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A158 traffic and collisions
The A158 is an A-road of 39.6 miles, in Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 158m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,920 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 21,069 Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028
- HGV share 3.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 216 28.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A158?
On an average day in 2025, 10,920 vehicles passed each point on the A158, counting both directions. The busiest section is Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028 (Lincolnshire), with 21,069 a day; the quietest listed is A16 to B1195, with 5,807.
Busiest sections, 2025
Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028 Lincolnshire · 5.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 21,069 |
| A157 to A15 Lincolnshire · 9.0 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 13,015 |
| A1028 to A16 Lincolnshire · 4.0 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 10,786 |
| Lincoln Rd to A52 Lincolnshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 10,535 |
| B1195 to A153 Lincolnshire · 3.3 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 8,004 |
| A153 to A157 Lincolnshire · 10.3 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 7,523 |
| A16 to B1195 Lincolnshire · 6.3 mi · HGVs 6.2% | 5,807 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Lincolnshire · 39.6 miles
A158 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | Lincoln Rd to A52Lincolnshire | 10,535 | 18 |
| 2 | Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028Lincolnshire | 21,069 | 47 |
| 3 | A1028 to A16Lincolnshire | 10,786 | 29 |
| 4 | A16 to B1195Lincolnshire | 5,807 | 15 |
| 5 | B1195 to A153Lincolnshire | 8,004 | 21 |
| 6 | A153 to A157Lincolnshire | 7,523 | 26 |
| 7 | A157 to A15Lincolnshire | 13,015 | 58 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A158 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.
A158 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.6% of the vehicle miles on the A158. HGVs account for 3.9%, rising to 6.2% on A16 to B1195.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.8% |
| 2001 | 6.6% |
| 2002 | 6.0% |
| 2003 | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 5.5% |
| 2005 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 5.4% |
| 2009 | 5.1% |
| 2010 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 5.0% |
| 2012 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 4.7% |
| 2014 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.6% |
| 2017 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 3.9% |
| 2024 | 3.9% |
| 2025 | 3.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A158 traffic trend
Traffic on the A158 came to 158 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 14.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 38.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 115m |
| 2001 | 109m |
| 2002 | 117m |
| 2003 | 118m |
| 2004 | 131m |
| 2005 | 124m |
| 2006 | 140m |
| 2007 | 130m |
| 2008 | 136m |
| 2009 | 137m |
| 2010 | 135m |
| 2011 | 137m |
| 2012 | 137m |
| 2013 | 138m |
| 2014 | 139m |
| 2015 | 144m |
| 2016 | 151m |
| 2017 | 157m |
| 2018 | 165m |
| 2019 | 165m |
| 2020 | 125m |
| 2021 | 130m |
| 2022 | 155m |
| 2023 | 157m |
| 2024 | 156m |
| 2025 | 158m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,815 |
| 2001 | 7,412 |
| 2002 | 7,965 |
| 2003 | 7,971 |
| 2004 | 8,865 |
| 2005 | 8,395 |
| 2006 | 9,470 |
| 2007 | 8,737 |
| 2008 | 9,187 |
| 2009 | 9,234 |
| 2010 | 9,152 |
| 2011 | 9,238 |
| 2012 | 9,287 |
| 2013 | 9,323 |
| 2014 | 9,431 |
| 2015 | 9,720 |
| 2016 | 10,195 |
| 2017 | 10,589 |
| 2018 | 11,129 |
| 2019 | 11,172 |
| 2020 | 8,441 |
| 2021 | 9,007 |
| 2022 | 10,697 |
| 2023 | 10,887 |
| 2024 | 10,793 |
| 2025 | 10,920 |
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, 0 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A158 collisions
Police recorded 216 collisions with the A158 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 64 of them fatal or serious, including 8 fatal. That is 28.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to 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
Down 21.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | 16 |
| 2022 | 27 | 13 |
| 2023 | 31 | 15 |
| 2024 | 35 | 13 |
| 2025 | 29 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Rd to A52 Lincolnshire · 18 collisions | 107.4 |
| B1195 to A153 Lincolnshire · 21 collisions | 44.4 |
| A1028 to A16 Lincolnshire · 29 collisions | 38.3 |
| A157 to A15 Lincolnshire · 58 collisions | 28.2 |
| Lincoln Rd, Skegness to A1028 Lincolnshire · 47 collisions | 23.4 |
| A16 to B1195 Lincolnshire · 15 collisions | 20.4 |
| A153 to A157 Lincolnshire · 26 collisions | 19.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 16 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A158 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.1% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A158
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 216 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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