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A132 traffic and collisions
The A132 is an A-road of 10.7 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 112m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 28,759 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 35,409 A1235 to A127
- HGV share 2.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +8.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 148 27.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A132?
On an average day in 2025, 28,759 vehicles passed each point on the A132, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1235 to A127 (Essex), with 35,409 a day; the quietest listed is Cranfield Park Rd to A129, with 16,855.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1235 to A127 carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1235 to A127 Essex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 35,409 |
| A1321 to A1235 Essex · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 34,675 |
| A127 to Cranfield Park Rd Essex · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 34,127 |
| A130 to B1012 Essex · 2.5 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 34,021 |
| A1245 to A130 Essex · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 30,299 |
| A13 to A1321 Essex · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 22,901 |
| A132/A129 Junction in Wickford to Junction A132/A130 Essex · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 21,207 |
| Cranfield Park Rd to A129 Essex · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 16,855 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Essex · 10.7 miles
A132 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 | A13 to A1321Essex | 22,901 | 26 |
| 2 | A1321 to A1235Essex | 34,675 | 22 |
| 3 | A1235 to A127Essex | 35,409 | 9 |
| 4 | A127 to Cranfield Park RdEssex | 34,127 | 16 |
| 5 | Cranfield Park Rd to A129Essex | 16,855 | 8 |
| 6 | A129 London Road to A129 Southend RoadEssex | 37,674 | 7 |
| 7 | A132/A129 Junction in Wickford to Junction A132/A130Essex | 21,207 | 21 |
| 8 | A1245 to A130Essex | 30,299 | 10 |
| 9 | A130 to B1012Essex | 34,021 | 29 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A132 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.
A132 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.6% of the vehicle miles on the A132. HGVs account for 2.3%, rising to 3.7% on A1235 to A127.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 4.3% |
| 2003 | 4.8% |
| 2004 | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.5% |
| 2007 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 4.0% |
| 2009 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 3.0% |
| 2017 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.8% |
| 2020 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 2.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A132 traffic trend
Traffic on the A132 came to 112 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 8.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 9.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 18.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 81m |
| 2001 | 83m |
| 2002 | 85m |
| 2003 | 84m |
| 2004 | 88m |
| 2005 | 85m |
| 2006 | 82m |
| 2007 | 82m |
| 2008 | 79m |
| 2009 | 78m |
| 2010 | 75m |
| 2011 | 78m |
| 2012 | 80m |
| 2013 | 84m |
| 2014 | 86m |
| 2015 | 88m |
| 2016 | 90m |
| 2017 | 91m |
| 2018 | 101m |
| 2019 | 101m |
| 2020 | 79m |
| 2021 | 95m |
| 2022 | 104m |
| 2023 | 110m |
| 2024 | 111m |
| 2025 | 112m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,473 |
| 2001 | 24,900 |
| 2002 | 25,677 |
| 2003 | 24,847 |
| 2004 | 25,771 |
| 2005 | 25,172 |
| 2006 | 24,192 |
| 2007 | 24,209 |
| 2008 | 23,158 |
| 2009 | 23,043 |
| 2010 | 22,073 |
| 2011 | 23,043 |
| 2012 | 23,496 |
| 2013 | 24,633 |
| 2014 | 25,309 |
| 2015 | 25,987 |
| 2016 | 26,637 |
| 2017 | 26,718 |
| 2018 | 26,782 |
| 2019 | 26,806 |
| 2020 | 21,035 |
| 2021 | 25,090 |
| 2022 | 27,475 |
| 2023 | 28,039 |
| 2024 | 28,390 |
| 2025 | 28,759 |
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 (80.4% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A132 collisions
Police recorded 148 collisions with the A132 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 40 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 27.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 18.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | 7 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8 |
| 2024 | 26 | 10 |
| 2025 | 16 | 11 |
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 to A1321 Essex · 26 collisions | 53.1 |
| A132/A129 Junction in Wickford to Junction A132/A130 Essex · 21 collisions | 43.6 |
| A1245 to A130 Essex · 10 collisions | 38.5 |
| A1321 to A1235 Essex · 22 collisions | 30.5 |
| A127 to Cranfield Park Rd Essex · 16 collisions | 22.6 |
| A130 to B1012 Essex · 29 collisions | 19.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 25 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A132 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 A132
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 | 148 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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