A-road

A2029 traffic and collisions

The A2029 is an A-road of 1.6 miles, in East Sussex. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

Last updated
Records analysed
7 count points in 2025
Methodology
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  • Traffic in 2025 3.9m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 6,669 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 6,841 A2029 Fisher St to A275
  • HGV share 0.7% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −7.8% same count points

How busy is the A2029?

On an average day in 2025, 6,669 vehicles passed each point on the A2029, counting both directions.

Route

In East Sussex · 1.6 miles

East Sussex
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A2029 traffic and collisions by section

4 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A2029 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A2029 Fisher St to A275East Sussex1.06,8410.7%−5.3%
2Fisher St to Market StEast Sussex0.19,1280.5%−5.4%
3West St to East GateEast Sussex0.113,1570.8%−5.8%
4High St to Phoenix CausewayEast Sussex0.14,4220.9%−14.6%

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A2029 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.

A2029 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A2029. HGVs account for 0.7%.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A2029, by year
Year HGV share
2000 0.6%
2001 0.6%
2002 0.8%
2003 0.8%
2004 0.9%
2005 1.0%
2006 1.0%
2007 1.0%
2008 0.9%
2009 1.3%
2010 1.4%
2011 1.4%
2012 1.4%
2013 1.4%
2014 1.4%
2015 1.3%
2016 1.3%
2017 1.3%
2018 0.8%
2019 0.7%
2020 0.8%
2021 0.8%
2022 0.8%
2023 0.7%
2024 0.7%
2025 0.7%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A2029 traffic trend

Traffic on the A2029 came to 3.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 7.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 12.4% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 15.1% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A2029 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 4.6m
2001 4.5m
2002 4.4m
2003 4.3m
2004 4.4m
2005 4.2m
2006 4.1m
2007 4.1m
2008 4.0m
2009 4.3m
2010 4.3m
2011 4.3m
2012 4.3m
2013 4.3m
2014 4.4m
2015 4.4m
2016 4.5m
2017 4.5m
2018 4.3m
2019 4.2m
2020 3.2m
2021 3.5m
2022 3.8m
2023 3.8m
2024 3.9m
2025 3.9m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A2029, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 7,859
2001 7,666
2002 7,536
2003 7,310
2004 7,470
2005 7,245
2006 7,088
2007 7,036
2008 6,919
2009 7,352
2010 7,393
2011 7,353
2012 7,294
2013 7,289
2014 7,520
2015 7,613
2016 7,761
2017 7,769
2018 7,278
2019 7,233
2020 5,520
2021 6,049
2022 6,475
2023 6,571
2024 6,643
2025 6,669

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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A2029 collisions

Police recorded fewer than 3 collisions with the A2029 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 4 of them fatal or serious.

Reported collisions by year

Police-reported collisions on the A2029 by year
Year Collisions Fatal or serious
2021 fewer than 3 0
2022 3 0
2023 7 fewer than 3
2024 0 0
2025 4 fewer than 3

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 7 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A2029 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 A2029

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • East Sussex

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 7 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 16 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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