A-road
A222 traffic and collisions
The A222 is an A-road of 15.0 miles, from Croydon to Bexley. This page covers its traffic at 17 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 92m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 16,726 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 30,503 A208 to A20(T)
- HGV share 1.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −11.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 515 111.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A222?
On an average day in 2025, 16,726 vehicles passed each point on the A222, counting both directions. The busiest section is A208 to A20(T) (Bromley), with 30,503 a day; the quietest listed is A221 to A223, with 9,206.
Busiest sections, 2025
A208 to A20(T) carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A208 to A20(T) Bromley · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 30,503 |
| At A214 Croydon, Bromley · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 26,024 |
| A212 to A222 Cherry Orchard Rd Croydon · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 21,802 |
| A214 to A234 Bromley · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 18,848 |
| A222 Cherry Orchard Rd to A215 Croydon · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 17,574 |
| A21 to A208 Bromley · 2.8 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 14,662 |
| A211 to A221 Bexley · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 12,193 |
| A2015 to A21 Bromley · 2.1 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 12,135 |
| A221 to A223 Bexley · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 9,206 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Croydon to Bexley · 15.0 miles
A222 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 (0.7 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At A212Croydon | 10,074 | 22 |
| 2 | A212 to A222 Cherry Orchard RdCroydon | 21,802 | 61 |
| 3 | A222 Cherry Orchard Rd to A215Croydon | 17,574 | 79 |
| 4 | At A215Croydon | 23,921 | 6 |
| 5 | At A214Croydon, Bromley | 26,024 | 40 |
| 6 | At A214Bromley | 29,675 | 8 |
| 7 | A214 to A234Bromley | 18,848 | 25 |
| 8 | A234 to A2015Bromley | 14,463 | 23 |
| 9 | A2015 to A21Bromley | 12,135 | 73 |
| 10 | A21 to A208Bromley | 14,662 | 54 |
| 11 | A208 to A20(T)Bromley | 30,503 | 19 |
| 12 | A20(T) to A2001Bexley | 26,274 | 17 |
| 13 | A2001 to A211Bexley | 16,423 | 14 |
| 14 | A211 to A221Bexley | 12,193 | 32 |
| 15 | A221 to A223Bexley | 9,206 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A222 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.
A222 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.8% of the vehicle miles on the A222. HGVs account for 1.4%, rising to 2.6% on A21 to A208.
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 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.6% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A222 traffic trend
Traffic on the A222 came to 91.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 11.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 17.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 110m |
| 2001 | 112m |
| 2002 | 108m |
| 2003 | 111m |
| 2004 | 115m |
| 2005 | 111m |
| 2006 | 108m |
| 2007 | 105m |
| 2008 | 106m |
| 2009 | 103m |
| 2010 | 102m |
| 2011 | 103m |
| 2012 | 102m |
| 2013 | 103m |
| 2014 | 103m |
| 2015 | 103m |
| 2016 | 103m |
| 2017 | 103m |
| 2018 | 105m |
| 2019 | 104m |
| 2020 | 82m |
| 2021 | 91m |
| 2022 | 93m |
| 2023 | 94m |
| 2024 | 94m |
| 2025 | 92m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20,220 |
| 2001 | 20,647 |
| 2002 | 19,774 |
| 2003 | 20,356 |
| 2004 | 21,111 |
| 2005 | 20,402 |
| 2006 | 19,887 |
| 2007 | 19,216 |
| 2008 | 19,397 |
| 2009 | 18,973 |
| 2010 | 18,711 |
| 2011 | 18,936 |
| 2012 | 18,808 |
| 2013 | 18,951 |
| 2014 | 18,985 |
| 2015 | 18,926 |
| 2016 | 18,925 |
| 2017 | 18,871 |
| 2018 | 19,091 |
| 2019 | 18,957 |
| 2020 | 15,023 |
| 2021 | 16,686 |
| 2022 | 16,989 |
| 2023 | 17,215 |
| 2024 | 17,078 |
| 2025 | 16,726 |
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 17 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A222 collisions
Police recorded 515 collisions with the A222 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 82 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 111.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 6.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 3.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | 11 |
| 2022 | 92 | 22 |
| 2023 | 81 | 16 |
| 2024 | 84 | 17 |
| 2025 | 87 | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A212 to A222 Cherry Orchard Rd Croydon · 61 collisions | 267.9 |
| A222 Cherry Orchard Rd to A215 Croydon · 79 collisions | 225.0 |
| A2015 to A21 Bromley · 73 collisions | 143.7 |
| A211 to A221 Bexley · 32 collisions | 95.8 |
| A214 to A234 Bromley · 25 collisions | 92.6 |
| A221 to A223 Bexley · 19 collisions | 75.3 |
| At A214 Croydon, Bromley · 40 collisions | 74.4 |
| A21 to A208 Bromley · 54 collisions | 69.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 64 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A222 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 95.5% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A222
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Croydon
- Bromley
- Bexley
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 | 17 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 515 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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