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A215 traffic and collisions
The A215 is an A-road of 9.7 miles, from Southwark to Croydon. This page covers its traffic at 18 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 55m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,619 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,021 A212 to A214
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 884 317.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A215?
On an average day in 2025, 15,619 vehicles passed each point on the A215, counting both directions. The busiest section is A212 to A214 (Croydon), with 22,021 a day; the quietest listed is A214 Crown Dale to A215 Ernest Ave, with 9,293.
Busiest sections, 2025
A212 to A214 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A212 to A214 Croydon · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 22,021 |
| A222 to A232 Croydon · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 21,601 |
| A213 to A212 Croydon · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 19,210 |
| A213 to A222 Croydon · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 15,743 |
| A205 to Norwood High St Lambeth · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 15,029 |
| A2217 to A2214 Southwark · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 13,708 |
| A202 to A3 Southwark · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 12,869 |
| A2214 to A2199 Croxted Rd Southwark, Lambeth · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 12,372 |
| A214 Crown Dale to A215 Ernest Ave Lambeth · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 9,293 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Southwark to Croydon · 9.7 miles
A215 traffic and collisions by section
15 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A202 to A3Southwark | 12,869 | 289 |
| 2 | Medlar St to Camberwell Church StSouthwark | 17,538 | 23 |
| 3 | A202 to A2217Southwark | 18,206 | 28 |
| 4 | A2217 to A2214Southwark | 13,708 | 83 |
| 5 | At A2214Southwark | 27,502 | 8 |
| 6 | A2214 to A2199 Croxted RdSouthwark, Lambeth | 12,372 | 51 |
| 7 | A205 to Norwood High StLambeth | 15,029 | 92 |
| 8 | Norwood High St to Ernest AvenueLambeth | 11,484 | 30 |
| 9 | A214 Crown Dale to A215 Ernest AveLambeth | 9,293 | 30 |
| 10 | A212 to A214Croydon | 22,021 | 80 |
| 11 | A212 Church Road to A212 Grange RoadCroydon | 15,037 | 11 |
| 12 | A213 to A212Croydon | 19,210 | 50 |
| 13 | A213 ManoR Rd to A213 High StCroydon | 11,281 | 3 |
| 14 | A213 to A222Croydon | 15,743 | 80 |
| 15 | A222 to A232Croydon | 21,601 | 26 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A215 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.
A215 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 71.4% of the vehicle miles on the A215. HGVs account for 1.9%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.4% |
| 2003 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A215 traffic trend
Traffic on the A215 came to 55.3 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 13.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 33.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 83m |
| 2001 | 82m |
| 2002 | 81m |
| 2003 | 77m |
| 2004 | 73m |
| 2005 | 74m |
| 2006 | 79m |
| 2007 | 78m |
| 2008 | 71m |
| 2009 | 69m |
| 2010 | 67m |
| 2011 | 64m |
| 2012 | 61m |
| 2013 | 63m |
| 2014 | 64m |
| 2015 | 64m |
| 2016 | 63m |
| 2017 | 62m |
| 2018 | 60m |
| 2019 | 59m |
| 2020 | 48m |
| 2021 | 54m |
| 2022 | 57m |
| 2023 | 57m |
| 2024 | 56m |
| 2025 | 55m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,663 |
| 2001 | 23,291 |
| 2002 | 23,185 |
| 2003 | 21,927 |
| 2004 | 20,763 |
| 2005 | 21,145 |
| 2006 | 22,535 |
| 2007 | 22,252 |
| 2008 | 20,246 |
| 2009 | 19,601 |
| 2010 | 19,248 |
| 2011 | 18,313 |
| 2012 | 17,076 |
| 2013 | 17,867 |
| 2014 | 17,975 |
| 2015 | 17,992 |
| 2016 | 17,639 |
| 2017 | 17,598 |
| 2018 | 17,037 |
| 2019 | 16,766 |
| 2020 | 13,616 |
| 2021 | 15,179 |
| 2022 | 16,010 |
| 2023 | 16,081 |
| 2024 | 15,797 |
| 2025 | 15,619 |
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, 3 of the 18 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A215 collisions
Police recorded 884 collisions with the A215 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 172 of them fatal or serious. That is 317.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 18.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 9.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 137 | 31 |
| 2022 | 172 | 37 |
| 2023 | 128 | 30 |
| 2024 | 132 | 33 |
| 2025 | 143 | 41 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A202 to A3 Southwark · 289 collisions | 970.6 |
| A205 to Norwood High St Lambeth · 92 collisions | 656.3 |
| A214 Crown Dale to A215 Ernest Ave Lambeth · 30 collisions | 354.4 |
| A2214 to A2199 Croxted Rd Southwark, Lambeth · 51 collisions | 272.2 |
| A213 to A222 Croydon · 80 collisions | 253.6 |
| A2217 to A2214 Southwark · 83 collisions | 222.3 |
| A212 to A214 Croydon · 80 collisions | 169.6 |
| A213 to A212 Croydon · 50 collisions | 142.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 122 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A215 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A215
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Southwark
- Lambeth
- Croydon
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 | 18 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 884 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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