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A1306 traffic and collisions
The A1306 is an A-road of 10.6 miles, from Barking and Dagenham to Thurrock. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 78m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 20,072 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 33,606 B186 to A1012
- HGV share 5.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +4.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 203 55.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A1306?
On an average day in 2025, 20,072 vehicles passed each point on the A1306, counting both directions. The busiest section is B186 to A1012 (Thurrock), with 33,606 a day; the quietest listed is A1090 to A282, with 8,539.
Busiest sections, 2025
B186 to A1012 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B186 to A1012 Thurrock · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 33,606 |
| A13 to Purfleet Rd Thurrock · 1.1 mi · HGVs 10.6% | 20,086 |
| A13 Marsh Way to A125 / B1335 Havering · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 19,062 |
| A125 / B1335 to A13 Havering · 2.6 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 16,275 |
| A1240 to Marsh Way Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 1.0 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 15,809 |
| A1090 to A282 Thurrock · 0.9 mi · HGVs 16.2% | 8,539 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Barking and Dagenham to Thurrock · 10.6 miles
A1306 traffic and collisions by section
8 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (1.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A13 to A1240Barking and Dagenham | 24,928 | 29 |
| 2 | A1240 to Marsh WayBarking and Dagenham, Havering | 15,809 | 35 |
| 3 | A13 Marsh Way to A125 / B1335Havering | 19,062 | 47 |
| 4 | A125 / B1335 to A13Havering | 16,275 | 48 |
| 5 | A13 to Purfleet RdThurrock | 20,086 | 11 |
| 6 | A1090 to A282Thurrock | 8,539 | 4 |
| 7 | A282 to B186Thurrock | 32,785 | 5 |
| 8 | B186 to A1012Thurrock | 33,606 | 22 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A1306 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.
A1306 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.5% of the vehicle miles on the A1306. HGVs account for 5.5%, rising to 16.2% on A1090 to A282.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.2% |
| 2001 | 8.0% |
| 2002 | 8.1% |
| 2003 | 8.2% |
| 2004 | 8.1% |
| 2005 | 8.1% |
| 2006 | 7.8% |
| 2007 | 8.0% |
| 2008 | 7.4% |
| 2009 | 6.7% |
| 2010 | 6.6% |
| 2011 | 6.5% |
| 2012 | 6.6% |
| 2013 | 7.4% |
| 2014 | 7.2% |
| 2015 | 6.9% |
| 2016 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 7.8% |
| 2018 | 7.5% |
| 2019 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 7.8% |
| 2021 | 7.3% |
| 2022 | 6.4% |
| 2023 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | 5.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A1306 traffic trend
Traffic on the A1306 came to 77.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 4.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 11.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 43.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 59m |
| 2001 | 59m |
| 2002 | 57m |
| 2003 | 58m |
| 2004 | 62m |
| 2005 | 62m |
| 2006 | 69m |
| 2007 | 71m |
| 2008 | 65m |
| 2009 | 65m |
| 2010 | 62m |
| 2011 | 65m |
| 2012 | 64m |
| 2013 | 66m |
| 2014 | 67m |
| 2015 | 70m |
| 2016 | 72m |
| 2017 | 73m |
| 2018 | 73m |
| 2019 | 75m |
| 2020 | 59m |
| 2021 | 66m |
| 2022 | 73m |
| 2023 | 73m |
| 2024 | 76m |
| 2025 | 78m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,262 |
| 2001 | 17,422 |
| 2002 | 16,641 |
| 2003 | 15,521 |
| 2004 | 16,637 |
| 2005 | 16,580 |
| 2006 | 18,717 |
| 2007 | 19,202 |
| 2008 | 17,716 |
| 2009 | 17,588 |
| 2010 | 16,746 |
| 2011 | 17,601 |
| 2012 | 17,470 |
| 2013 | 17,928 |
| 2014 | 18,149 |
| 2015 | 19,065 |
| 2016 | 19,513 |
| 2017 | 19,757 |
| 2018 | 19,299 |
| 2019 | 19,938 |
| 2020 | 15,426 |
| 2021 | 17,250 |
| 2022 | 19,105 |
| 2023 | 19,318 |
| 2024 | 19,950 |
| 2025 | 20,072 |
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 (69.8% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A1306 collisions
Police recorded 203 collisions with the A1306 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 55.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 4.4% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 |
| 2022 | 44 |
| 2023 | 29 |
| 2024 | 38 |
| 2025 | 47 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A13 Marsh Way to A125 / B1335 Havering · 47 collisions | 174.0 |
| A1240 to Marsh Way Barking and Dagenham, Havering · 35 collisions | 121.2 |
| A125 / B1335 to A13 Havering · 48 collisions | 64.3 |
| A13 to Purfleet Rd Thurrock · 11 collisions | 28.6 |
| B186 to A1012 Thurrock · 22 collisions | 18.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 31 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A1306 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A1306
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Barking and Dagenham
- Havering
- Thurrock
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 203 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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