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A130 traffic and collisions
The A130 is an A-road of 16.9 miles, in Essex. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 260m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 42,152 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 74,416 A13 slip to A130 to A127
- HGV share 5.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +7.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 216 15.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A130?
On an average day in 2025, 42,152 vehicles passed each point on the A130, counting both directions. The busiest section is A13 slip to A130 to A127 (Essex), with 74,416 a day; the quietest listed is B1014/Waarden Rd to Roscommon Way roundabout, with 13,984.
Busiest sections, 2025
A13 slip to A130 to A127 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A13 slip to A130 to A127 Essex · 1.2 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 74,416 |
| A132 to A12(T) Essex · 5.7 mi · HGVs 5.5% | 53,451 |
| A312 to A129 Essex · 3.7 mi · HGVs 6.0% | 49,430 |
| B1014 roundabout to A13 intersection Essex · 2.7 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 27,795 |
| Roscommon Way roundabout to B1014 roundabout Essex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 23,673 |
| B1014/Waarden Rd to Roscommon Way roundabout Essex · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 13,984 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Essex · 16.9 miles
A130 traffic and collisions by section
8 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1014/Waarden Rd to Roscommon Way roundaboutEssex | 13,984 | 27 |
| 2 | Roscommon Way roundabout to B1014 roundaboutEssex | 23,673 | 6 |
| 3 | B1014 roundabout to A13 intersectionEssex | 27,795 | 28 |
| 4 | A13 and A130 Roundabout to A13 slip to A130Essex | 21,321 | 5 |
| 5 | A13 slip to A130 to A127Essex | 74,416 | 15 |
| 6 | A312 to A129Essex | 49,430 | 23 |
| 7 | A132 to A12(T)Essex | 53,451 | 45 |
| 8 | B1256 to A130Essex | 12,898 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A130 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.
A130 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 74.0% of the vehicle miles on the A130. HGVs account for 5.0%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.0% |
| 2001 | 6.6% |
| 2002 | 6.1% |
| 2003 | 6.9% |
| 2004 | 7.5% |
| 2005 | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 7.0% |
| 2007 | 6.2% |
| 2008 | 6.1% |
| 2009 | 6.5% |
| 2010 | 6.5% |
| 2011 | 5.7% |
| 2012 | 5.3% |
| 2013 | 5.3% |
| 2014 | 5.8% |
| 2015 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 5.4% |
| 2018 | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 5.2% |
| 2020 | 5.5% |
| 2021 | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 5.3% |
| 2023 | 5.0% |
| 2024 | 5.0% |
| 2025 | 5.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A130 traffic trend
Traffic on the A130 came to 260 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 11.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 24.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 207m |
| 2001 | 208m |
| 2002 | 121m |
| 2003 | 171m |
| 2004 | 180m |
| 2005 | 182m |
| 2006 | 190m |
| 2007 | 193m |
| 2008 | 166m |
| 2009 | 169m |
| 2010 | 168m |
| 2011 | 250m |
| 2012 | 252m |
| 2013 | 259m |
| 2014 | 274m |
| 2015 | 280m |
| 2016 | 287m |
| 2017 | 291m |
| 2018 | 305m |
| 2019 | 291m |
| 2020 | 245m |
| 2021 | 276m |
| 2022 | 287m |
| 2023 | 294m |
| 2024 | 301m |
| 2025 | 260m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20,500 |
| 2001 | 20,602 |
| 2002 | 13,975 |
| 2003 | 16,551 |
| 2004 | 17,399 |
| 2005 | 17,607 |
| 2006 | 18,345 |
| 2007 | 18,715 |
| 2008 | 20,971 |
| 2009 | 21,375 |
| 2010 | 21,335 |
| 2011 | 31,736 |
| 2012 | 31,861 |
| 2013 | 32,651 |
| 2014 | 34,429 |
| 2015 | 35,124 |
| 2016 | 36,022 |
| 2017 | 36,226 |
| 2018 | 36,435 |
| 2019 | 35,392 |
| 2020 | 29,853 |
| 2021 | 34,243 |
| 2022 | 35,522 |
| 2023 | 36,402 |
| 2024 | 37,254 |
| 2025 | 42,152 |
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, 4 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A130 collisions
Police recorded 216 collisions with the A130 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 59 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 15.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 34.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | 8 |
| 2022 | 21 | 14 |
| 2023 | 38 | 13 |
| 2024 | 37 | 11 |
| 2025 | 34 | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B1014/Waarden Rd to Roscommon Way roundabout Essex · 27 collisions | 50.0 |
| B1014 roundabout to A13 intersection Essex · 28 collisions | 20.2 |
| A13 slip to A130 to A127 Essex · 15 collisions | 10.6 |
| A132 to A12(T) Essex · 45 collisions | 8.4 |
| A312 to A129 Essex · 23 collisions | 7.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 45 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A130 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 69.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A130
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 216 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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