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A2214 traffic and collisions
The A2214 is an A-road of 3.6 miles, from Lambeth to Southwark. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 15m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,536 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 13,170 A2215 to A202
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −12.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 181 220.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A2214?
On an average day in 2025, 11,536 vehicles passed each point on the A2214, counting both directions. The busiest section is A2215 to A202 (Southwark), with 13,170 a day; the quietest listed is A215 to A2216, with 10,873.
Busiest sections, 2025
A2215 to A202 carries 1.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A2215 to A202 Southwark · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 13,170 |
| A215 to A2216 Southwark · 1.4 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 10,873 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lambeth to Southwark · 3.6 miles
A2214 traffic and collisions by section
5 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Effra Road to Dulwich RoadLambeth | 2,628 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | Morval Road roundabout to A215Lambeth | 10,948 | 35 |
| 3 | A215 to A2216Southwark | 10,873 | 41 |
| 4 | A2216 to A2215Southwark | 16,575 | 35 |
| 5 | A2215 to A202Southwark | 13,170 | 69 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A2214 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.
A2214 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.3% of the vehicle miles on the A2214. HGVs account for 1.7%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.0% |
| 2002 | 2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.7% |
| 2004 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 3.3% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 2.1% |
| 2008 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A2214 traffic trend
Traffic on the A2214 came to 15.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 12.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 14.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 23.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 21m |
| 2001 | 24m |
| 2002 | 25m |
| 2003 | 26m |
| 2004 | 24m |
| 2005 | 24m |
| 2006 | 25m |
| 2007 | 22m |
| 2008 | 22m |
| 2009 | 21m |
| 2010 | 21m |
| 2011 | 20m |
| 2012 | 20m |
| 2013 | 18m |
| 2014 | 18m |
| 2015 | 18m |
| 2016 | 17m |
| 2017 | 17m |
| 2018 | 17m |
| 2019 | 17m |
| 2020 | 14m |
| 2021 | 16m |
| 2022 | 17m |
| 2023 | 17m |
| 2024 | 17m |
| 2025 | 15m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,108 |
| 2001 | 18,784 |
| 2002 | 18,408 |
| 2003 | 18,861 |
| 2004 | 17,489 |
| 2005 | 17,864 |
| 2006 | 18,591 |
| 2007 | 17,034 |
| 2008 | 16,771 |
| 2009 | 16,168 |
| 2010 | 16,165 |
| 2011 | 15,390 |
| 2012 | 14,871 |
| 2013 | 13,260 |
| 2014 | 13,405 |
| 2015 | 13,563 |
| 2016 | 13,223 |
| 2017 | 13,193 |
| 2018 | 13,204 |
| 2019 | 13,242 |
| 2020 | 10,615 |
| 2021 | 12,374 |
| 2022 | 12,879 |
| 2023 | 12,903 |
| 2024 | 12,883 |
| 2025 | 11,536 |
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, 1 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A2214 collisions
Police recorded 181 collisions with the A2214 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 41 of them fatal or serious. That is 220.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 10.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 39.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | 11 |
| 2022 | 32 | 8 |
| 2023 | 27 | 8 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 25 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A2215 to A202 Southwark · 69 collisions | 261.5 |
| A215 to A2216 Southwark · 41 collisions | 119.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 52 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A2214 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 A2214
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lambeth
- Southwark
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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 181 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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