Motorway
A167(M) traffic and collisions
The A167(M) is a motorway of 1.6 miles, in Newcastle upon Tyne. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2011 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 44m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 74,846 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 81,294 A187 to A193
- HGV share 1.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +23.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 48 23.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A167(M)?
On an average day in 2025, 74,846 vehicles passed each point on the A167(M), counting both directions. The busiest section is A187 to A193 (Newcastle upon Tyne), with 81,294 a day; the quietest listed is A1058 to B1318, with 81,294.
Busiest sections, 2025
A187 to A193 carries 1.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A187 to A193 Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 81,294 |
| A1058 to B1318 Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 81,294 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2011 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Newcastle upon Tyne · 1.6 miles
A167(M) traffic and collisions by section
5 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At A167(M)Newcastle upon Tyne | 46,721 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A186 to A187Newcastle upon Tyne | 81,294 | 13 |
| 3 | A187 to A193Newcastle upon Tyne | 81,294 | 20 |
| 4 | A1058 to B1318Newcastle upon Tyne | 81,294 | 8 |
| 5 | At B1318Newcastle upon Tyne | 47,805 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A167(M) 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.
A167(M) traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.6% of the vehicle miles on the A167(M). HGVs account for 1.4%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2011 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 1.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2011 to 2025 Updated
A167(M) traffic trend
Traffic on the A167(M) came to 43.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 23.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 28m |
| 2012 | 27m |
| 2013 | 31m |
| 2014 | 31m |
| 2015 | 31m |
| 2016 | 32m |
| 2017 | 39m |
| 2018 | 39m |
| 2019 | 35m |
| 2020 | 26m |
| 2021 | 29m |
| 2022 | 42m |
| 2023 | 43m |
| 2024 | 44m |
| 2025 | 44m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2011 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 58,675 |
| 2012 | 57,687 |
| 2013 | 64,574 |
| 2014 | 65,697 |
| 2015 | 65,643 |
| 2016 | 67,111 |
| 2017 | 67,297 |
| 2018 | 66,731 |
| 2019 | 60,503 |
| 2020 | 44,738 |
| 2021 | 49,181 |
| 2022 | 71,509 |
| 2023 | 73,466 |
| 2024 | 74,594 |
| 2025 | 74,846 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2011 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 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A167(M) collisions
Police recorded 48 collisions with the A167(M) as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 6 of them fatal or serious. That is 23.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 6.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 55.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A187 to A193 Newcastle upon Tyne · 20 collisions | 24.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 3 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A167(M) 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 A167(M)
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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 | 2011 to 2025 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 48 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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