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A244 traffic and collisions
The A244 is an A-road of 13.8 miles, from Hounslow to Surrey. This page covers its traffic at 13 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 80m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,909 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 25,583 A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −4.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 325 86.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A244?
On an average day in 2025, 15,909 vehicles passed each point on the A244, counting both directions. The busiest section is A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009 (Surrey), with 25,583 a day; the quietest listed is A315 to A312, with 6,881.
Busiest sections, 2025
A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009 Surrey · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 25,583 |
| A3 to Heath Rd Surrey · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 21,532 |
| A3(T) to Milbourne Lane, Esher Surrey · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 19,915 |
| B280 to Charlwood Drive Surrey · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 17,440 |
| A308 to A3050 Surrey · 3.0 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 16,930 |
| Charlwood Drive to M25/A243 Surrey · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 15,332 |
| A244 Bridge Street to A317 Surrey · 1.9 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 13,702 |
| A312 to A308 Hounslow, Surrey · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 11,494 |
| A315 to A312 Hounslow · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 6,881 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Hounslow to Surrey · 13.8 miles
A244 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | A315 to A312Hounslow | 6,881 | 15 |
| 2 | A312 to A308Hounslow, Surrey | 11,494 | 115 |
| 3 | A308 to A3050Surrey | 16,930 | 53 |
| 4 | A244 Bridge Street to A317Surrey | 13,702 | 57 |
| 5 | A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009Surrey | 25,583 | 37 |
| 6 | Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009 to Junction between A3009 and A307 High StreetSurrey | 12,765 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | Milbourne Lane to A307 High StSurrey | 15,565 | 3 |
| 8 | A3(T) to Milbourne Lane, EsherSurrey | 19,915 | 11 |
| 9 | A3 to Heath RdSurrey | 21,532 | 8 |
| 10 | Heath Rd to B280Surrey | 21,747 | 4 |
| 11 | B280 to Charlwood DriveSurrey | 17,440 | 8 |
| 12 | Charlwood Drive to M25/A243Surrey | 15,332 | 13 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A244 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.
A244 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.7% of the vehicle miles on the A244. 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 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 2.9% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2009 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A244 traffic trend
Traffic on the A244 came to 80.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 6.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 95m |
| 2001 | 94m |
| 2002 | 95m |
| 2003 | 92m |
| 2004 | 97m |
| 2005 | 92m |
| 2006 | 95m |
| 2007 | 91m |
| 2008 | 89m |
| 2009 | 88m |
| 2010 | 87m |
| 2011 | 88m |
| 2012 | 84m |
| 2013 | 83m |
| 2014 | 84m |
| 2015 | 86m |
| 2016 | 81m |
| 2017 | 79m |
| 2018 | 81m |
| 2019 | 81m |
| 2020 | 62m |
| 2021 | 68m |
| 2022 | 74m |
| 2023 | 76m |
| 2024 | 78m |
| 2025 | 80m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19,012 |
| 2001 | 18,868 |
| 2002 | 19,043 |
| 2003 | 18,335 |
| 2004 | 19,379 |
| 2005 | 18,449 |
| 2006 | 18,956 |
| 2007 | 18,254 |
| 2008 | 17,748 |
| 2009 | 17,586 |
| 2010 | 17,305 |
| 2011 | 17,649 |
| 2012 | 16,742 |
| 2013 | 16,664 |
| 2014 | 16,853 |
| 2015 | 17,095 |
| 2016 | 17,091 |
| 2017 | 16,861 |
| 2018 | 16,611 |
| 2019 | 16,591 |
| 2020 | 12,681 |
| 2021 | 14,026 |
| 2022 | 14,998 |
| 2023 | 15,412 |
| 2024 | 15,848 |
| 2025 | 15,909 |
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 (64.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 5 of the 13 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A244 collisions
Police recorded 325 collisions with the A244 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 86 of them fatal or serious. That is 86.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 4.7 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 3.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | 17 |
| 2022 | 59 | 23 |
| 2023 | 43 | 12 |
| 2024 | 51 | 15 |
| 2025 | 41 | 19 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A308 to A3050 Surrey · 53 collisions | 285.9 |
| A315 to A312 Hounslow · 15 collisions | 238.7 |
| A312 to A308 Hounslow, Surrey · 115 collisions | 187.2 |
| A244 Bridge Street to A317 Surrey · 57 collisions | 155.7 |
| A317 to Junction between A244 Church Street and A3009 Surrey · 37 collisions | 92.0 |
| Charlwood Drive to M25/A243 Surrey · 13 collisions | 45.3 |
| A3(T) to Milbourne Lane, Esher Surrey · 11 collisions | 25.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 58 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A244 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 A244
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Hounslow
- 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 | 13 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 325 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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