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A1304 traffic and collisions
The A1304 is an A-road of 9.0 miles, in Cambridgeshire. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 29m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,835 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 12,705 A1303 to Hamilton Rd
- HGV share 2.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +14.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 37 30.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1304?
On an average day in 2025, 8,835 vehicles passed each point on the A1304, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1303 to Hamilton Rd (Cambridgeshire, Suffolk), with 12,705 a day; the quietest listed is B1506 to A11, with 5,445.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1303 to Hamilton Rd carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1303 to Hamilton Rd Cambridgeshire, Suffolk · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 12,705 |
| A142 Fordham Road/B1063 to B1506 Suffolk · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 12,622 |
| B1061 Dullingham Road to A142 Fordham Road/B1063 Suffolk · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 12,154 |
| A11 to A1303 Cambridgeshire · 4.4 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 6,799 |
| B1506 to A11 Cambridgeshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 5,445 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Cambridgeshire · 9.0 miles
A1304 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 | A11 to A1303Cambridgeshire | 6,799 | 13 |
| 2 | A1303 to Hamilton RdCambridgeshire, Suffolk | 12,705 | 5 |
| 3 | Hamilton Rd to B1061 Dullingham RoadSuffolk | 14,103 | 0 |
| 4 | B1061 Dullingham Road to A142 Fordham Road/B1063Suffolk | 12,154 | 13 |
| 5 | A142 Fordham Road/B1063 to B1506Suffolk | 12,622 | 6 |
| 6 | B1506 to A11Cambridgeshire | 5,445 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1304 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.
A1304 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.0% of the vehicle miles on the A1304. HGVs account for 2.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.4% |
| 2007 | 4.1% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1304 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1304 came to 29 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 14.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 22.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 12.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 25m |
| 2001 | 30m |
| 2002 | 30m |
| 2003 | 26m |
| 2004 | 25m |
| 2005 | 26m |
| 2006 | 25m |
| 2007 | 24m |
| 2008 | 24m |
| 2009 | 24m |
| 2010 | 23m |
| 2011 | 23m |
| 2012 | 23m |
| 2013 | 22m |
| 2014 | 23m |
| 2015 | 23m |
| 2016 | 23m |
| 2017 | 23m |
| 2018 | 25m |
| 2019 | 25m |
| 2020 | 19m |
| 2021 | 21m |
| 2022 | 23m |
| 2023 | 23m |
| 2024 | 26m |
| 2025 | 29m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,871 |
| 2001 | 9,215 |
| 2002 | 9,332 |
| 2003 | 7,961 |
| 2004 | 7,673 |
| 2005 | 8,064 |
| 2006 | 7,852 |
| 2007 | 7,453 |
| 2008 | 7,595 |
| 2009 | 7,596 |
| 2010 | 7,177 |
| 2011 | 7,073 |
| 2012 | 6,995 |
| 2013 | 6,989 |
| 2014 | 7,132 |
| 2015 | 7,202 |
| 2016 | 7,240 |
| 2017 | 7,286 |
| 2018 | 7,650 |
| 2019 | 7,745 |
| 2020 | 5,887 |
| 2021 | 6,480 |
| 2022 | 6,977 |
| 2023 | 7,120 |
| 2024 | 8,014 |
| 2025 | 8,835 |
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, 1 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1304 collisions
Police recorded 37 collisions with the A1304 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 9 of them fatal or serious. That is 30.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 66.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B1061 Dullingham Road to A142 Fordham Road/B1063 Suffolk · 13 collisions | 102.4 |
| A11 to A1303 Cambridgeshire · 13 collisions | 30.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1304 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 A1304
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Cambridgeshire
- Suffolk
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 37 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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