A-road
A217 traffic and collisions
The A217 is an A-road of 26.5 miles, from Hammersmith and Fulham to Surrey. This page covers its traffic at 30 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 224m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 23,144 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 38,428 B2230 to A2022
- HGV share 2.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 1,035 92.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A217?
On an average day in 2025, 23,144 vehicles passed each point on the A217, counting both directions. The busiest section is B2230 to A2022 (Surrey), with 38,428 a day; the quietest listed is A23 to Castle Drive, Reigate, with 11,581.
Busiest sections, 2025
B2230 to A2022 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B2230 to A2022 Surrey · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 38,428 |
| A240 to Chipstead Lane roundabout Surrey · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 37,751 |
| Chipstead Lane roundabout to M25 Surrey · 1.9 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 37,139 |
| A308 to A3205 roundabout Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 36,853 |
| B2221 to A240 Surrey · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 32,471 |
| A2022 to B2221 Surrey · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 30,381 |
| A232 to B2230 Sutton · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 26,742 |
| B278 to A232 Sutton · 2.2 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 26,740 |
| A217 Fairfield St to A214 Trinity Road roundabout Wandsworth · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 25,490 |
| M25 to Raglan Rd, Reigate Surrey · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 21,909 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Hammersmith and Fulham to Surrey · 26.5 miles
A217 traffic and collisions by section
22 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 5 short link roads and spurs (0.7 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 22 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A308 to A3205 roundaboutHammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth | 36,853 | 161 |
| 2 | A217 Fairfield St to A214 Trinity Road roundaboutWandsworth | 25,490 | 9 |
| 3 | At A217Wandsworth | 28,756 | 5 |
| 4 | A3 Wandsworth High St to A217 Armoury WayWandsworth | 5,310 | 10 |
| 5 | A3 to A24Wandsworth | 19,337 | 202 |
| 6 | A24 to A216Wandsworth, Merton | 15,292 | 180 |
| 7 | A216 to A236Merton | 19,377 | 54 |
| 8 | A236 to A239Merton | 16,715 | 35 |
| 9 | At A239Merton | 26,541 | 20 |
| 10 | A239 to B278Merton, Sutton | 14,072 | 56 |
| 11 | B278 to A232Sutton | 26,740 | 64 |
| 12 | A232 to B2230Sutton | 26,742 | 36 |
| 13 | B2230 to A2022Surrey | 38,428 | 17 |
| 14 | A2022 to B2221Surrey | 30,381 | 12 |
| 15 | B2221 to A240Surrey | 32,471 | fewer than 3 |
| 16 | A240 to Chipstead Lane roundaboutSurrey | 37,751 | 21 |
| 17 | Chipstead Lane roundabout to M25Surrey | 37,139 | 22 |
| 18 | M25 to Raglan Rd, ReigateSurrey | 21,909 | 24 |
| 19 | Raglan Rd to A25Surrey | 13,367 | 18 |
| 20 | A25 to Bell StSurrey | 11,009 | fewer than 3 |
| 21 | A2044 to A217 Bancroft rdSurrey | 16,290 | 20 |
| 22 | A23 to Castle Drive, ReigateSurrey | 11,581 | 44 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A217 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.
A217 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.7% of the vehicle miles on the A217. HGVs account for 2.7%, rising to 4.0% on Chipstead Lane roundabout to M25.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.8% |
| 2012 | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.7% |
| 2025 | 2.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A217 traffic trend
Traffic on the A217 came to 224 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 17.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 247m |
| 2001 | 253m |
| 2002 | 265m |
| 2003 | 256m |
| 2004 | 263m |
| 2005 | 257m |
| 2006 | 252m |
| 2007 | 253m |
| 2008 | 244m |
| 2009 | 229m |
| 2010 | 225m |
| 2011 | 224m |
| 2012 | 221m |
| 2013 | 217m |
| 2014 | 220m |
| 2015 | 223m |
| 2016 | 227m |
| 2017 | 231m |
| 2018 | 244m |
| 2019 | 246m |
| 2020 | 192m |
| 2021 | 210m |
| 2022 | 225m |
| 2023 | 229m |
| 2024 | 226m |
| 2025 | 224m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 27,380 |
| 2001 | 28,005 |
| 2002 | 29,416 |
| 2003 | 28,441 |
| 2004 | 29,112 |
| 2005 | 28,459 |
| 2006 | 27,927 |
| 2007 | 28,057 |
| 2008 | 27,090 |
| 2009 | 25,359 |
| 2010 | 24,967 |
| 2011 | 24,859 |
| 2012 | 24,525 |
| 2013 | 24,079 |
| 2014 | 24,345 |
| 2015 | 24,774 |
| 2016 | 25,139 |
| 2017 | 24,783 |
| 2018 | 25,205 |
| 2019 | 25,449 |
| 2020 | 19,894 |
| 2021 | 21,729 |
| 2022 | 23,280 |
| 2023 | 23,663 |
| 2024 | 23,334 |
| 2025 | 23,144 |
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 (81.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 11 of the 30 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A217 collisions
Police recorded 1,035 collisions with the A217 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 200 of them fatal or serious, including 7 fatal. That is 92.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 7.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 13.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 172 | 38 |
| 2022 | 181 | 48 |
| 2023 | 191 | 37 |
| 2024 | 147 | 40 |
| 2025 | 144 | 37 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A24 to A216 Wandsworth, Merton · 180 collisions | 462.4 |
| A23 to Castle Drive, Reigate Surrey · 44 collisions | 226.3 |
| A3 to A24 Wandsworth · 202 collisions | 220.6 |
| A308 to A3205 roundabout Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth · 161 collisions | 213.3 |
| A236 to A239 Merton · 35 collisions | 191.7 |
| A239 to B278 Merton, Sutton · 56 collisions | 168.0 |
| Raglan Rd to A25 Surrey · 18 collisions | 84.7 |
| A2044 to A217 Bancroft rd Surrey · 20 collisions | 79.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 131 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A217 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 A217
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Wandsworth
- Merton
- Sutton
- Surrey
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 | 30 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 1,035 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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