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A236 traffic and collisions
The A236 is an A-road of 5.3 miles, from Merton to Croydon. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 38m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,672 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 33,849 A213 to A232
- HGV share 3.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −12.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 308 162.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A236?
On an average day in 2025, 19,672 vehicles passed each point on the A236, counting both directions. The busiest section is A213 to A232 (Croydon), with 33,849 a day; the quietest listed is A24 to A217, with 12,060.
Busiest sections, 2025
A213 to A232 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A213 to A232 Croydon · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 33,849 |
| A237 to A23 Merton, Croydon · 1.9 mi · HGVs 5.6% | 19,823 |
| A217 to A239 Merton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 18,943 |
| A23 to A213 Croydon · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 14,426 |
| A24 to A217 Merton · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 12,060 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Merton to Croydon · 5.3 miles
A236 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A24 to A217Merton | 12,060 | 60 |
| 2 | A217 to A239Merton | 18,943 | 37 |
| 3 | A239 to A237Merton | 25,261 | 5 |
| 4 | A237 to A23Merton, Croydon | 19,823 | 100 |
| 5 | A23 to A213Croydon | 14,426 | 39 |
| 6 | A213 to A232Croydon | 33,849 | 60 |
| 7 | A232 to A235Croydon | 10,437 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A236 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.
A236 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.3% of the vehicle miles on the A236. HGVs account for 3.9%, rising to 5.6% on A237 to A23.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.7% |
| 2001 | 4.5% |
| 2002 | 4.5% |
| 2003 | 5.0% |
| 2004 | 5.7% |
| 2005 | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 6.0% |
| 2008 | 5.8% |
| 2009 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 4.5% |
| 2011 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.2% |
| 2016 | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 3.9% |
| 2025 | 3.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A236 traffic trend
Traffic on the A236 came to 38.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 12.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 12.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 26.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 51m |
| 2001 | 51m |
| 2002 | 51m |
| 2003 | 51m |
| 2004 | 51m |
| 2005 | 49m |
| 2006 | 50m |
| 2007 | 48m |
| 2008 | 50m |
| 2009 | 48m |
| 2010 | 45m |
| 2011 | 45m |
| 2012 | 44m |
| 2013 | 48m |
| 2014 | 45m |
| 2015 | 43m |
| 2016 | 44m |
| 2017 | 44m |
| 2018 | 45m |
| 2019 | 44m |
| 2020 | 34m |
| 2021 | 37m |
| 2022 | 39m |
| 2023 | 38m |
| 2024 | 38m |
| 2025 | 38m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 26,513 |
| 2001 | 26,328 |
| 2002 | 26,153 |
| 2003 | 26,467 |
| 2004 | 26,507 |
| 2005 | 25,331 |
| 2006 | 25,880 |
| 2007 | 24,859 |
| 2008 | 25,615 |
| 2009 | 24,795 |
| 2010 | 23,106 |
| 2011 | 23,065 |
| 2012 | 22,805 |
| 2013 | 24,579 |
| 2014 | 23,227 |
| 2015 | 22,079 |
| 2016 | 22,653 |
| 2017 | 22,572 |
| 2018 | 23,291 |
| 2019 | 22,526 |
| 2020 | 17,605 |
| 2021 | 18,849 |
| 2022 | 19,900 |
| 2023 | 19,850 |
| 2024 | 19,809 |
| 2025 | 19,672 |
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 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A236 collisions
Police recorded 308 collisions with the A236 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 59 of them fatal or serious. That is 162.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 11.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 2.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | 14 |
| 2022 | 59 | 12 |
| 2023 | 36 | 12 |
| 2024 | 42 | 13 |
| 2025 | 58 | 8 |
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 A217 Merton · 60 collisions | 307.6 |
| A23 to A213 Croydon · 39 collisions | 296.5 |
| A217 to A239 Merton · 37 collisions | 178.8 |
| A237 to A23 Merton, Croydon · 100 collisions | 146.2 |
| A213 to A232 Croydon · 60 collisions | 107.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 54 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A236 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 A236
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Merton
- 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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 308 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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