Trunk A-road
A134 traffic and collisions
The A134 is a trunk A-road of 68.4 miles, from Essex to Norfolk. This page covers its traffic at 23 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 255m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,208 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 31,508 A1124 to A133
- HGV share 6.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 340 28.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A134?
On an average day in 2025, 10,208 vehicles passed each point on the A134, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1124 to A133 (Essex), with 31,508 a day; the quietest listed is A1065 to Junction A134/A1122, with 6,745.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1124 to A133 carries 3.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1124 to A133 Essex · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 31,508 |
| A131 Northern Road to Clermont Avenue Suffolk · 1.5 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 20,063 |
| B1508 to A1341 Essex · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 19,711 |
| Clermont Ave to A131 Melford Road Suffolk · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 14,853 |
| A11 to A1065 Norfolk · 6.6 mi · HGVs 12.5% | 11,900 |
| A133 to B1025 Essex · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 11,681 |
| A1071 to A131 Suffolk · 2.7 mi · HGVs 4.5% | 11,649 |
| Boxted Rd to B1087 Essex, Suffolk · 4.2 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 10,013 |
| A1092 to A1141 Suffolk · 5.7 mi · HGVs 5.6% | 9,739 |
| A1141 to A1302 Suffolk · 5.1 mi · HGVs 5.0% | 9,594 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Essex to Norfolk · 68.4 miles
A134 traffic and collisions by section
21 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Show all 21 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A133 to B1025Essex | 11,681 | 55 |
| 2 | B1025 to A137Essex | 30,174 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A137 to A134 Balkerne HillEssex | 30,406 | 8 |
| 4 | A1124 to A133Essex | 31,508 | 25 |
| 5 | A133 to B1508Essex | 37,301 | 25 |
| 6 | B1508 to A1341Essex | 19,711 | 12 |
| 7 | A1341 to Boxted RoadEssex | 13,516 | 9 |
| 8 | Boxted Rd to B1087Essex, Suffolk | 10,013 | 10 |
| 9 | B1087 to A1071Suffolk | 8,600 | 12 |
| 10 | A1071 to A131Suffolk | 11,649 | 14 |
| 11 | A131 Northern Road to Clermont AvenueSuffolk | 20,063 | 29 |
| 12 | Clermont Ave to A131 Melford RoadSuffolk | 14,853 | 4 |
| 13 | A131 to A1092Suffolk | 9,484 | 8 |
| 14 | A1092 to A1141Suffolk | 9,739 | 10 |
| 15 | A1141 to A1302Suffolk | 9,594 | 18 |
| 16 | A1302 Southgate Green to Rougham Hill roundaboutSuffolk | 32,053 | fewer than 3 |
| 17 | Rougham Hill roundabout to A14 FlyoverSuffolk | 30,838 | fewer than 3 |
| 18 | A143 to B110 Brandon RoadSuffolk, Norfolk | 7,882 | 38 |
| 19 | A11 to A1065Norfolk | 11,900 | 22 |
| 20 | A1065 to Junction A134/A1122Norfolk | 6,745 | 28 |
| 21 | A1122 to A10Norfolk | 6,979 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A134 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.
A134 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.0% of the vehicle miles on the A134. HGVs account for 6.8%, rising to 16.1% on A1122 to A10.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.7% |
| 2001 | 8.7% |
| 2002 | 8.7% |
| 2003 | 8.8% |
| 2004 | 9.0% |
| 2005 | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 9.0% |
| 2007 | 9.6% |
| 2008 | 9.0% |
| 2009 | 8.5% |
| 2010 | 8.5% |
| 2011 | 8.3% |
| 2012 | 8.2% |
| 2013 | 8.3% |
| 2014 | 8.1% |
| 2015 | 8.1% |
| 2016 | 7.9% |
| 2017 | 8.1% |
| 2018 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 8.8% |
| 2021 | 8.0% |
| 2022 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | 7.2% |
| 2024 | 6.9% |
| 2025 | 6.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A134 traffic trend
Traffic on the A134 came to 255 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 12.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 224m |
| 2001 | 226m |
| 2002 | 232m |
| 2003 | 230m |
| 2004 | 231m |
| 2005 | 243m |
| 2006 | 248m |
| 2007 | 238m |
| 2008 | 238m |
| 2009 | 238m |
| 2010 | 236m |
| 2011 | 238m |
| 2012 | 238m |
| 2013 | 237m |
| 2014 | 237m |
| 2015 | 243m |
| 2016 | 245m |
| 2017 | 253m |
| 2018 | 252m |
| 2019 | 253m |
| 2020 | 196m |
| 2021 | 217m |
| 2022 | 238m |
| 2023 | 243m |
| 2024 | 251m |
| 2025 | 255m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,124 |
| 2001 | 9,201 |
| 2002 | 9,476 |
| 2003 | 9,394 |
| 2004 | 9,407 |
| 2005 | 9,688 |
| 2006 | 9,883 |
| 2007 | 9,520 |
| 2008 | 9,523 |
| 2009 | 9,519 |
| 2010 | 9,406 |
| 2011 | 9,491 |
| 2012 | 9,638 |
| 2013 | 9,599 |
| 2014 | 9,632 |
| 2015 | 9,848 |
| 2016 | 9,936 |
| 2017 | 10,231 |
| 2018 | 10,076 |
| 2019 | 10,117 |
| 2020 | 7,851 |
| 2021 | 8,726 |
| 2022 | 9,578 |
| 2023 | 9,768 |
| 2024 | 10,098 |
| 2025 | 10,208 |
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 (76.8% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 23 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A134 collisions
Police recorded 340 collisions with the A134 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 89 of them fatal or serious, including 8 fatal. That is 28.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 6.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | 20 |
| 2022 | 53 | 18 |
| 2023 | 43 | 15 |
| 2024 | 55 | 20 |
| 2025 | 54 | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A131 Northern Road to Clermont Avenue Suffolk · 29 collisions | 264.0 |
| A133 to B1025 Essex · 55 collisions | 190.3 |
| A1124 to A133 Essex · 25 collisions | 47.5 |
| B1508 to A1341 Essex · 12 collisions | 31.3 |
| A1071 to A131 Suffolk · 14 collisions | 28.1 |
| A143 to B110 Brandon Road Suffolk, Norfolk · 38 collisions | 24.3 |
| A1141 to A1302 Suffolk · 18 collisions | 21.0 |
| A1065 to Junction A134/A1122 Norfolk · 28 collisions | 20.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 51 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A134 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 A134
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Essex
- Suffolk
- Norfolk
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 | 23 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 340 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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