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A207 traffic and collisions
The A207 is an A-road of 8.1 miles, from Greenwich to Bexley. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 41m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,944 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,449 A209 to A221
- HGV share 1.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −10.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 327 160.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A207?
On an average day in 2025, 13,944 vehicles passed each point on the A207, counting both directions. The busiest section is A209 to A221 (Bexley), with 16,449 a day; the quietest listed is A220 to A223, with 8,148.
Busiest sections, 2025
A209 to A221 carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A209 to A221 Bexley · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 16,449 |
| A102/A2 to A205 Greenwich · 1.4 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 15,574 |
| A205 to WellingWay Greenwich, Bexley · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 14,502 |
| A221 to A207 Bexley · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 13,625 |
| Welling Way to A209 Bexley · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 11,610 |
| A221 to A220 Bexley · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 10,288 |
| A220 to A223 Bexley · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 8,148 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Greenwich to Bexley · 8.1 miles
A207 traffic and collisions by section
11 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A102/A2 to A205Greenwich | 15,574 | 80 |
| 2 | A205 to WellingWayGreenwich, Bexley | 14,502 | 47 |
| 3 | Welling Way to A209Bexley | 11,610 | 35 |
| 4 | A209 to A221Bexley | 16,449 | 33 |
| 5 | A221 to A207Bexley | 13,625 | 40 |
| 6 | A221 to A220Bexley | 10,288 | 23 |
| 7 | A207 Albion Road to A207 BroadwayBexley | 27,007 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A220 to A223Bexley | 8,148 | 16 |
| 9 | A223 to Roman WayBexley | 19,891 | 12 |
| 10 | A207 Crayford Rd to A207 London RdBexley | 17,918 | 6 |
| 11 | A207 Roman Way to Council boundaryBexley | 18,730 | 15 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A207 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.
A207 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.7% of the vehicle miles on the A207. HGVs account for 1.3%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.1% |
| 2002 | 2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.8% |
| 2007 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 2.0% |
| 2009 | 1.8% |
| 2010 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.3% |
| 2025 | 1.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A207 traffic trend
Traffic on the A207 came to 41.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 10.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 18.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 30.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 59m |
| 2001 | 59m |
| 2002 | 58m |
| 2003 | 59m |
| 2004 | 61m |
| 2005 | 56m |
| 2006 | 57m |
| 2007 | 57m |
| 2008 | 55m |
| 2009 | 54m |
| 2010 | 53m |
| 2011 | 51m |
| 2012 | 51m |
| 2013 | 50m |
| 2014 | 50m |
| 2015 | 50m |
| 2016 | 51m |
| 2017 | 51m |
| 2018 | 47m |
| 2019 | 46m |
| 2020 | 36m |
| 2021 | 39m |
| 2022 | 41m |
| 2023 | 41m |
| 2024 | 42m |
| 2025 | 41m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19,931 |
| 2001 | 19,796 |
| 2002 | 19,505 |
| 2003 | 19,833 |
| 2004 | 20,616 |
| 2005 | 19,045 |
| 2006 | 19,113 |
| 2007 | 19,214 |
| 2008 | 18,621 |
| 2009 | 18,357 |
| 2010 | 17,844 |
| 2011 | 17,192 |
| 2012 | 17,137 |
| 2013 | 16,915 |
| 2014 | 16,989 |
| 2015 | 17,044 |
| 2016 | 17,120 |
| 2017 | 17,085 |
| 2018 | 16,007 |
| 2019 | 15,549 |
| 2020 | 12,053 |
| 2021 | 13,202 |
| 2022 | 13,758 |
| 2023 | 13,846 |
| 2024 | 14,058 |
| 2025 | 13,944 |
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 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A207 collisions
Police recorded 327 collisions with the A207 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 57 of them fatal or serious. That is 160.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 8.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 22.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | 7 |
| 2022 | 67 | 11 |
| 2023 | 46 | 13 |
| 2024 | 54 | 9 |
| 2025 | 53 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Welling Way to A209 Bexley · 35 collisions | 275.2 |
| A221 to A207 Bexley · 40 collisions | 254.7 |
| A102/A2 to A205 Greenwich · 80 collisions | 201.1 |
| A221 to A220 Bexley · 23 collisions | 174.6 |
| A209 to A221 Bexley · 33 collisions | 157.0 |
| A220 to A223 Bexley · 16 collisions | 119.3 |
| A205 to WellingWay Greenwich, Bexley · 47 collisions | 98.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 39 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A207 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 A207
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Greenwich
- Bexley
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 | 15 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 327 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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