Trunk A-road

A14 traffic and collisions

The A14 is a trunk A-road of 142.8 miles, from Suffolk to Leicestershire. This page covers its traffic at 68 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

Last updated: 15 September 2026
Data source: Department for Transport
Records analysed: 68 count points in 2025
Methodology: View methodology

Traffic in 2025 2.9bn vehicle miles
Average daily traffic 56,581 vehicles a day, both directions
Busiest section 106,320 B1050 to Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington Rd
HGV share 15.2% of vehicle miles
Traffic since 2019 +7.1% same count points
Collisions, 2021 to 2025 749 5.4 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A14?

On an average day in 2025, 56,581 vehicles passed each point on the A14, counting both directions. The busiest section is B1050 to Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington Rd (Cambridgeshire), with 106,320 a day; the quietest listed is A154 infeed to Dock Rd, with 11,024.

Busiest sections, 2025

B1050 to Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington Rd carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A14 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section	Vehicles a day
B1050 to Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington Rd Cambridgeshire · 5.1 mi · HGVs 14.2%	106,320
8 to 7 North Northamptonshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 12.1%	88,820
Count point 92024 Cambridgeshire · 4.3 mi · HGVs 14.5%	88,194
B1049 to A14 merge Cambridgeshire · 1.5 mi · HGVs 11.9%	84,268
9 to 8 North Northamptonshire · 2.0 mi · HGVs 11.3%	84,249
A142 to A14 split Suffolk, Cambridgeshire · 4.6 mi · HGVs 11.5%	82,930
A14 to B1049 Cambridgeshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 11.7%	81,580
A11/ A1304 to A142 Cambridgeshire, Suffolk · 2.1 mi · HGVs 13.2%	78,327
A6 to A43/A4300 North Northamptonshire · 2.8 mi · HGVs 12.8%	78,094
10 to 9 North Northamptonshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 12.1%	76,121

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Route

Suffolk to Leicestershire · 142.8 miles

Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A14 traffic and collisions by section

