Trunk A-road
A180 traffic and collisions
The A180 is a trunk A-road of 17.3 miles, from North East Lincolnshire to North Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 200m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 31,702 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 35,462 A160 to M180
- HGV share 14.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 179 18.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A180?
On an average day in 2025, 31,702 vehicles passed each point on the A180, counting both directions. The busiest section is A160 to M180 (North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire), with 35,462 a day; the quietest listed is A1173 to A160, with 24,319.
Busiest sections, 2025
A160 to M180 carries 1.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A160 to M180 North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire · 5.9 mi · HGVs 27.1% | 35,462 |
| A1136 to A1173 North East Lincolnshire · 2.7 mi · HGVs 6.8% | 34,010 |
| A180 Trunk to A16 North East Lincolnshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 33,100 |
| A180(T) to A1098/A46 North East Lincolnshire · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 31,364 |
| A180 principal to A1136 North East Lincolnshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 7.2% | 30,053 |
| A1173 to A160 North East Lincolnshire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 12.1% | 24,319 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
North East Lincolnshire to North Lincolnshire · 17.3 miles
A180 traffic and collisions by section
6 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 | A180(T) to A1098/A46North East Lincolnshire | 31,364 | 71 |
| 2 | A180 Trunk to A16North East Lincolnshire | 33,100 | 42 |
| 3 | A180 principal to A1136North East Lincolnshire | 30,053 | 11 |
| 4 | A1136 to A1173North East Lincolnshire | 34,010 | 12 |
| 5 | A1173 to A160North East Lincolnshire | 24,319 | 19 |
| 6 | A160 to M180North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire | 35,462 | 24 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A180 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.
A180 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 66.8% of the vehicle miles on the A180. HGVs account for 14.5%, rising to 27.1% on A160 to M180.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16.8% |
| 2001 | 14.7% |
| 2002 | 16.5% |
| 2003 | 15.1% |
| 2004 | 15.4% |
| 2005 | 15.0% |
| 2006 | 15.3% |
| 2007 | 16.3% |
| 2008 | 16.4% |
| 2009 | 15.4% |
| 2010 | 15.2% |
| 2011 | 14.1% |
| 2012 | 13.2% |
| 2013 | 13.5% |
| 2014 | 15.0% |
| 2015 | 15.2% |
| 2016 | 15.0% |
| 2017 | 15.5% |
| 2018 | 15.5% |
| 2019 | 15.3% |
| 2020 | 17.0% |
| 2021 | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 15.0% |
| 2023 | 14.6% |
| 2024 | 14.5% |
| 2025 | 14.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A180 traffic trend
Traffic on the A180 came to 200 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 3.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 18.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 165m |
| 2001 | 168m |
| 2002 | 179m |
| 2003 | 182m |
| 2004 | 188m |
| 2005 | 182m |
| 2006 | 189m |
| 2007 | 187m |
| 2008 | 184m |
| 2009 | 182m |
| 2010 | 177m |
| 2011 | 182m |
| 2012 | 184m |
| 2013 | 184m |
| 2014 | 182m |
| 2015 | 188m |
| 2016 | 195m |
| 2017 | 197m |
| 2018 | 203m |
| 2019 | 204m |
| 2020 | 166m |
| 2021 | 183m |
| 2022 | 185m |
| 2023 | 195m |
| 2024 | 194m |
| 2025 | 200m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 26,684 |
| 2001 | 27,237 |
| 2002 | 29,029 |
| 2003 | 29,441 |
| 2004 | 30,531 |
| 2005 | 29,480 |
| 2006 | 30,636 |
| 2007 | 30,272 |
| 2008 | 29,895 |
| 2009 | 29,417 |
| 2010 | 28,738 |
| 2011 | 29,532 |
| 2012 | 29,793 |
| 2013 | 29,784 |
| 2014 | 29,475 |
| 2015 | 30,512 |
| 2016 | 31,585 |
| 2017 | 31,938 |
| 2018 | 32,134 |
| 2019 | 32,334 |
| 2020 | 26,281 |
| 2021 | 29,017 |
| 2022 | 29,272 |
| 2023 | 30,913 |
| 2024 | 30,757 |
| 2025 | 31,702 |
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, 5 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A180 collisions
Police recorded 179 collisions with the A180 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 31 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 18.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 22.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | 6 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4 |
| 2023 | 36 | 11 |
| 2024 | 21 | 6 |
| 2025 | 27 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A180(T) to A1098/A46 North East Lincolnshire · 71 collisions | 59.9 |
| A180 Trunk to A16 North East Lincolnshire · 42 collisions | 50.9 |
| A180 principal to A1136 North East Lincolnshire · 11 collisions | 15.0 |
| A1173 to A160 North East Lincolnshire · 19 collisions | 11.6 |
| A1136 to A1173 North East Lincolnshire · 12 collisions | 7.3 |
| A160 to M180 North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire · 24 collisions | 6.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 37 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A180 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A180
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- 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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 179 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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