Trunk A-road
A184 traffic and collisions
The A184 is a trunk A-road of 12.1 miles, from Sunderland to Gateshead. This page covers its traffic at 20 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 115m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 26,093 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 40,066 A189 to A1114 mid-junction
- HGV share 2.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 107 19.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A184?
On an average day in 2025, 26,093 vehicles passed each point on the A184, counting both directions. The busiest section is A189 to A1114 mid-junction (Gateshead), with 40,066 a day; the quietest listed is A1018 to Natley Avenue, with 8,543.
Busiest sections, 2025
A189 to A1114 mid-junction carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A189 to A1114 mid-junction Gateshead · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 40,066 |
| A1114 to A1 Gateshead · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 39,497 |
| A195 Kirkwood Gdns to B1426 Gateshead · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 38,345 |
| B1426 to A167 Gateshead · 2.1 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 34,003 |
| A194(M) J3 to A19/A184(T) Junction South Tyneside · 1.9 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 31,275 |
| A814 to railway station to A189 Gateshead · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 21,878 |
| Natley Avenue to Downhill Lane South Tyneside · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 14,598 |
| A1018 to Natley Avenue Sunderland, South Tyneside · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 8,543 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Sunderland to Gateshead · 12.1 miles
A184 traffic and collisions by section
16 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1018 to Natley AvenueSunderland, South Tyneside | 8,543 | 3 |
| 2 | Natley Avenue to Downhill LaneSouth Tyneside | 14,598 | 12 |
| 3 | Downhill Lane to B1298 Abingdon WaySouth Tyneside | 15,474 | 3 |
| 4 | B1298 Abingdon Way to A19South Tyneside | 23,016 | 4 |
| 5 | A194(M) J3 to A19/A184(T) JunctionSouth Tyneside | 31,275 | 7 |
| 6 | A194(M) to A195 Sunderland RdSouth Tyneside, Gateshead | 38,846 | 3 |
| 7 | A195 Sunderland Rd to A195 westbound spurGateshead | 34,243 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A195 westbound spur to A195 Kirkwood GdnsGateshead | 37,980 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A195 Kirkwood Gdns to B1426Gateshead | 38,345 | 10 |
| 10 | B1426 to A167Gateshead | 34,003 | 22 |
| 11 | A167 to B1426Gateshead | 14,291 | 12 |
| 12 | A184 to B601/B1426Gateshead | 11,596 | 4 |
| 13 | A814 to railway station to A189Gateshead | 21,878 | 10 |
| 14 | A189 to A1114 mid-junctionGateshead | 40,066 | 10 |
| 15 | A1114 mid-junction to A1114Gateshead | 38,220 | fewer than 3 |
| 16 | A1114 to A1Gateshead | 39,497 | 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 A184 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.
A184 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.0% of the vehicle miles on the A184. HGVs account for 2.6%.
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 | 3.9% |
| 2003 | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.9% |
| 2007 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.5% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 2.9% |
| 2014 | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.6% |
| 2025 | 2.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A184 traffic trend
Traffic on the A184 came to 115 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 16.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 130m |
| 2001 | 129m |
| 2002 | 129m |
| 2003 | 128m |
| 2004 | 128m |
| 2005 | 131m |
| 2006 | 134m |
| 2007 | 130m |
| 2008 | 127m |
| 2009 | 130m |
| 2010 | 123m |
| 2011 | 124m |
| 2012 | 121m |
| 2013 | 119m |
| 2014 | 122m |
| 2015 | 119m |
| 2016 | 122m |
| 2017 | 116m |
| 2018 | 117m |
| 2019 | 122m |
| 2020 | 90m |
| 2021 | 99m |
| 2022 | 114m |
| 2023 | 114m |
| 2024 | 114m |
| 2025 | 115m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 30,627 |
| 2001 | 30,466 |
| 2002 | 30,555 |
| 2003 | 30,315 |
| 2004 | 30,054 |
| 2005 | 29,959 |
| 2006 | 30,566 |
| 2007 | 29,604 |
| 2008 | 28,939 |
| 2009 | 29,600 |
| 2010 | 28,177 |
| 2011 | 28,357 |
| 2012 | 27,530 |
| 2013 | 27,133 |
| 2014 | 27,792 |
| 2015 | 27,107 |
| 2016 | 27,747 |
| 2017 | 26,967 |
| 2018 | 26,616 |
| 2019 | 28,080 |
| 2020 | 20,777 |
| 2021 | 22,758 |
| 2022 | 26,157 |
| 2023 | 25,842 |
| 2024 | 25,852 |
| 2025 | 26,093 |
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 (84.3% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 20 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A184 collisions
Police recorded 107 collisions with the A184 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 25 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 19.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 21.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 3 |
| 2022 | 23 | 7 |
| 2023 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A814 to railway station to A189 Gateshead · 10 collisions | 43.4 |
| Natley Avenue to Downhill Lane South Tyneside · 12 collisions | 32.6 |
| A195 Kirkwood Gdns to B1426 Gateshead · 10 collisions | 21.1 |
| A189 to A1114 mid-junction Gateshead · 10 collisions | 20.7 |
| B1426 to A167 Gateshead · 22 collisions | 16.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 17 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A184 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 A184
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Sunderland
- South Tyneside
- Gateshead
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 | 20 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 107 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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