50 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 14 short link roads and spurs (4.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A14 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1	A154 infeed to Dock RdSuffolk	0.7	11,024	19.8%	+10.5%	fewer than 3	–
2	A154 Trinity Road to A154 CANDLET ROAD RndbtSuffolk	1.1	22,575	27.2%	−4.3%	11	25.2
3	C- Trinley St Martin junction to A154ESuffolk	1.1	36,693	16.5%	−4.6%	10	14.4
4	Kirton Rd, Trimley St Martin junction to A12Suffolk	3.8	37,493	14.5%	−3.8%	17	6.7
5	A12 to A1189Suffolk	2.1	52,724	13.7%	−1.1%	11	5.7
6	A1189 to A137Suffolk	3.0	68,395	11.2%	+6.7%	15	4.3
7	A137 to A12 / A14Suffolk	2.0	64,576	12.9%	+2.7%	27	12.4
8	A12/A1214 Rndbt to SPROUGHTON ROADSuffolk	2.1	65,197	13.2%	+14.9%	10	4.3
9	SPROUGHTON ROAD to A1156Suffolk	1.3	62,065	13.1%	+6.4%	12	8.6
10	A1156 slip over-bridge to Southbound on slip from A1156Suffolk	0.2	62,065	13.1%	+6.4%	fewer than 3	–
11	At A14Suffolk	0.3	69,040	12.3%	+4.6%	fewer than 3	–
12	B1113 Bramford Road to A140 S of Kettle LaneSuffolk	1.1	69,040	12.3%	+4.6%	13	10.2
13	B113 to A140Suffolk	3.3	62,764	12.3%	+4.6%	20	5.7
14	A140 to B1178 slipSuffolk	0.7	45,475	13.7%	+1.2%	4	–
15	B1178 slip to A1120Suffolk	3.5	49,429	13.7%	+6.1%	20	7.0
16	A1120 to A1308Suffolk	2.5	44,483	16.0%	+1.5%	9	–
17	A1308 to A1088Suffolk	4.7	44,350	14.3%	+34.3%	17	4.7
18	A1088 to A134Suffolk	7.1	46,613	14.1%	−5.8%	36	6.2
19	A14/A143 to A134 at flyoverSuffolk	1.3	53,172	12.4%	+5.6%	10	8.4
20	A143 Compeigne Way to At the point where the A14 finishes passing the Bury St Edmunds Golf CourseSuffolk	1.1	49,356	13.7%	+9.6%	4	–
21	At the point where the A14 finishes passing the Bury St Edmunds Golf Course to A1302/B1106 WESTLEY ROADSuffolk	0.9	49,356	13.7%	+12.1%	fewer than 3	–
22	B1106 Westley Road to B1506Suffolk	7.6	47,961	13.3%	+2.2%	24	3.8
23	A11 to A14 west slipCambridgeshire	2.1	35,440	17.4%	−11.8%	4	–
24	A14 west slip to A14 east slipCambridgeshire	0.4	59,330	13.0%	+6.0%	3	–
25	A11/ A1304 to A142Cambridgeshire, Suffolk	2.1	78,327	13.2%	+1.5%	15	5.5
26	A142 to A14 splitSuffolk, Cambridgeshire	4.6	82,930	11.5%	+14.5%	31	4.8
27	A1303 spur to A14 mergeCambridgeshire	0.7	41,983	16.4%	−3.7%	fewer than 3	–
28	At A1303Cambridgeshire	4.2	45,143	16.4%	+9.0%	20	6.2
29	A1303 to B1047Cambridgeshire	2.2	58,288	14.2%	+14.4%	30	13.8
30	B1047 to A10Cambridgeshire	1.2	72,558	11.2%	+16.2%	11	7.6
31	A14 to B1049Cambridgeshire	1.6	81,580	11.7%	+21.4%	16	7.5
32	B1049 to A14 mergeCambridgeshire	1.5	84,268	11.9%	+15.8%	6	–
33	A1307 to A14Cambridgeshire	0.6	20,338	15.7%	–	fewer than 3	–
34	B1050 to Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington RdCambridgeshire	5.1	106,320	14.2%	–	37	4.3
35	Dry Drayton Rd/ Oakington RdCambridgeshire	6.2	70,222	17.4%	–	21	3.0
36	Count point 92024Cambridgeshire	4.3	88,194	14.5%	–	23	3.9
37	Count point 92019Cambridgeshire	2.2	36,455	23.5%	–	6	–
38	A45(T)Cambridgeshire	12.4	46,392	19.1%	–	67	6.3
39	A45(T) to 12North Northamptonshire	1.9	45,070	20.0%	+11.5%	9	–
40	12 to 13North Northamptonshire	1.4	51,377	18.7%	+9.3%	9	–
41	A510 to A6116 Near TwywellNorth Northamptonshire	3.0	48,823	17.6%	+6.2%	4	–
42	A6/A6003 to A510 to FinedonNorth Northamptonshire	2.7	49,925	16.1%	+9.9%	8	–
43	10 to 9North Northamptonshire	1.3	76,121	12.1%	+10.8%	10	6.2
44	9 to 8North Northamptonshire	2.0	84,249	11.3%	+14.7%	18	6.2
45	8 to 7North Northamptonshire	1.2	88,820	12.1%	+5.3%	14	7.5
46	A6 to A43/A4300North Northamptonshire	2.8	78,094	12.8%	−0.6%	27	7.1
47	A6(T) to A508North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire	8.3	53,634	20.3%	–	18	2.3
48	A508 to A5199West Northamptonshire	4.9	56,979	19.2%	+11.5%	21	4.3
49	A5199 to M6 main routeWest Northamptonshire	5.6	54,580	19.5%	+12.9%	24	4.4
50	M6 main route to A14/M1Leicestershire	0.3	54,580	19.5%	+12.9%	0	–

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A14 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.

