Trunk A-road

A13 traffic and collisions

The A13 is a trunk A-road of 47.0 miles, from Tower Hamlets to Southend-on-Sea. This page covers its traffic at 42 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

Last updated: 15 September 2026
Data source: Department for Transport
Records analysed: 42 count points in 2025
Methodology: View methodology

Traffic in 2025 1.1bn vehicle miles
Average daily traffic 64,709 vehicles a day, both directions
Busiest section 133,085 A117 to A13
HGV share 7.1% of vehicle miles
Traffic since 2019 +3.8% same count points
Collisions, 2021 to 2025 1,870 37.1 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A13?

On an average day in 2025, 64,709 vehicles passed each point on the A13, counting both directions. The busiest section is A117 to A13 (Newham), with 133,085 a day; the quietest listed is A1160 to A1159, with 8,721.

Busiest sections, 2025

A117 to A13 carries 2.1 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A13 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section	Vehicles a day
A117 to A13 Newham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.6%	133,085
A406 / A1020 to A123/A1153 Newham, Barking and Dagenham · 1.7 mi · HGVs 6.5%	116,960
A112 to A117 Newham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 4.0%	112,161
A1153 / A123 to A1036 / A13 Barking and Dagenham · 1.3 mi · HGVs 7.3%	103,154
M25 to A126 Thurrock · 1.1 mi · HGVs 11.4%	102,771
A124/A13 Junction to A112/A13 Junction Newham · 2.0 mi · HGVs 3.9%	97,950
Ferry Lane to A1036 Havering · 2.2 mi · HGVs 8.5%	96,201
A1012 to A1087/A13 principal Thurrock · 1.7 mi · HGVs 12.4%	94,111
A1306 to Marsh Way Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 1.5 mi · HGVs 8.8%	93,334
Marsh Way to Ferry Lane Havering · 0.9 mi · HGVs 8.1%	93,153

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Route

Tower Hamlets to Southend-on-Sea · 47.0 miles

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

A13 traffic and collisions by section

34 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (1.8 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A13 in route order, 2025 traffic
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1	A11/A1202 mid-junction to A126Tower Hamlets	1.3	25,224	4.8%	−15.4%	307	499.3
2	A126 to A101Tower Hamlets	0.1	21,176	3.6%	−20.7%	25	–
3	A101 to A1261Tower Hamlets	0.5	26,412	1.7%	−15.2%	65	283.5
4	A1261 to A1206Tower Hamlets	0.8	21,611	2.4%	−1.2%	126	427.2
5	A1206 to A102Tower Hamlets	0.1	40,607	2.7%	−18.2%	18	–
6	A102 to A1263Tower Hamlets	0.4	36,748	4.8%	−28.5%	40	–
7	A1263 to Aspen Way tunnelTower Hamlets	0.1	57,117	4.1%	−3.0%	24	–
8	Aspen Way tunnel to A1011Tower Hamlets, Newham	0.3	118,144	3.9%	−10.1%	44	–
9	A124/A13 Junction to A112/A13 JunctionNewham	2.0	97,950	3.9%	–	116	76.9
10	A112 to A117Newham	1.2	112,161	4.0%	−12.4%	95	38.3
11	A117 to A13Newham	0.7	133,085	3.6%	−5.2%	85	51.9
12	A406 / A1020 to A123/A1153Newham, Barking and Dagenham	1.7	116,960	6.5%	−1.6%	195	52.2
13	A1153 / A123 to A1036 / A13Barking and Dagenham	1.3	103,154	7.3%	0.0%	92	40.4
14	A1306 to Marsh WayBarking and Dagenham, Havering	1.5	93,334	8.8%	+6.1%	55	23.0
15	Marsh Way to Ferry LaneHavering	0.9	93,153	8.1%	+13.7%	32	23.3
16	Ferry Lane to A1036Havering	2.2	96,201	8.5%	+6.7%	49	14.4
17	A1306 to M25 j30Thurrock	2.0	87,505	8.9%	+19.5%	29	9.7
18	M25 to A126Thurrock	1.1	102,771	11.4%	+7.2%	25	12.7
19	A126 to A13Thurrock	1.2	77,616	14.9%	+8.7%	17	10.7
20	A1012 to A1087/A13 principalThurrock	1.7	94,111	12.4%	+16.2%	34	12.6
21	A1089/A13 trunk to A1089Thurrock	0.5	81,592	9.4%	+12.6%	fewer than 3	–
22	A1089 to A128/A1013Thurrock	0.9	86,910	9.7%	+18.2%	14	11.1
23	A128/A1013 to A1014Thurrock	2.5	89,004	8.7%	–	16	19.7
24	A1014 to A176Thurrock, Essex	3.4	72,946	5.8%	–	32	31.8
25	A176 to A132Essex	2.3	72,853	5.1%	–	29	47.4
26	A132 to A13 slip to A130Essex	1.2	83,843	5.1%	+7.9%	13	7.5
27	A13 slip to A130 to A13 and A130 RoundaboutEssex	0.5	34,220	2.6%	−4.7%	12	39.7
28	A130 intersection to A129Essex	2.8	19,603	1.1%	+5.2%	53	54.7
29	A129 to A1158Essex, Southend-on-Sea	3.9	17,778	0.7%	–	69	94.4
30	At A1158Southend-on-Sea	0.1	17,660	1.2%	−5.6%	fewer than 3	–
31	A1158 to A127Southend-on-Sea	1.6	16,322	0.7%	−6.4%	64	118.2
32	A127 to A1160Southend-on-Sea	0.3	18,262	0.9%	−7.1%	10	–
33	A1160 to A1159Southend-on-Sea	1.8	8,721	0.9%	−6.1%	33	118.9
34	A1159 to B1016Southend-on-Sea	2.3	25,112	1.5%	–	28	132.8

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A13 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.

