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A258 traffic and collisions
The A258 is an A-road of 13.6 miles, in Kent. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 71m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,380 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 19,060 Ringwould Rd to A2(T)
- HGV share 1.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 142 41.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A258?
On an average day in 2025, 14,380 vehicles passed each point on the A258, counting both directions. The busiest section is Ringwould Rd to A2(T) (Kent), with 19,060 a day; the quietest listed is A256 to Upper Rd, with 5,465.
Busiest sections, 2025
Ringwould Rd to A2(T) carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Ringwould Rd to A2(T) Kent · 3.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 19,060 |
| A258 split to Downlands Kent · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 16,583 |
| Burgess Green to Sholden New Rd Kent · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 15,070 |
| Downlands to Ringwould Rd Kent · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 14,957 |
| Deal Rd to Burgess Green Kent · 2.0 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 12,473 |
| Sholden New Rd to A258 Sondes Road Kent · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 10,860 |
| Upper Rd, Dover to A2 Kent · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 10,008 |
| A256 to Upper Rd Kent · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 5,465 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Kent · 13.6 miles
A258 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A256 to Deal Road roundaboutKent | 15,209 | 3 |
| 2 | Deal Rd to Burgess GreenKent | 12,473 | 10 |
| 3 | Burgess Green to Sholden New RdKent | 15,070 | 10 |
| 4 | Sholden New Rd to A258 Sondes RoadKent | 10,860 | 29 |
| 5 | Downlands to A258 splitKent | 10,688 | 7 |
| 6 | A258 split to DownlandsKent | 16,583 | 30 |
| 7 | Downlands to Ringwould RdKent | 14,957 | 8 |
| 8 | Ringwould Rd to A2(T)Kent | 19,060 | 29 |
| 9 | Upper Rd, Dover to A2Kent | 10,008 | 10 |
| 10 | A256 to Upper RdKent | 5,465 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A258 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.
A258 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.5% of the vehicle miles on the A258. HGVs account for 1.2%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.7% |
| 2012 | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.3% |
| 2025 | 1.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A258 traffic trend
Traffic on the A258 came to 71.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 2.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 20.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 59m |
| 2001 | 60m |
| 2002 | 62m |
| 2003 | 63m |
| 2004 | 67m |
| 2005 | 67m |
| 2006 | 68m |
| 2007 | 66m |
| 2008 | 64m |
| 2009 | 65m |
| 2010 | 65m |
| 2011 | 65m |
| 2012 | 65m |
| 2013 | 66m |
| 2014 | 67m |
| 2015 | 69m |
| 2016 | 71m |
| 2017 | 69m |
| 2018 | 69m |
| 2019 | 70m |
| 2020 | 53m |
| 2021 | 62m |
| 2022 | 67m |
| 2023 | 69m |
| 2024 | 70m |
| 2025 | 71m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,719 |
| 2001 | 11,952 |
| 2002 | 12,375 |
| 2003 | 12,502 |
| 2004 | 13,229 |
| 2005 | 13,356 |
| 2006 | 13,488 |
| 2007 | 13,088 |
| 2008 | 12,768 |
| 2009 | 12,914 |
| 2010 | 12,839 |
| 2011 | 12,894 |
| 2012 | 12,992 |
| 2013 | 13,009 |
| 2014 | 13,372 |
| 2015 | 13,693 |
| 2016 | 14,015 |
| 2017 | 13,891 |
| 2018 | 13,942 |
| 2019 | 13,997 |
| 2020 | 10,583 |
| 2021 | 12,570 |
| 2022 | 13,533 |
| 2023 | 13,820 |
| 2024 | 14,019 |
| 2025 | 14,380 |
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 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A258 collisions
Police recorded 142 collisions with the A258 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 37 of them fatal or serious. That is 41.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 24.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | 3 |
| 2022 | 22 | 9 |
| 2023 | 24 | 10 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6 |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Sholden New Rd to A258 Sondes Road Kent · 29 collisions | 84.3 |
| A258 split to Downlands Kent · 30 collisions | 65.8 |
| Upper Rd, Dover to A2 Kent · 10 collisions | 51.8 |
| Burgess Green to Sholden New Rd Kent · 10 collisions | 31.6 |
| Ringwould Rd to A2(T) Kent · 29 collisions | 24.8 |
| Deal Rd to Burgess Green Kent · 10 collisions | 22.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 22 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A258 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 A258
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Kent
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 142 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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