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A176 traffic and collisions
The A176 is an A-road of 7.5 miles, in Essex. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 66m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 24,073 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 40,912 A1235 to A1321
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +6.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 87 30.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A176?
On an average day in 2025, 24,073 vehicles passed each point on the A176, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1235 to A1321 (Essex), with 40,912 a day; the quietest listed is Mountnessing Rd to A176, with 6,760.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1235 to A1321 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1235 to A1321 Essex · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 40,912 |
| A3121 to Lee Woottens Lane roundabout Essex · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 32,171 |
| Lee Woottens Lane roundabout to A13 Essex · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 29,451 |
| Wash Rd to A176 Upper Mayne Essex · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 18,456 |
| B1007 to Wash Rd Essex · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 16,627 |
| Mountnessing Rd to A176 Essex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 6,760 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Essex · 7.5 miles
A176 traffic and collisions by section
8 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (0.9 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountnessing Rd to A176Essex | 6,760 | 0 |
| 2 | B1007 to Wash RdEssex | 16,627 | 11 |
| 3 | Wash Rd to A176 Upper MayneEssex | 18,456 | 6 |
| 4 | A176 Noak Hill Road to A176 spurEssex | 40,816 | 7 |
| 5 | A176 spur to A1235Essex | 36,227 | 12 |
| 6 | A1235 to A1321Essex | 40,912 | 8 |
| 7 | A3121 to Lee Woottens Lane roundaboutEssex | 32,171 | 25 |
| 8 | Lee Woottens Lane roundabout to A13Essex | 29,451 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A176 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.
A176 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.4% of the vehicle miles on the A176. HGVs account for 1.6%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.7% |
| 2001 | 2.9% |
| 2002 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.2% |
| 2006 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.4% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A176 traffic trend
Traffic on the A176 came to 65.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 6.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 4.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 54m |
| 2001 | 55m |
| 2002 | 56m |
| 2003 | 53m |
| 2004 | 54m |
| 2005 | 55m |
| 2006 | 55m |
| 2007 | 55m |
| 2008 | 50m |
| 2009 | 52m |
| 2010 | 50m |
| 2011 | 52m |
| 2012 | 52m |
| 2013 | 51m |
| 2014 | 52m |
| 2015 | 53m |
| 2016 | 56m |
| 2017 | 58m |
| 2018 | 61m |
| 2019 | 57m |
| 2020 | 43m |
| 2021 | 47m |
| 2022 | 56m |
| 2023 | 60m |
| 2024 | 61m |
| 2025 | 66m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,966 |
| 2001 | 24,374 |
| 2002 | 24,666 |
| 2003 | 23,608 |
| 2004 | 23,992 |
| 2005 | 24,230 |
| 2006 | 24,139 |
| 2007 | 24,095 |
| 2008 | 22,194 |
| 2009 | 22,901 |
| 2010 | 22,010 |
| 2011 | 22,750 |
| 2012 | 22,825 |
| 2013 | 22,436 |
| 2014 | 23,005 |
| 2015 | 23,284 |
| 2016 | 24,730 |
| 2017 | 25,499 |
| 2018 | 25,548 |
| 2019 | 23,863 |
| 2020 | 18,139 |
| 2021 | 19,679 |
| 2022 | 23,606 |
| 2023 | 25,066 |
| 2024 | 25,557 |
| 2025 | 24,073 |
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 (72.0% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A176 collisions
Police recorded 87 collisions with the A176 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 30.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 5.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 21 |
| 2025 | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A3121 to Lee Woottens Lane roundabout Essex · 25 collisions | 57.7 |
| B1007 to Wash Rd Essex · 11 collisions | 19.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 12 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A176 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 86.2% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A176
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Essex
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 87 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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