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A153 traffic and collisions
The A153 is an A-road of 40.8 miles, in Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 119m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 7,966 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,258 A153 spur to B1188
- HGV share 5.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 183 33.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A153?
On an average day in 2025, 7,966 vehicles passed each point on the A153, counting both directions. The busiest section is A153 spur to B1188 (Lincolnshire), with 15,258 a day; the quietest listed is A158 to A16, with 4,849.
Busiest sections, 2025
A153 spur to B1188 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A153 spur to B1188 Lincolnshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 5.5% | 15,258 |
| B1192 Thorpe Rd to B1192 Leagate Rd Lincolnshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 12,869 |
| B1183 to A158 Lincolnshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 10,047 |
| B1188 to B1192 Lincolnshire · 11.3 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 9,709 |
| A607 to A15 Lincolnshire · 7.5 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 8,679 |
| B1192 to A155 Lincolnshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 8.2% | 8,536 |
| A155 to B1183 Lincolnshire · 5.6 mi · HGVs 6.1% | 6,393 |
| A158 to A16 Lincolnshire · 11.9 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 4,849 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Lincolnshire · 40.8 miles
A153 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 | A607 to A15Lincolnshire | 8,679 | 28 |
| 2 | B1517 roundabout to A153 spurLincolnshire | 17,287 | 3 |
| 3 | A153 spur to B1188Lincolnshire | 15,258 | 11 |
| 4 | B1188 to B1192Lincolnshire | 9,709 | 63 |
| 5 | B1192 Thorpe Rd to B1192 Leagate RdLincolnshire | 12,869 | 7 |
| 6 | B1192 to A155Lincolnshire | 8,536 | 4 |
| 7 | A155 to B1183Lincolnshire | 6,393 | 15 |
| 8 | B1183 to A158Lincolnshire | 10,047 | 11 |
| 9 | A158 to A16Lincolnshire | 4,849 | 39 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A153 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.
A153 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.6% of the vehicle miles on the A153. HGVs account for 5.0%, rising to 8.2% on B1192 to A155.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.5% |
| 2001 | 6.2% |
| 2002 | 5.8% |
| 2003 | 5.7% |
| 2004 | 5.5% |
| 2005 | 7.4% |
| 2006 | 6.5% |
| 2007 | 6.7% |
| 2008 | 5.7% |
| 2009 | 5.3% |
| 2010 | 5.5% |
| 2011 | 5.4% |
| 2012 | 5.4% |
| 2013 | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 5.4% |
| 2015 | 5.5% |
| 2016 | 5.1% |
| 2017 | 5.0% |
| 2018 | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 5.1% |
| 2020 | 6.0% |
| 2021 | 5.9% |
| 2022 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 5.1% |
| 2025 | 5.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A153 traffic trend
Traffic on the A153 came to 119 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 15.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 44.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 82m |
| 2001 | 93m |
| 2002 | 98m |
| 2003 | 99m |
| 2004 | 98m |
| 2005 | 90m |
| 2006 | 101m |
| 2007 | 101m |
| 2008 | 99m |
| 2009 | 99m |
| 2010 | 100m |
| 2011 | 100m |
| 2012 | 99m |
| 2013 | 100m |
| 2014 | 101m |
| 2015 | 103m |
| 2016 | 106m |
| 2017 | 110m |
| 2018 | 111m |
| 2019 | 118m |
| 2020 | 90m |
| 2021 | 99m |
| 2022 | 107m |
| 2023 | 109m |
| 2024 | 116m |
| 2025 | 119m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,531 |
| 2001 | 6,265 |
| 2002 | 6,580 |
| 2003 | 6,626 |
| 2004 | 6,566 |
| 2005 | 6,027 |
| 2006 | 6,746 |
| 2007 | 6,761 |
| 2008 | 6,615 |
| 2009 | 6,666 |
| 2010 | 6,698 |
| 2011 | 6,718 |
| 2012 | 6,671 |
| 2013 | 6,718 |
| 2014 | 6,799 |
| 2015 | 6,893 |
| 2016 | 7,106 |
| 2017 | 7,365 |
| 2018 | 7,454 |
| 2019 | 7,917 |
| 2020 | 6,008 |
| 2021 | 6,628 |
| 2022 | 7,149 |
| 2023 | 7,292 |
| 2024 | 7,776 |
| 2025 | 7,966 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A153 collisions
Police recorded 183 collisions with the A153 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 60 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 33.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 57.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 6 |
| 2022 | 25 | 12 |
| 2023 | 24 | 14 |
| 2024 | 31 | 10 |
| 2025 | 23 | 18 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B1183 to A158 Lincolnshire · 11 collisions | 62.4 |
| A158 to A16 Lincolnshire · 39 collisions | 45.7 |
| B1188 to B1192 Lincolnshire · 63 collisions | 32.7 |
| A153 spur to B1188 Lincolnshire · 11 collisions | 29.3 |
| A155 to B1183 Lincolnshire · 15 collisions | 26.1 |
| A607 to A15 Lincolnshire · 28 collisions | 24.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 20 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A153 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 98.9% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A153
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lincolnshire
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 | 183 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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