067 to A140Norfolk | 13,019 | 20 |
| 2 | A140 to A1151Norfolk | 30,644 | 29 |
| 3 | A1151 to A47Norfolk | 28,101 | 12 |
| 4 | Roundabout where A1194 Poppy Way and A1270 meet to A1270 Roundabout (near New Rackheath, Norfolk)Norfolk | 28,101 | 13 |
| 5 | A1194/A1270 Roundabout to A47/A1270 RoundaboutNorfolk | 31,033 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | A47/A1270 Roundabout to A47/A1042 RoundaboutNorfolk | 16,154 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1270 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.
A1270 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 76.7% of the vehicle miles on the A1270. HGVs account for 4.0%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2016 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 6.0% |
| 2021 | 5.8% |
| 2022 | 5.3% |
| 2023 | 4.1% |
| 2024 | 4.0% |
| 2025 | 4.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2016 to 2025 Updated
A1270 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1270 came to 117 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 17.0% on 2019, before the pandemic.
Vehicle miles a year
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1.9m |
| 2017 | 2.5m |
| 2018 | 70m |
| 2019 | 102m |
| 2020 | 76m |
| 2021 | 84m |
| 2022 | 97m |
| 2023 | 116m |
| 2024 | 116m |
| 2025 | 117m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2016 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,714 |
| 2017 | 8,503 |
| 2018 | 17,183 |
| 2019 | 20,520 |
| 2020 | 15,271 |
| 2021 | 16,827 |
| 2022 | 19,594 |
| 2023 | 23,420 |
| 2024 | 23,889 |
| 2025 | 24,184 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2016 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 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1270 collisions
Police recorded 75 collisions with the A1270 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 20 of them fatal or serious. That is 14.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 8.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 4 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A1067 to A140 Norfolk · 20 collisions | 22.2 |
| A1151 to A47 Norfolk · 12 collisions | 20.3 |
| A140 to A1151 Norfolk · 29 collisions | 12.1 |
| Roundabout where A1194 Poppy Way and A1270 meet to A1270 Roundabout (near New Rackheath, Norfolk) Norfolk · 13 collisions | 11.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 8 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1270 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 A1270
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Norfolk
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 | 2016 to 2025 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 75 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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