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A182 traffic and collisions
The A182 is an A-road of 16.3 miles, from Durham to Sunderland. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 88m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,765 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 34,191 A195 to A1231
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 94 23.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A182?
On an average day in 2025, 14,765 vehicles passed each point on the A182, counting both directions. The busiest section is A195 to A1231 (Sunderland), with 34,191 a day; the quietest listed is A19/B1283 Hall Walks to Unclassified Road, with 6,558.
Busiest sections, 2025
A195 to A1231 carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A195 to A1231 Sunderland · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 34,191 |
| A183 to A182 Sunderland · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 30,073 |
| A1231 to A1290 Sunderland · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 22,880 |
| Unclassified Road to A690 Durham, Sunderland · 4.5 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 11,421 |
| Count point 92248 Durham · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 9,600 |
| Newbottle St roundabout to A183 Sunderland · 2.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 7,228 |
| A19/B1283 Hall Walks to Unclassified Road Durham · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 6,558 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Durham to Sunderland · 16.3 miles
A182 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | Count point 92248Durham | 9,600 | 9 |
| 2 | A19/B1283 Hall Walks to Unclassified RoadDurham | 6,558 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | Unclassified Road to A690Durham, Sunderland | 11,421 | 46 |
| 4 | A690 to A1052Sunderland | 19,822 | 3 |
| 5 | Newbottle St roundabout to A183Sunderland | 7,228 | 19 |
| 6 | A183 to A182Sunderland | 30,073 | 3 |
| 7 | slips from Bonemill Lane to A195Sunderland | 33,381 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A195 to A1231Sunderland | 34,191 | 7 |
| 9 | A1231 to A1290Sunderland | 22,880 | 3 |
| 10 | A1290 to A194(M)Sunderland | 17,318 | 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 A182 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.
A182 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.7% of the vehicle miles on the A182. HGVs account for 1.8%, rising to 3.5% on Count point 92248.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.6% |
| 2001 | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.0% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A182 traffic trend
Traffic on the A182 came to 87.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 12.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 68m |
| 2001 | 69m |
| 2002 | 67m |
| 2003 | 69m |
| 2004 | 68m |
| 2005 | 77m |
| 2006 | 95m |
| 2007 | 93m |
| 2008 | 92m |
| 2009 | 88m |
| 2010 | 93m |
| 2011 | 80m |
| 2012 | 75m |
| 2013 | 76m |
| 2014 | 80m |
| 2015 | 84m |
| 2016 | 86m |
| 2017 | 84m |
| 2018 | 86m |
| 2019 | 86m |
| 2020 | 67m |
| 2021 | 76m |
| 2022 | 78m |
| 2023 | 80m |
| 2024 | 80m |
| 2025 | 88m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,626 |
| 2001 | 12,896 |
| 2002 | 12,473 |
| 2003 | 12,784 |
| 2004 | 12,681 |
| 2005 | 13,467 |
| 2006 | 15,372 |
| 2007 | 15,084 |
| 2008 | 14,973 |
| 2009 | 14,177 |
| 2010 | 15,036 |
| 2011 | 13,971 |
| 2012 | 13,183 |
| 2013 | 13,394 |
| 2014 | 14,116 |
| 2015 | 14,647 |
| 2016 | 15,036 |
| 2017 | 14,595 |
| 2018 | 14,574 |
| 2019 | 15,249 |
| 2020 | 11,603 |
| 2021 | 13,264 |
| 2022 | 13,570 |
| 2023 | 13,944 |
| 2024 | 13,943 |
| 2025 | 14,765 |
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 (47.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A182 collisions
Police recorded 94 collisions with the A182 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 23.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 26.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Newbottle St roundabout to A183 Sunderland · 19 collisions | 277.0 |
| Unclassified Road to A690 Durham, Sunderland · 46 collisions | 55.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A182 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 A182
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Durham
- Sunderland
Planned closures on the A182 in England
National Highways has 6 planned closures on the A182 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 6 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 6 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Carriageway A19 northbound Easington to A182 Cold Hesledon Interchange carriageway closure including slip roads
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Carriageway A19 northbound Easington to A182 Cold Hesledon Interchange carriageway closure including slip roads
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Carriageway A19 northbound Easington to A182 Cold Hesledon Interchange carriageway closure including slip roads
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Carriageway A19 northbound Easington to A182 Cold Hesledon Interchange carriageway closure including slip roads
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Carriageway A19 northbound Easington to A182 Cold Hesledon Interchange carriageway closure including slip roads
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 | 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 | 94 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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