A-road
A187 traffic and collisions
The A187 is an A-road of 6.9 miles, from Newcastle upon Tyne to North Tyneside. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 25m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,813 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 11,911 A187 split to Ferry Terminal
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 54 43.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A187?
On an average day in 2025, 9,813 vehicles passed each point on the A187, counting both directions. The busiest section is A187 split to Ferry Terminal (North Tyneside), with 11,911 a day; the quietest listed is A193 Wagonway to A187 split, with 7,707.
Busiest sections, 2025
A187 split to Ferry Terminal carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A187 split to Ferry Terminal North Tyneside · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 11,911 |
| A193 to A186 Newcastle upon Tyne · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 10,756 |
| Ferry Terminal to A1149 North Tyneside · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 10,539 |
| A186 to A193 North Tyneside · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 10,309 |
| A1149 to A193 North Tyneside · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 7,717 |
| A193 Wagonway to A187 split North Tyneside · 1.9 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 7,707 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Newcastle upon Tyne to North Tyneside · 6.9 miles
A187 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A193 to A186Newcastle upon Tyne | 10,756 | 16 |
| 2 | A186 to A193North Tyneside | 10,309 | 7 |
| 3 | A193 Wagonway to A187 splitNorth Tyneside | 7,707 | 7 |
| 4 | A187 Howdon Pans split to A187 E Howdon splitNorth Tyneside | 13,517 | 0 |
| 5 | A187 split to Ferry TerminalNorth Tyneside | 11,911 | 7 |
| 6 | Ferry Terminal to A1149North Tyneside | 10,539 | 7 |
| 7 | A1149 to A193North Tyneside | 7,717 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A187 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.
A187 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.3% of the vehicle miles on the A187. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 4.8% on A193 Wagonway to A187 split.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.7% |
| 2001 | 5.0% |
| 2002 | 4.4% |
| 2003 | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 5.0% |
| 2006 | 4.8% |
| 2007 | 4.3% |
| 2008 | 4.4% |
| 2009 | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 4.1% |
| 2011 | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 3.7% |
| 2020 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 3.7% |
| 2022 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 3.2% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A187 traffic trend
Traffic on the A187 came to 24.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 0.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 13.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24m |
| 2001 | 23m |
| 2002 | 25m |
| 2003 | 25m |
| 2004 | 26m |
| 2005 | 25m |
| 2006 | 25m |
| 2007 | 26m |
| 2008 | 26m |
| 2009 | 26m |
| 2010 | 25m |
| 2011 | 25m |
| 2012 | 25m |
| 2013 | 25m |
| 2014 | 26m |
| 2015 | 27m |
| 2016 | 28m |
| 2017 | 28m |
| 2018 | 29m |
| 2019 | 27m |
| 2020 | 21m |
| 2021 | 24m |
| 2022 | 26m |
| 2023 | 26m |
| 2024 | 25m |
| 2025 | 25m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,981 |
| 2001 | 8,719 |
| 2002 | 9,328 |
| 2003 | 9,322 |
| 2004 | 9,741 |
| 2005 | 9,523 |
| 2006 | 9,368 |
| 2007 | 9,737 |
| 2008 | 9,599 |
| 2009 | 9,660 |
| 2010 | 9,433 |
| 2011 | 9,416 |
| 2012 | 9,321 |
| 2013 | 9,406 |
| 2014 | 9,699 |
| 2015 | 9,904 |
| 2016 | 10,176 |
| 2017 | 10,289 |
| 2018 | 10,886 |
| 2019 | 10,746 |
| 2020 | 8,515 |
| 2021 | 9,610 |
| 2022 | 10,308 |
| 2023 | 10,217 |
| 2024 | 9,754 |
| 2025 | 9,813 |
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, 0 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A187 collisions
Police recorded 54 collisions with the A187 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 43.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 41.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A193 to A186 Newcastle upon Tyne · 16 collisions | 60.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 10 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A187 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 94.4% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A187
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
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 | 54 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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