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A287 traffic and collisions
The A287 is an A-road of 22.3 miles, from Surrey to Hampshire. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 91m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,229 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 28,602 B3349 to M3
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −4.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 143 32.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A287?
On an average day in 2025, 11,229 vehicles passed each point on the A287, counting both directions. The busiest section is B3349 to M3 (Hampshire), with 28,602 a day; the quietest listed is M3 to Council boundary, with 5,469.
Busiest sections, 2025
B3349 to M3 carries 2.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B3349 to M3 Hampshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 28,602 |
| Broad Oak Lane roundabout to B3349 roundabout Hampshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 15,396 |
| A3016 to Broad Oak Lane roundabout Surrey, Hampshire · 5.5 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 15,374 |
| Woolmer Hill Rd, Haslemere to A3 Surrey · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 11,704 |
| Frensham Vale to Downing St/Union Rd Surrey · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 11,309 |
| Junction where A287 and A325 West Street meet to A3016 Surrey · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 8,571 |
| Old Kiln Lane to Frensham Vale, Lower Bourne Surrey · 3.7 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 7,693 |
| A3(T) to Old Kiln Lane Surrey · 3.1 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 6,866 |
| B2131 Camelsdale Rd to B2131 Liphook Rd Surrey · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 6,078 |
| M3 to Council boundary Hampshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 5,469 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Surrey to Hampshire · 22.3 miles
A287 traffic and collisions by section
13 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.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A286 to B2131 Camelsdale RdSurrey | 6,139 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | B2131 Camelsdale Rd to B2131 Liphook RdSurrey | 6,078 | 5 |
| 3 | B2131 Liphook Rd to Woolmer Hill RdSurrey | 12,991 | 4 |
| 4 | Woolmer Hill Rd, Haslemere to A3Surrey | 11,704 | 14 |
| 5 | A3(T) to Old Kiln LaneSurrey | 6,866 | 8 |
| 6 | Old Kiln Lane to Frensham Vale, Lower BourneSurrey | 7,693 | 5 |
| 7 | Frensham Vale to Downing St/Union RdSurrey | 11,309 | 14 |
| 8 | Long Bridge to Castle StreetSurrey | 9,686 | 11 |
| 9 | Junction where A287 and A325 West Street meet to A3016Surrey | 8,571 | 14 |
| 10 | A3016 to Broad Oak Lane roundaboutSurrey, Hampshire | 15,374 | 37 |
| 11 | Broad Oak Lane roundabout to B3349 roundaboutHampshire | 15,396 | 14 |
| 12 | B3349 to M3Hampshire | 28,602 | 12 |
| 13 | M3 to Council boundaryHampshire | 5,469 | 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A287 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.
A287 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.5% of the vehicle miles on the A287. HGVs account for 1.7%, rising to 3.4% on M3 to Council boundary.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 2.4% |
| 2009 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A287 traffic trend
Traffic on the A287 came to 91.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 4.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 94m |
| 2001 | 93m |
| 2002 | 93m |
| 2003 | 97m |
| 2004 | 93m |
| 2005 | 94m |
| 2006 | 95m |
| 2007 | 94m |
| 2008 | 93m |
| 2009 | 92m |
| 2010 | 87m |
| 2011 | 88m |
| 2012 | 89m |
| 2013 | 89m |
| 2014 | 91m |
| 2015 | 93m |
| 2016 | 95m |
| 2017 | 96m |
| 2018 | 98m |
| 2019 | 96m |
| 2020 | 72m |
| 2021 | 80m |
| 2022 | 87m |
| 2023 | 89m |
| 2024 | 90m |
| 2025 | 91m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,777 |
| 2001 | 11,669 |
| 2002 | 11,675 |
| 2003 | 12,190 |
| 2004 | 11,651 |
| 2005 | 11,752 |
| 2006 | 11,938 |
| 2007 | 11,800 |
| 2008 | 11,738 |
| 2009 | 11,609 |
| 2010 | 10,971 |
| 2011 | 11,009 |
| 2012 | 11,144 |
| 2013 | 11,176 |
| 2014 | 11,435 |
| 2015 | 11,680 |
| 2016 | 11,855 |
| 2017 | 12,007 |
| 2018 | 12,075 |
| 2019 | 11,879 |
| 2020 | 8,975 |
| 2021 | 9,830 |
| 2022 | 10,669 |
| 2023 | 10,963 |
| 2024 | 11,105 |
| 2025 | 11,229 |
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, 2 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A287 collisions
Police recorded 143 collisions with the A287 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 39 of them fatal or serious. That is 32.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 11.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | 5 |
| 2022 | 17 | 11 |
| 2023 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 23 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Junction where A287 and A325 West Street meet to A3016 Surrey · 14 collisions | 54.4 |
| Frensham Vale to Downing St/Union Rd Surrey · 14 collisions | 42.3 |
| B3349 to M3 Hampshire · 12 collisions | 38.9 |
| Broad Oak Lane roundabout to B3349 roundabout Hampshire · 14 collisions | 37.1 |
| Woolmer Hill Rd, Haslemere to A3 Surrey · 14 collisions | 35.7 |
| A3016 to Broad Oak Lane roundabout Surrey, Hampshire · 37 collisions | 25.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 20 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A287 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 A287
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Surrey
- Hampshire
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 | 15 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 143 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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