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A2022 traffic and collisions
The A2022 is an A-road of 13.0 miles, from Bromley to Surrey. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 16,081 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,065 A232 to A167
- HGV share 2.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 213 56.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A2022?
On an average day in 2025, 16,081 vehicles passed each point on the A2022, counting both directions. The busiest section is A232 to A167 (Bromley, Croydon), with 22,065 a day; the quietest listed is A240 to A24, with 7,976.
Busiest sections, 2025
A232 to A167 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A232 to A167 Bromley, Croydon · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 22,065 |
| A212 to B269 Croydon · 2.3 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 20,579 |
| A217 to A240 Surrey · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 17,900 |
| A237 Smitham Bottom Lane to A217 Croydon, Sutton, Surrey · 3.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 17,597 |
| A237 to A23 Croydon · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 12,515 |
| B269 to A22 Croydon · 1.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 8,915 |
| A240 to A24 Surrey · 1.6 mi · HGVs 5.0% | 7,976 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Bromley to Surrey · 13.0 miles
A2022 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | A232 to A167Bromley, Croydon | 22,065 | 37 |
| 2 | A212 to B269Croydon | 20,579 | 61 |
| 3 | B269 to A22Croydon | 8,915 | 17 |
| 4 | A237 to A23Croydon | 12,515 | 18 |
| 5 | A237 Smitham Bottom Lane to A217Croydon, Sutton, Surrey | 17,597 | 45 |
| 6 | A217 to A240Surrey | 17,900 | 19 |
| 7 | A240 to A24Surrey | 7,976 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A2022 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.
A2022 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.7% of the vehicle miles on the A2022. HGVs account for 2.4%, rising to 5.0% on A240 to A24.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.4% |
| 2025 | 2.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A2022 traffic trend
Traffic on the A2022 came to 76.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 14.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 88m |
| 2001 | 91m |
| 2002 | 86m |
| 2003 | 88m |
| 2004 | 83m |
| 2005 | 84m |
| 2006 | 84m |
| 2007 | 81m |
| 2008 | 75m |
| 2009 | 79m |
| 2010 | 78m |
| 2011 | 72m |
| 2012 | 71m |
| 2013 | 77m |
| 2014 | 77m |
| 2015 | 78m |
| 2016 | 82m |
| 2017 | 84m |
| 2018 | 82m |
| 2019 | 83m |
| 2020 | 67m |
| 2021 | 72m |
| 2022 | 75m |
| 2023 | 76m |
| 2024 | 77m |
| 2025 | 76m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18,784 |
| 2001 | 19,258 |
| 2002 | 18,254 |
| 2003 | 18,679 |
| 2004 | 17,530 |
| 2005 | 17,785 |
| 2006 | 17,861 |
| 2007 | 17,292 |
| 2008 | 15,837 |
| 2009 | 16,743 |
| 2010 | 16,464 |
| 2011 | 15,186 |
| 2012 | 15,106 |
| 2013 | 16,243 |
| 2014 | 16,439 |
| 2015 | 16,639 |
| 2016 | 17,480 |
| 2017 | 17,859 |
| 2018 | 17,367 |
| 2019 | 17,531 |
| 2020 | 14,148 |
| 2021 | 15,248 |
| 2022 | 15,875 |
| 2023 | 16,034 |
| 2024 | 16,145 |
| 2025 | 16,081 |
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, 3 of the 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A2022 collisions
Police recorded 213 collisions with the A2022 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 45 of them fatal or serious. That is 56.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 12.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 13 |
| 2022 | 32 | 10 |
| 2023 | 38 | 10 |
| 2024 | 37 | 9 |
| 2025 | 33 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A212 to B269 Croydon · 61 collisions | 71.8 |
| A240 to A24 Surrey · 16 collisions | 70.9 |
| A237 to A23 Croydon · 18 collisions | 65.3 |
| B269 to A22 Croydon · 17 collisions | 62.6 |
| A217 to A240 Surrey · 19 collisions | 57.0 |
| A232 to A167 Bromley, Croydon · 37 collisions | 45.3 |
| A237 Smitham Bottom Lane to A217 Croydon, Sutton, Surrey · 45 collisions | 45.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 37 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A2022 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 A2022
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Bromley
- Croydon
- Sutton
- Surrey
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 213 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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