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A206 traffic and collisions
The A206 is an A-road of 17.3 miles, from Greenwich to Kent. This page covers its traffic at 19 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 125m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,780 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 35,047 A2016 to A2000
- HGV share 7.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 757 124.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A206?
On an average day in 2025, 19,780 vehicles passed each point on the A206, counting both directions. The busiest section is A2016 to A2000 (Bexley), with 35,047 a day; the quietest listed is A2 to A2211, with 8,205.
Busiest sections, 2025
A2016 to A2000 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A2016 to A2000 Bexley · 1.4 mi · HGVs 12.0% | 35,047 |
| A2204 to A205 Greenwich · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 29,039 |
| A2000 to A2026 Bexley, Kent · 1.5 mi · HGVs 11.9% | 28,339 |
| A205 New Rd to A206 Pettman Crescent Greenwich · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 27,042 |
| A2026 to A282 Kent · 2.0 mi · HGVs 11.9% | 26,338 |
| Charlton Church Lane to A2204 Greenwich · 1.7 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 22,934 |
| A2211/A200 to A2203 Greenwich · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 18,875 |
| A282 to A226 Kent · 2.1 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 16,010 |
| A102 to Charlton Church Lane Greenwich · 0.6 mi · HGVs 6.6% | 14,206 |
| A2203 to A102 Greenwich · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 13,786 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Greenwich to Kent · 17.3 miles
A206 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 (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 16 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A2 to A2211Greenwich | 8,205 | 21 |
| 2 | A206 to A200 Creek Rd/Romney RdGreenwich | 8,833 | 44 |
| 3 | A2211/A200 to A2203Greenwich | 18,875 | 98 |
| 4 | A2203 to A102Greenwich | 13,786 | 50 |
| 5 | A102 to Charlton Church LaneGreenwich | 14,206 | 41 |
| 6 | Charlton Church Lane to A2204Greenwich | 22,934 | 84 |
| 7 | A2204 to A205Greenwich | 29,039 | 55 |
| 8 | A205 New Rd to A206 Pettman CrescentGreenwich | 27,042 | 42 |
| 9 | At A206 Pettman CrescentGreenwich | 26,054 | 6 |
| 10 | A206 Pettman Crescent to A209Greenwich | 11,579 | 72 |
| 11 | A209 to A2041Greenwich | 13,713 | 28 |
| 12 | A2041 to A2016Bexley | 8,832 | 52 |
| 13 | A2016 to A2000Bexley | 35,047 | 51 |
| 14 | A2000 to A2026Bexley, Kent | 28,339 | 26 |
| 15 | A2026 to A282Kent | 26,338 | 50 |
| 16 | A282 to A226Kent | 16,010 | 35 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A206 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.
A206 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 70.5% of the vehicle miles on the A206. HGVs account for 7.1%, rising to 12.0% on A2016 to A2000.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.3% |
| 2001 | 7.5% |
| 2002 | 7.5% |
| 2003 | 7.2% |
| 2004 | 6.9% |
| 2005 | 6.8% |
| 2006 | 6.8% |
| 2007 | 7.2% |
| 2008 | 6.7% |
| 2009 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 6.7% |
| 2011 | 6.6% |
| 2012 | 7.0% |
| 2013 | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 6.6% |
| 2015 | 6.6% |
| 2016 | 6.8% |
| 2017 | 6.9% |
| 2018 | 6.8% |
| 2019 | 6.7% |
| 2020 | 7.6% |
| 2021 | 7.8% |
| 2022 | 7.6% |
| 2023 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | 7.3% |
| 2025 | 7.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A206 traffic trend
Traffic on the A206 came to 125 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 10.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 128m |
| 2001 | 133m |
| 2002 | 135m |
| 2003 | 138m |
| 2004 | 143m |
| 2005 | 144m |
| 2006 | 140m |
| 2007 | 141m |
| 2008 | 134m |
| 2009 | 130m |
| 2010 | 127m |
| 2011 | 123m |
| 2012 | 123m |
| 2013 | 125m |
| 2014 | 126m |
| 2015 | 125m |
| 2016 | 120m |
| 2017 | 130m |
| 2018 | 128m |
| 2019 | 133m |
| 2020 | 109m |
| 2021 | 117m |
| 2022 | 121m |
| 2023 | 123m |
| 2024 | 125m |
| 2025 | 125m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,016 |
| 2001 | 22,977 |
| 2002 | 23,298 |
| 2003 | 23,811 |
| 2004 | 24,697 |
| 2005 | 24,737 |
| 2006 | 24,136 |
| 2007 | 24,280 |
| 2008 | 23,024 |
| 2009 | 22,342 |
| 2010 | 21,912 |
| 2011 | 21,250 |
| 2012 | 21,173 |
| 2013 | 21,511 |
| 2014 | 21,718 |
| 2015 | 21,609 |
| 2016 | 20,628 |
| 2017 | 22,351 |
| 2018 | 21,694 |
| 2019 | 21,678 |
| 2020 | 17,727 |
| 2021 | 18,784 |
| 2022 | 19,461 |
| 2023 | 19,885 |
| 2024 | 20,106 |
| 2025 | 19,780 |
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 (82.1% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 8 of the 19 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A206 collisions
Police recorded 757 collisions with the A206 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 124 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 124.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 8.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 135 | 25 |
| 2022 | 125 | 22 |
| 2023 | 126 | 23 |
| 2024 | 129 | 29 |
| 2025 | 118 | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Charlton Church Lane to A2204 Greenwich · 84 collisions | 590.3 |
| A206 Pettman Crescent to A209 Greenwich · 72 collisions | 432.7 |
| A2203 to A102 Greenwich · 50 collisions | 399.1 |
| A2211/A200 to A2203 Greenwich · 98 collisions | 318.3 |
| A2 to A2211 Greenwich · 21 collisions | 292.2 |
| A102 to Charlton Church Lane Greenwich · 41 collisions | 263.7 |
| A2204 to A205 Greenwich · 55 collisions | 209.3 |
| A205 New Rd to A206 Pettman Crescent Greenwich · 42 collisions | 142.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 84 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A206 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.7% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A206
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Greenwich
- Bexley
- Kent
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 | 19 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 757 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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