Trunk A-road
A174 traffic and collisions
The A174 is a trunk A-road of 37.7 miles, from North Yorkshire to Stockton-on-Tees. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 281m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 20,409 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 66,488 A1044 to A19
- HGV share 2.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +6.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 144 11.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A174?
On an average day in 2025, 20,409 vehicles passed each point on the A174, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1044 to A19 (Middlesbrough), with 66,488 a day; the quietest listed is B1416 Love Lane, Whitby to A173, with 6,685.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1044 to A19 carries 3.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1044 to A19 Middlesbrough · 2.2 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 66,488 |
| A1042 to A1053 Redcar and Cleveland · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 45,103 |
| A172 to A1032 Middlesbrough · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 41,024 |
| A1032 to A172 Middlesbrough · 0.7 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 39,383 |
| A1053 to A171 Redcar and Cleveland · 2.8 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 38,211 |
| A171 to A172 Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 32,647 |
| A1042 roundabout to A1085 roundabout Redcar and Cleveland · 3.7 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 29,072 |
| A19 to A1044 Thornaby Road Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 26,244 |
| A173 to A1085 Redcar and Cleveland · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 15,490 |
| B1416 Love Lane to A171 North Yorkshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 7,440 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
North Yorkshire to Stockton-on-Tees · 37.7 miles
A174 traffic and collisions by section
11 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1416 Love Lane to A171North Yorkshire | 7,440 | 10 |
| 2 | B1416 Love Lane, Whitby to A173North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland | 6,685 | 47 |
| 3 | A173 to A1085Redcar and Cleveland | 15,490 | 15 |
| 4 | A1042 roundabout to A1085 roundaboutRedcar and Cleveland | 29,072 | 22 |
| 5 | A1042 to A1053Redcar and Cleveland | 45,103 | 10 |
| 6 | A1053 to A171Redcar and Cleveland | 38,211 | 12 |
| 7 | A171 to A172Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough | 32,647 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A172 to A1032Middlesbrough | 41,024 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A1032 to A172Middlesbrough | 39,383 | 3 |
| 10 | A1044 to A19Middlesbrough | 66,488 | 17 |
| 11 | A19 to A1044 Thornaby RoadMiddlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees | 26,244 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A174 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.
A174 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.2% of the vehicle miles on the A174. HGVs account for 2.6%, rising to 4.0% on A1053 to A171.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 4.4% |
| 2002 | 4.3% |
| 2003 | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.5% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.1% |
| 2013 | 3.7% |
| 2014 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 2.7% |
| 2025 | 2.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A174 traffic trend
Traffic on the A174 came to 281 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 6.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 22.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 34.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 193m |
| 2001 | 193m |
| 2002 | 193m |
| 2003 | 202m |
| 2004 | 207m |
| 2005 | 213m |
| 2006 | 220m |
| 2007 | 214m |
| 2008 | 215m |
| 2009 | 214m |
| 2010 | 211m |
| 2011 | 208m |
| 2012 | 208m |
| 2013 | 202m |
| 2014 | 208m |
| 2015 | 206m |
| 2016 | 219m |
| 2017 | 235m |
| 2018 | 253m |
| 2019 | 256m |
| 2020 | 210m |
| 2021 | 240m |
| 2022 | 252m |
| 2023 | 259m |
| 2024 | 271m |
| 2025 | 281m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,490 |
| 2001 | 15,427 |
| 2002 | 15,462 |
| 2003 | 16,164 |
| 2004 | 16,555 |
| 2005 | 17,098 |
| 2006 | 17,624 |
| 2007 | 17,176 |
| 2008 | 17,218 |
| 2009 | 17,121 |
| 2010 | 16,878 |
| 2011 | 16,646 |
| 2012 | 16,694 |
| 2013 | 16,205 |
| 2014 | 16,652 |
| 2015 | 16,500 |
| 2016 | 17,517 |
| 2017 | 18,282 |
| 2018 | 19,064 |
| 2019 | 18,709 |
| 2020 | 15,360 |
| 2021 | 17,561 |
| 2022 | 18,424 |
| 2023 | 18,930 |
| 2024 | 19,787 |
| 2025 | 20,409 |
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, 4 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A174 collisions
Police recorded 144 collisions with the A174 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 42 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 11.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 30.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | 9 |
| 2022 | 17 | 9 |
| 2023 | 20 | 8 |
| 2024 | 31 | 8 |
| 2025 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|
| B1416 Love Lane to A171 North Yorkshire · 10 collisions | 63.4 |
| A1044 to A19 Middlesbrough · 17 collisions | 31.8 |
| A173 to A1085 Redcar and Cleveland · 15 collisions | 29.9 |
| B1416 Love Lane, Whitby to A173 North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland · 47 collisions | 20.7 |
| A1042 roundabout to A1085 roundabout Redcar and Cleveland · 22 collisions | 11.3 |
| A1042 to A1053 Redcar and Cleveland · 10 collisions | 6.9 |
| A1053 to A171 Redcar and Cleveland · 12 collisions | 6.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 21 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A174 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 A174
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North Yorkshire
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Middlesbrough
- Stockton-on-Tees
Planned closures on the A174 in England
National Highways has 6 planned closures on the A174 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, 2 of them starting in that period. 2 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road.
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Lane or slip A174 Parkway eastbound approach to A1053 Greystone Roundabout lane 3 closure
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Lane or slip A174 Parkway eastbound approach to A1053 Greystone Roundabout lane 3 closure
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Carriageway A174/A172 Stokesley Road Interchange eastbound entry slip road closure
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Lane or slip A174/A172 Stokesley Road Interchange westbound entry slip road lane 2 closure
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Lane or slip A174/A172 Stokesley Road Interchange westbound entry slip road lane 1 closure
1 more planned closure 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
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 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 144 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”.
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