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A214 traffic and collisions
The A214 is an A-road of 11.1 miles, from Wandsworth to Bromley. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 72m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,773 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,646 A213 to A222
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 542 151.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A214?
On an average day in 2025, 17,773 vehicles passed each point on the A214, counting both directions. The busiest section is A213 to A222 (Bromley), with 22,646 a day; the quietest listed is B232 to A212, with 8,525.
Busiest sections, 2025
A213 to A222 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A213 to A222 Bromley · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 22,646 |
| A3 to A24 Wandsworth · 2.0 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 21,892 |
| A24 to Ambleside Ave Wandsworth, Lambeth · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 19,811 |
| A212 to A213 Bromley · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 17,015 |
| A23 to A215 Lambeth · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 16,975 |
| A222 to A232 High St Bromley · 2.4 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 15,528 |
| B232 to A212 Croydon · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 8,525 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wandsworth to Bromley · 11.1 miles
A214 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A3205 to A3036Wandsworth | 31,431 | 17 |
| 2 | A3036 to A3Wandsworth | 25,145 | 5 |
| 3 | A3 to A24Wandsworth | 21,892 | 142 |
| 4 | A24 to Ambleside AveWandsworth, Lambeth | 19,811 | 91 |
| 5 | Tooting Bec Rd to A216Lambeth | 12,250 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | A216 to A23Lambeth | 13,009 | 0 |
| 7 | A23 to A215Lambeth | 16,975 | 41 |
| 8 | A215 to B232Lambeth | 12,120 | 17 |
| 9 | B232 to A212Croydon | 8,525 | 41 |
| 10 | A212 to A213Bromley | 17,015 | 67 |
| 11 | A213 to A222Bromley | 22,646 | 46 |
| 12 | A222 to A232 High StBromley | 15,528 | 66 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A214 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.
A214 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 74.8% of the vehicle miles on the A214. HGVs account for 1.6%, rising to 3.3% on A23 to A215.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.2% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.0% |
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.9% |
| 2013 | 2.9% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A214 traffic trend
Traffic on the A214 came to 72 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 5.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 24.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 95m |
| 2001 | 97m |
| 2002 | 91m |
| 2003 | 88m |
| 2004 | 85m |
| 2005 | 83m |
| 2006 | 87m |
| 2007 | 88m |
| 2008 | 79m |
| 2009 | 77m |
| 2010 | 81m |
| 2011 | 73m |
| 2012 | 70m |
| 2013 | 71m |
| 2014 | 72m |
| 2015 | 72m |
| 2016 | 72m |
| 2017 | 77m |
| 2018 | 79m |
| 2019 | 79m |
| 2020 | 66m |
| 2021 | 70m |
| 2022 | 73m |
| 2023 | 72m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 72m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,454 |
| 2001 | 24,965 |
| 2002 | 23,525 |
| 2003 | 22,812 |
| 2004 | 22,084 |
| 2005 | 21,392 |
| 2006 | 22,411 |
| 2007 | 22,636 |
| 2008 | 20,391 |
| 2009 | 19,963 |
| 2010 | 20,865 |
| 2011 | 18,899 |
| 2012 | 17,975 |
| 2013 | 18,380 |
| 2014 | 18,527 |
| 2015 | 18,594 |
| 2016 | 18,566 |
| 2017 | 19,536 |
| 2018 | 19,525 |
| 2019 | 19,589 |
| 2020 | 16,194 |
| 2021 | 17,189 |
| 2022 | 17,939 |
| 2023 | 17,662 |
| 2024 | 17,950 |
| 2025 | 17,773 |
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, 7 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A214 collisions
Police recorded 542 collisions with the A214 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 102 of them fatal or serious. That is 151.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 9.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 33.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 113 | 27 |
| 2022 | 90 | 22 |
| 2023 | 79 | 15 |
| 2024 | 87 | 16 |
| 2025 | 71 | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B232 to A212 Croydon · 41 collisions | 294.0 |
| A24 to Ambleside Ave Wandsworth, Lambeth · 91 collisions | 204.1 |
| A212 to A213 Bromley · 67 collisions | 192.6 |
| A3 to A24 Wandsworth · 142 collisions | 178.0 |
| A213 to A222 Bromley · 46 collisions | 125.3 |
| A23 to A215 Lambeth · 41 collisions | 120.5 |
| A222 to A232 High St Bromley · 66 collisions | 104.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 113 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A214 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 A214
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wandsworth
- Lambeth
- Croydon
- Bromley
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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 542 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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