A14 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 67.9% of the vehicle miles on the A14. HGVs account for 15.2%, rising to 27.2% on A154 Trinity Road to A154 CANDLET ROAD Rndbt.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Share of vehicle miles on the A14 by vehicle type
Category	Share
Cars and taxis	67.9%
Vans (LGVs)	16.5%
HGVs	15.2%
Motorcycles	0.3%
Buses and coaches	0.1%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A14, by year
Year	HGV share
2000	17.5%
2001	16.8%
2002	17.0%
2003	16.4%
2004	16.8%
2005	16.8%
2006	17.9%
2007	18.0%
2008	17.4%
2009	15.9%
2010	16.3%
2011	16.1%
2012	15.8%
2013	15.4%
2014	15.7%
2015	15.9%
2016	15.7%
2017	15.9%
2018	15.9%
2019	15.7%
2020	19.4%
2021	18.9%
2022	16.6%
2023	16.2%
2024	16.0%
2025	15.2%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A14 traffic trend

Traffic on the A14 came to 2.95 billion vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 16.7% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 37.3% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A14 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year	Vehicle miles
2000	2.1bn
2001	2.2bn
2002	2.2bn
2003	2.3bn
2004	2.3bn
2005	2.3bn
2006	2.3bn
2007	2.3bn
2008	2.3bn
2009	2.2bn
2010	2.2bn
2011	2.3bn
2012	2.3bn
2013	2.3bn
2014	2.3bn
2015	2.4bn
2016	2.5bn
2017	2.6bn
2018	2.6bn
2019	2.6bn
2020	2.1bn
2021	2.4bn
2022	2.7bn
2023	2.8bn
2024	2.9bn
2025	2.9bn

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A14, weighted by link length, by year
Year	Vehicles a day
2000	42,074
2001	43,830
2002	44,266
2003	45,915
2004	46,692
2005	45,719
2006	46,150
2007	46,824
2008	46,178
2009	45,039
2010	45,097
2011	45,638
2012	45,224
2013	45,904
2014	46,123
2015	48,319
2016	50,092
2017	51,523
2018	51,575
2019	51,837
2020	39,350
2021	46,606
2022	52,346
2023	53,629
2024	55,555
2025	56,581

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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 (71.0% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 44 of the 68 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A14 collisions

Police recorded 749 collisions with the A14 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 198 of them fatal or serious, including 34 fatal. That is 5.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.1 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 31.3% from 2021 to 2025.

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A14, 2021 to 2025
Section	Per 100m vehicle miles
A154 Trinity Road to A154 CANDLET ROAD Rndbt Suffolk · 11 collisions	25.2
C- Trinley St Martin junction to A154E Suffolk · 10 collisions	14.4
A1303 to B1047 Cambridgeshire · 30 collisions	13.8
A137 to A12 / A14 Suffolk · 27 collisions	12.4
B1113 Bramford Road to A140 S of Kettle Lane Suffolk · 13 collisions	10.2
SPROUGHTON ROAD to A1156 Suffolk · 12 collisions	8.6
A14/A143 to A134 at flyover Suffolk · 10 collisions	8.4
B1047 to A10 Cambridgeshire · 11 collisions	7.6

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A further 61 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A14 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 A14

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

Suffolk
Cambridgeshire
North Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire
Leicestershire

Planned closures on the A14 in England

National Highways has 65 planned closures on the A14 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, 61 of them starting in that period. 27 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 61 start between 7pm and 6am.

Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 34 entry slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 26 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 34 entry slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 30 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 34 entry slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 25 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Lane or slip Lane closure eastbound (site 2)

16 Sept 20:00 to 26 Sept 06:00 1 of 2 lanes Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 8 entry slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 19 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 8 entry slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 26 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 westbound Jct 7 exit slip road closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 19 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance
Carriageway A14 eastbound Jct 59 to Jct 60 carriageway closure

16 Sept 20:00 to 17 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance

57 more planned closures in this period are not shown.

Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK

Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated 16 Sept 2026

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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	68 count points in 2025	15 September 2026
Reported collisions	Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring	2021 to 2025	749 reported collisions	15 September 2026
Planned closures	Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways	2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30	2,304 planned closure schemes	16 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”.

How we calculate these figures All data sources

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How busy is the A14?

Route

A14 traffic and collisions by section

A14 traffic by vehicle type

A14 traffic trend

A14 collisions

Council areas on the A14

Roads that meet the A14

Planned closures on the A14 in England

Data sources and methodology

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