A-road
A129 traffic and collisions
The A129 is an A-road of 17.5 miles, in Essex. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 85m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,239 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 20,024 A1015 to A127
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +4.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 141 36.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A129?
On an average day in 2025, 13,239 vehicles passed each point on the A129, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1015 to A127 (Essex), with 20,024 a day; the quietest listed is A176 to Mill Rd, with 7,831.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1015 to A127 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1015 to A127 Essex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 20,024 |
| A127 to A13 Essex · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 18,444 |
| Hodgson Way to A130 Essex · 1.5 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 16,834 |
| Roundabout A1245/A129 to A129 Intersection Nr. Rayleigh Primary School Essex · 1.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 16,381 |
| Hutton Village to A176 Essex · 2.6 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 14,677 |
| A1023 to Hutton Village Essex · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 13,098 |
| A132 to Woolshotts Rd Essex · 1.4 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 13,091 |
| A132 to Hodgson Way Essex · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 10,122 |
| Mill Rd to A132 Essex · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 7,998 |
| A176 to Mill Rd Essex · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 7,831 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Essex · 17.5 miles
A129 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1023 to Hutton VillageEssex | 13,098 | 18 |
| 2 | Hutton Village to A176Essex | 14,677 | 13 |
| 3 | A176 to Mountnessing RdEssex | 13,519 | 3 |
| 4 | A176 to Mill RdEssex | 7,831 | 4 |
| 5 | Mill Rd to A132Essex | 7,998 | 11 |
| 6 | A132 to Woolshotts RdEssex | 13,091 | 15 |
| 7 | A132 to Hodgson WayEssex | 10,122 | 14 |
| 8 | Hodgson Way to A130Essex | 16,834 | 6 |
| 9 | Roundabout A1245/A129 to A129 Intersection Nr. Rayleigh Primary SchoolEssex | 16,381 | 25 |
| 10 | A129 Crown Hill to A1015Essex | 20,024 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | A1015 to A127Essex | 20,024 | 9 |
| 12 | A127 to A13Essex | 18,444 | 18 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A129 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.
A129 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.3% of the vehicle miles on the A129. HGVs account for 1.5%, rising to 4.8% on Hodgson Way to A130.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% |
| 2001 | 2.9% |
| 2002 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 3.7% |
| 2004 | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A129 traffic trend
Traffic on the A129 came to 84.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 4.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 2.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 6.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 79m |
| 2001 | 75m |
| 2002 | 93m |
| 2003 | 93m |
| 2004 | 85m |
| 2005 | 84m |
| 2006 | 85m |
| 2007 | 86m |
| 2008 | 86m |
| 2009 | 86m |
| 2010 | 84m |
| 2011 | 86m |
| 2012 | 83m |
| 2013 | 82m |
| 2014 | 85m |
| 2015 | 89m |
| 2016 | 87m |
| 2017 | 87m |
| 2018 | 87m |
| 2019 | 78m |
| 2020 | 62m |
| 2021 | 68m |
| 2022 | 76m |
| 2023 | 80m |
| 2024 | 83m |
| 2025 | 85m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,478 |
| 2001 | 11,831 |
| 2002 | 14,075 |
| 2003 | 14,040 |
| 2004 | 12,878 |
| 2005 | 12,753 |
| 2006 | 12,785 |
| 2007 | 13,026 |
| 2008 | 12,967 |
| 2009 | 12,941 |
| 2010 | 12,774 |
| 2011 | 13,003 |
| 2012 | 12,499 |
| 2013 | 12,465 |
| 2014 | 12,843 |
| 2015 | 13,412 |
| 2016 | 13,232 |
| 2017 | 13,137 |
| 2018 | 13,075 |
| 2019 | 12,269 |
| 2020 | 9,733 |
| 2021 | 10,709 |
| 2022 | 11,890 |
| 2023 | 12,588 |
| 2024 | 13,127 |
| 2025 | 13,239 |
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 (72.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A129 collisions
Police recorded 141 collisions with the A129 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 41 of them fatal or serious. That is 36.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 27.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | 11 |
| 2022 | 25 | 3 |
| 2023 | 16 | 9 |
| 2024 | 30 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hutton Village to A176 Essex · 13 collisions | 93.3 |
| Roundabout A1245/A129 to A129 Intersection Nr. Rayleigh Primary School Essex · 25 collisions | 77.9 |
| A132 to Hodgson Way Essex · 14 collisions | 65.3 |
| A132 to Woolshotts Rd Essex · 15 collisions | 45.1 |
| A1023 to Hutton Village Essex · 18 collisions | 43.3 |
| A127 to A13 Essex · 18 collisions | 36.8 |
| Mill Rd to A132 Essex · 11 collisions | 27.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 32 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A129 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 A129
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Essex
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 | 141 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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