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A193 traffic and collisions
The A193 is an A-road of 23.0 miles, from Newcastle upon Tyne to Northumberland. This page covers its traffic at 27 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 100m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,886 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,950 A193/A167(M) to A193
- HGV share 1.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 259 54.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A193?
On an average day in 2025, 11,886 vehicles passed each point on the A193, counting both directions. The busiest section is A193/A167(M) to A193 (Newcastle upon Tyne), with 18,950 a day; the quietest listed is A189 to Spring Park, Bedlington, with 5,583.
Busiest sections, 2025
A193/A167(M) to A193 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A193/A167(M) to A193 Newcastle upon Tyne · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 18,950 |
| B1327 to Chase Farm Drive Northumberland · 2.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 16,795 |
| A1061 to B1327 Northumberland · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 15,954 |
| A193 Wagonway to A19(T) North Tyneside · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 13,797 |
| A188 to A186 Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 12,348 |
| A187 to A1108 North Tyneside · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 12,304 |
| A190 to A1061 Northumberland · 1.9 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 11,416 |
| A1058 to A191 North Tyneside · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 11,008 |
| A1148 to Gerrard Rd North Tyneside · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 10,414 |
| Gerrard Rd to A190 North Tyneside, Northumberland · 2.2 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 10,287 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Newcastle upon Tyne to Northumberland · 23.0 miles
A193 traffic and collisions by section
23 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 23 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A193/A167(M) to A193Newcastle upon Tyne | 18,950 | 38 |
| 2 | A187 to A188Newcastle upon Tyne | 11,845 | 8 |
| 3 | A188 to A186Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside | 12,348 | 36 |
| 4 | A186 to A193 WagonwayNorth Tyneside | 7,215 | 7 |
| 5 | A193 Wagonway to A19(T)North Tyneside | 13,797 | 14 |
| 6 | A19(T) to A187North Tyneside | 29,426 | 10 |
| 7 | A187 to A1108North Tyneside | 12,304 | 14 |
| 8 | A1108 to A1149North Tyneside | 13,758 | 4 |
| 9 | A1149 to A192North Tyneside | 10,174 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | A192 to A187North Tyneside | 8,889 | 0 |
| 11 | A187 to A1058North Tyneside | 8,662 | 13 |
| 12 | A1058 to A191North Tyneside | 11,008 | 8 |
| 13 | A191 to A193 splitNorth Tyneside | 3,016 | 4 |
| 14 | A193 split to A193 mergeNorth Tyneside | 10,950 | 6 |
| 15 | A193 split to A1148North Tyneside | 12,849 | 3 |
| 16 | A1148 to Gerrard RdNorth Tyneside | 10,414 | fewer than 3 |
| 17 | Gerrard Rd to A190North Tyneside, Northumberland | 10,287 | 8 |
| 18 | A190 to A1061Northumberland | 11,416 | 13 |
| 19 | A1061 to B1327Northumberland | 15,954 | 6 |
| 20 | B1327 to Chase Farm DriveNorthumberland | 16,795 | 40 |
| 21 | Chase Farm Drive to A189Northumberland | 15,283 | fewer than 3 |
| 22 | A189 to Spring Park, BedlingtonNorthumberland | 5,583 | 8 |
| 23 | Spring Park to A1068Northumberland | 6,197 | 13 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A193 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.
A193 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.2% of the vehicle miles on the A193. HGVs account for 1.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.0% |
| 2002 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 1.9% |
| 2005 | 2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.9% |
| 2009 | 1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 1.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A193 traffic trend
Traffic on the A193 came to 99.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 13.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 85m |
| 2001 | 84m |
| 2002 | 92m |
| 2003 | 91m |
| 2004 | 94m |
| 2005 | 92m |
| 2006 | 93m |
| 2007 | 93m |
| 2008 | 94m |
| 2009 | 97m |
| 2010 | 97m |
| 2011 | 98m |
| 2012 | 97m |
| 2013 | 97m |
| 2014 | 99m |
| 2015 | 101m |
| 2016 | 102m |
| 2017 | 102m |
| 2018 | 102m |
| 2019 | 104m |
| 2020 | 80m |
| 2021 | 88m |
| 2022 | 94m |
| 2023 | 96m |
| 2024 | 98m |
| 2025 | 100m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,425 |
| 2001 | 10,329 |
| 2002 | 11,239 |
| 2003 | 11,112 |
| 2004 | 11,507 |
| 2005 | 11,223 |
| 2006 | 11,349 |
| 2007 | 11,322 |
| 2008 | 11,449 |
| 2009 | 11,870 |
| 2010 | 11,798 |
| 2011 | 12,012 |
| 2012 | 11,887 |
| 2013 | 11,829 |
| 2014 | 12,058 |
| 2015 | 12,320 |
| 2016 | 12,426 |
| 2017 | 12,384 |
| 2018 | 12,148 |
| 2019 | 12,352 |
| 2020 | 9,486 |
| 2021 | 10,418 |
| 2022 | 11,168 |
| 2023 | 11,482 |
| 2024 | 11,671 |
| 2025 | 11,886 |
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, 1 of the 27 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A193 collisions
Police recorded 259 collisions with the A193 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 54 of them fatal or serious. That is 54.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 18.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | 12 |
| 2022 | 38 | 8 |
| 2023 | 41 | 12 |
| 2024 | 38 | 11 |
| 2025 | 39 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Spring Park to A1068 Northumberland · 13 collisions | 199.4 |
| A188 to A186 Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside · 36 collisions | 102.0 |
| A193/A167(M) to A193 Newcastle upon Tyne · 38 collisions | 69.5 |
| A187 to A1108 North Tyneside · 14 collisions | 58.5 |
| B1327 to Chase Farm Drive Northumberland · 40 collisions | 53.9 |
| A187 to A1058 North Tyneside · 13 collisions | 47.2 |
| A193 Wagonway to A19(T) North Tyneside · 14 collisions | 37.7 |
| A190 to A1061 Northumberland · 13 collisions | 34.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 63 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A193 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 A193
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
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 | 27 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 259 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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