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A264 traffic and collisions
The A264 is an A-road of 32.4 miles, from Kent to West Sussex. This page covers its traffic at 20 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 218m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 18,450 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 43,636 A2220 to A24
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 299 29.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A264?
On an average day in 2025, 18,450 vehicles passed each point on the A264, counting both directions. The busiest section is A2220 to A24 (West Sussex), with 43,636 a day; the quietest listed is B2188 to B2026, with 4,620.
Busiest sections, 2025
A2220 to A24 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A2220 to A24 West Sussex · 5.3 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 43,636 |
| A21 to Blackhurst Lane Kent · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 30,200 |
| A2220 to M23 West Sussex · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 29,455 |
| A24 to A281 West Sussex · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 28,037 |
| Blackhurst Lane to B2023 Kent · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 25,637 |
| M23 to A2220 West Sussex · 1.7 mi · HGVs 5.5% | 22,034 |
| A22 to A2220 Surrey, West Sussex · 4.2 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 21,707 |
| A264 Church Rd to The Green Kent · 2.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 11,825 |
| Sandhawes Hill to A22 West Sussex · 1.3 mi · HGVs 4.5% | 11,663 |
| A281 to A29 West Sussex · 3.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 10,862 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Kent to West Sussex · 32.4 miles
A264 traffic and collisions by section
16 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 16 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A21 to Blackhurst LaneKent | 30,200 | 11 |
| 2 | Blackhurst Lane to B2023Kent | 25,637 | 10 |
| 3 | B2023 to A26Kent | 8,941 | 6 |
| 4 | A26 London Rd to A26 Mount Pleasant RdKent | 9,121 | 6 |
| 5 | A264 Mount Ephraim to A26Kent | 7,334 | 3 |
| 6 | A264 Church Rd to The GreenKent | 11,825 | 18 |
| 7 | The Green to B2188Kent | 10,761 | 9 |
| 8 | B2188 to B2026Kent, East Sussex | 4,620 | 17 |
| 9 | B2026 to Sandhawes HillEast Sussex, West Sussex | 6,224 | 13 |
| 10 | Sandhawes Hill to A22West Sussex | 11,663 | 21 |
| 11 | A22 to A2220Surrey, West Sussex | 21,707 | 46 |
| 12 | A2220 to M23West Sussex | 29,455 | 10 |
| 13 | M23 to A2220West Sussex | 22,034 | 18 |
| 14 | A2220 to A24West Sussex | 43,636 | 57 |
| 15 | A24 to A281West Sussex | 28,037 | 18 |
| 16 | A281 to A29West Sussex | 10,862 | 26 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A264 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.
A264 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.7% of the vehicle miles on the A264. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 5.5% on M23 to A2220.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 4.0% |
| 2003 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.8% |
| 2007 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 3.9% |
| 2009 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.4% |
| 2011 | 3.5% |
| 2012 | 3.5% |
| 2013 | 3.8% |
| 2014 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.6% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A264 traffic trend
Traffic on the A264 came to 218 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 9.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 222m |
| 2001 | 226m |
| 2002 | 221m |
| 2003 | 221m |
| 2004 | 235m |
| 2005 | 220m |
| 2006 | 220m |
| 2007 | 220m |
| 2008 | 208m |
| 2009 | 205m |
| 2010 | 204m |
| 2011 | 206m |
| 2012 | 214m |
| 2013 | 193m |
| 2014 | 205m |
| 2015 | 210m |
| 2016 | 214m |
| 2017 | 208m |
| 2018 | 214m |
| 2019 | 217m |
| 2020 | 165m |
| 2021 | 185m |
| 2022 | 191m |
| 2023 | 207m |
| 2024 | 209m |
| 2025 | 218m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19,333 |
| 2001 | 19,674 |
| 2002 | 19,214 |
| 2003 | 19,194 |
| 2004 | 20,442 |
| 2005 | 19,088 |
| 2006 | 19,173 |
| 2007 | 19,136 |
| 2008 | 18,130 |
| 2009 | 17,795 |
| 2010 | 17,709 |
| 2011 | 17,926 |
| 2012 | 18,623 |
| 2013 | 16,788 |
| 2014 | 17,806 |
| 2015 | 18,259 |
| 2016 | 18,608 |
| 2017 | 18,084 |
| 2018 | 18,275 |
| 2019 | 18,497 |
| 2020 | 14,093 |
| 2021 | 15,807 |
| 2022 | 16,325 |
| 2023 | 17,690 |
| 2024 | 17,817 |
| 2025 | 18,450 |
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 (83.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 9 of the 20 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A264 collisions
Police recorded 299 collisions with the A264 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 75 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 29.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 22.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | 13 |
| 2022 | 46 | 15 |
| 2023 | 44 | 17 |
| 2024 | 41 | 18 |
| 2025 | 53 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Sandhawes Hill to A22 West Sussex · 21 collisions | 78.3 |
| A2220 to A24 West Sussex · 57 collisions | 67.5 |
| A24 to A281 West Sussex · 18 collisions | 43.0 |
| B2188 to B2026 Kent, East Sussex · 17 collisions | 40.3 |
| A281 to A29 West Sussex · 26 collisions | 38.7 |
| A264 Church Rd to The Green Kent · 18 collisions | 33.3 |
| A22 to A2220 Surrey, West Sussex · 46 collisions | 31.5 |
| A2220 to M23 West Sussex · 10 collisions | 30.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 41 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A264 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 96.7% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A264
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Kent
- East Sussex
- West Sussex
- 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 | 20 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 299 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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