A13 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 71.8% of the vehicle miles on the A13. HGVs account for 7.1%, rising to 14.9% on A126 to A13.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Share of vehicle miles on the A13 by vehicle type
Category	Share
Cars and taxis	71.8%
Vans (LGVs)	19.1%
HGVs	7.1%
Motorcycles	1.7%
Buses and coaches	0.3%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A13, by year
Year	HGV share
2000	8.0%
2001	7.8%
2002	8.3%
2003	8.6%
2004	8.7%
2005	8.3%
2006	8.1%
2007	8.0%
2008	8.1%
2009	7.9%
2010	8.3%
2011	7.9%
2012	8.6%
2013	8.4%
2014	8.3%
2015	8.9%
2016	8.6%
2017	8.2%
2018	8.3%
2019	8.4%
2020	9.0%
2021	8.8%
2022	8.5%
2023	8.0%
2024	7.3%
2025	7.1%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A13 traffic trend

Traffic on the A13 came to 1.11 billion vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 3.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.6% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 38.7% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A13 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year	Vehicle miles
2000	741m
2001	759m
2002	760m
2003	763m
2004	797m
2005	824m
2006	877m
2007	867m
2008	897m
2009	925m
2010	910m
2011	897m
2012	853m
2013	849m
2014	948m
2015	950m
2016	974m
2017	1,000m
2018	1.0bn
2019	985m
2020	935m
2021	916m
2022	972m
2023	990m
2024	1.1bn
2025	1.1bn

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A13, weighted by link length, by year
Year	Vehicles a day
2000	47,328
2001	48,501
2002	48,518
2003	48,693
2004	50,890
2005	52,623
2006	56,028
2007	55,377
2008	57,261
2009	59,057
2010	58,114
2011	57,312
2012	54,478
2013	54,190
2014	59,538
2015	59,698
2016	61,210
2017	62,979
2018	62,732
2019	60,938
2020	57,816
2021	56,660
2022	60,128
2023	61,210
2024	63,833
2025	64,709

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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 (70.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 34 of the 42 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A13 collisions

Police recorded 1,870 collisions with the A13 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 337 of them fatal or serious. That is 37.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 8.0 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 16.0% from 2021 to 2025.

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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 A13, 2021 to 2025
Section	Per 100m vehicle miles
A11/A1202 mid-junction to A126 Tower Hamlets · 307 collisions	499.3
A1261 to A1206 Tower Hamlets · 126 collisions	427.2
A101 to A1261 Tower Hamlets · 65 collisions	283.5
A1159 to B1016 Southend-on-Sea · 28 collisions	132.8
A1160 to A1159 Southend-on-Sea · 33 collisions	118.9
A1158 to A127 Southend-on-Sea · 64 collisions	118.2
A129 to A1158 Essex, Southend-on-Sea · 69 collisions	94.4
A124/A13 Junction to A112/A13 Junction Newham · 116 collisions	76.9

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A further 301 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A13 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 A13

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

Tower Hamlets
Newham
Barking and Dagenham
Havering
Thurrock
Essex
Southend-on-Sea

Planned closures on the A13 in England

National Highways has 6 planned closures on the A13 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 2 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 6 start between 7pm and 6am.

Lane or slip A13 Eastbound A1012 to A1089 lane 1,2 closure

16 Sept 22:00 to 17 Sept 05:30 Road maintenance Also affects A1089
Carriageway A13 Westbound to A1012 exit and entry slip road closure

17 Sept 22:00 to 18 Sept 05:30 Road maintenance
Lane or slip A13 Eastbound Stifford to Baker Street lane 2.3 closure

21 Sept 22:00 to 24 Sept 05:30 Road maintenance
Lane or slip A13 Eastbound Stifford to Baker Street lane 2.3 closure

22 Sept 22:00 to 23 Sept 05:30 Road maintenance
Carriageway A13 Westbound A126 to M25 Jct 30 Exit Slip Closure

28 Sept 22:00 to 29 Sept 05:30 Road maintenance
Lane or slip M25 Clockwise Jct 30 exit slip road lane 1 closure

28 Sept 22:00 to 29 Sept 05:00 1 of 2 lanes Road maintenance Also affects M25

Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK

Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated 16 Sept 2026

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	42 count points in 2025	15 September 2026
Reported collisions	Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring	2021 to 2025	1,870 reported collisions	15 September 2026
Planned closures	Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways	2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30	2,304 planned closure schemes	16 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”.

How we calculate these figures All data sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How busy is the A13?

Route

A13 traffic and collisions by section

A13 traffic by vehicle type

A13 traffic trend

A13 collisions

Council areas on the A13

Roads that meet the A13

Planned closures on the A13 in England

Data sources and methodology

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