A-road
A177 traffic and collisions
The A177 is an A-road of 19.2 miles, from Stockton-on-Tees to Durham. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 97m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,890 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,895 Count point 92195
- HGV share 3.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +9.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 76 17.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A177?
On an average day in 2025, 13,890 vehicles passed each point on the A177, counting both directions. The busiest section is Count point 92195 (Durham), with 18,895 a day; the quietest listed is A689 to A688, with 10,856.
Busiest sections, 2025
Count point 92195 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Count point 92195 Durham · 5.1 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 18,895 |
| A1027 to B1274 Junction Rd Stockton-on-Tees · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 18,140 |
| A1305 to A1027 Stockton-on-Tees · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 16,874 |
| B1274 Junction Rd to A689 Stockton-on-Tees, Durham · 5.6 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 11,195 |
| A689 to A688 Durham · 6.2 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 10,856 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Stockton-on-Tees to Durham · 19.2 miles
A177 traffic and collisions by section
5 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 | A1305 to A1027Stockton-on-Tees | 16,874 | 3 |
| 2 | A1027 to B1274 Junction RdStockton-on-Tees | 18,140 | 10 |
| 3 | B1274 Junction Rd to A689Stockton-on-Tees, Durham | 11,195 | 26 |
| 4 | A689 to A688Durham | 10,856 | 14 |
| 5 | Count point 92195Durham | 18,895 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A177 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.
A177 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.5% of the vehicle miles on the A177. HGVs account for 3.3%, rising to 7.8% on A689 to A688.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 4.1% |
| 2005 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 3.9% |
| 2009 | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 4.0% |
| 2015 | 4.0% |
| 2016 | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 3.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A177 traffic trend
Traffic on the A177 came to 97.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 9.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 13.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 20.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 72m |
| 2001 | 73m |
| 2002 | 76m |
| 2003 | 75m |
| 2004 | 79m |
| 2005 | 82m |
| 2006 | 80m |
| 2007 | 77m |
| 2008 | 74m |
| 2009 | 73m |
| 2010 | 72m |
| 2011 | 74m |
| 2012 | 73m |
| 2013 | 73m |
| 2014 | 74m |
| 2015 | 75m |
| 2016 | 76m |
| 2017 | 76m |
| 2018 | 76m |
| 2019 | 77m |
| 2020 | 65m |
| 2021 | 72m |
| 2022 | 85m |
| 2023 | 87m |
| 2024 | 94m |
| 2025 | 97m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,167 |
| 2001 | 10,335 |
| 2002 | 10,817 |
| 2003 | 10,619 |
| 2004 | 11,220 |
| 2005 | 11,622 |
| 2006 | 11,305 |
| 2007 | 10,966 |
| 2008 | 10,443 |
| 2009 | 10,301 |
| 2010 | 10,212 |
| 2011 | 10,433 |
| 2012 | 10,381 |
| 2013 | 10,300 |
| 2014 | 10,564 |
| 2015 | 10,660 |
| 2016 | 10,799 |
| 2017 | 10,816 |
| 2018 | 10,837 |
| 2019 | 10,871 |
| 2020 | 9,331 |
| 2021 | 10,265 |
| 2022 | 12,103 |
| 2023 | 12,358 |
| 2024 | 13,407 |
| 2025 | 13,890 |
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 (73.4% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A177 collisions
Police recorded 76 collisions with the A177 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 17.5 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 61.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A1027 to B1274 Junction Rd Stockton-on-Tees · 10 collisions | 26.0 |
| B1274 Junction Rd to A689 Stockton-on-Tees, Durham · 26 collisions | 25.8 |
| A689 to A688 Durham · 14 collisions | 13.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 10 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A177 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 81.6% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A177
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Durham
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 | 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 | 76 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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