Trunk A-road
A2070 traffic and collisions
The A2070 is a trunk A-road of 15.3 miles, in Kent. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 116m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 20,721 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 47,030 A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, Sevington
- HGV share 4.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +12.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 102 19.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A2070?
On an average day in 2025, 20,721 vehicles passed each point on the A2070, counting both directions. The busiest section is A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, Sevington (Kent), with 47,030 a day; the quietest listed is George Williams Way, Kennington to Blackwall Rd, Willesborough Lees, with 10,808.
Busiest sections, 2025
A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, Sevington carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, Sevington Kent · 2.0 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 47,030 |
| M20 to A2070/A2042 Junction Kent · 0.7 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 27,257 |
| A259(T) to A2042 Kent · 9.4 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 16,452 |
| Blackwall Rd, Willesborough Lees to M20 Kent · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 12,196 |
| George Williams Way, Kennington to Blackwall Rd, Willesborough Lees Kent · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 10,808 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Kent · 15.3 miles
A2070 traffic and collisions by section
6 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (1.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Williams Way to A28Kent | 11,997 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | George Williams Way, Kennington to Blackwall Rd, Willesborough LeesKent | 10,808 | 7 |
| 3 | Blackwall Rd, Willesborough Lees to M20Kent | 12,196 | 10 |
| 4 | M20 to A2070/A2042 JunctionKent | 27,257 | 9 |
| 5 | A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, SevingtonKent | 47,030 | 35 |
| 6 | A259(T) to A2042Kent | 16,452 | 28 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A2070 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.
A2070 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.5% of the vehicle miles on the A2070. HGVs account for 4.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.4% |
| 2001 | 7.1% |
| 2002 | 6.8% |
| 2003 | 6.6% |
| 2004 | 5.8% |
| 2005 | 4.7% |
| 2006 | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 4.8% |
| 2009 | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 4.4% |
| 2011 | 4.4% |
| 2012 | 4.5% |
| 2013 | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.7% |
| 2017 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 3.8% |
| 2019 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.4% |
| 2023 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 4.1% |
| 2025 | 4.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A2070 traffic trend
Traffic on the A2070 came to 116 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 12.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 22.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 52.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 64m |
| 2001 | 65m |
| 2002 | 68m |
| 2003 | 70m |
| 2004 | 75m |
| 2005 | 75m |
| 2006 | 69m |
| 2007 | 77m |
| 2008 | 76m |
| 2009 | 75m |
| 2010 | 77m |
| 2011 | 78m |
| 2012 | 77m |
| 2013 | 77m |
| 2014 | 79m |
| 2015 | 81m |
| 2016 | 84m |
| 2017 | 99m |
| 2018 | 101m |
| 2019 | 91m |
| 2020 | 78m |
| 2021 | 92m |
| 2022 | 104m |
| 2023 | 107m |
| 2024 | 113m |
| 2025 | 116m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,154 |
| 2001 | 13,294 |
| 2002 | 14,008 |
| 2003 | 14,392 |
| 2004 | 15,351 |
| 2005 | 15,464 |
| 2006 | 14,176 |
| 2007 | 15,812 |
| 2008 | 15,649 |
| 2009 | 15,541 |
| 2010 | 15,917 |
| 2011 | 16,048 |
| 2012 | 15,899 |
| 2013 | 15,889 |
| 2014 | 16,266 |
| 2015 | 16,600 |
| 2016 | 17,232 |
| 2017 | 20,465 |
| 2018 | 20,680 |
| 2019 | 18,580 |
| 2020 | 13,831 |
| 2021 | 16,192 |
| 2022 | 18,291 |
| 2023 | 18,823 |
| 2024 | 20,282 |
| 2025 | 20,721 |
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 (74.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A2070 collisions
Police recorded 102 collisions with the A2070 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 6 fatal. That is 19.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 30 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 18 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Blackwall Rd, Willesborough Lees to M20 Kent · 10 collisions | 66.3 |
| A2070/A2042 Junction to A2070 Roundabout near St. Mary's Church, Sevington Kent · 35 collisions | 51.3 |
| A259(T) to A2042 Kent · 28 collisions | 11.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 6 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A2070 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 A2070
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Kent
Planned closures on the A2070 in England
National Highways has 3 planned closures on the A2070 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 3 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 3 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Carriageway A2070 eastbound Cloverleaf exit slip road closure
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Carriageway A2070 Cloverleaf eastbound entry slip road closure
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Carriageway A2070 westbound Cloverleaf exit slip road closure
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 102 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 16 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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