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A2990 traffic and collisions
The A2990 is an A-road of 6.2 miles, in Kent. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 41m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 18,268 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 23,367 A2990 spur to Millstrood Rd, Whitstable
- HGV share 1.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +1.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 67 34.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A2990?
On an average day in 2025, 18,268 vehicles passed each point on the A2990, counting both directions. The busiest section is A2990 spur to Millstrood Rd, Whitstable (Kent), with 23,367 a day; the quietest listed is A299 to A290, with 15,486.
Busiest sections, 2025
A2990 spur to Millstrood Rd, Whitstable carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A2990 spur to Millstrood Rd, Whitstable Kent · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 23,367 |
| Millstrood Rd to B2205 Herne Bay Rd Kent · 1.6 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 19,024 |
| B2205 Greenhill Rd to A299 Kent · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 17,400 |
| B2205 Herne Bay Rd to B2205 Greenhill Rd Kent · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,118 |
| A299 to A290 Kent · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 15,486 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Kent · 6.2 miles
A2990 traffic and collisions by section
6 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A299 to A290Kent | 15,486 | 4 |
| 2 | A290 to A2990 spurKent | 22,881 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A2990 spur to Millstrood Rd, WhitstableKent | 23,367 | 8 |
| 4 | Millstrood Rd to B2205 Herne Bay RdKent | 19,024 | 19 |
| 5 | B2205 Herne Bay Rd to B2205 Greenhill RdKent | 17,118 | 22 |
| 6 | B2205 Greenhill Rd to A299Kent | 17,400 | 12 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A2990 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.
A2990 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.0% of the vehicle miles on the A2990. HGVs account for 1.3%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.3% |
| 2004 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.1% |
| 2006 | 4.6% |
| 2007 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 4.2% |
| 2010 | 1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.3% |
| 2025 | 1.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A2990 traffic trend
Traffic on the A2990 came to 41.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 6.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 35.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 31m |
| 2001 | 31m |
| 2002 | 32m |
| 2003 | 33m |
| 2004 | 34m |
| 2005 | 35m |
| 2006 | 85m |
| 2007 | 84m |
| 2008 | 84m |
| 2009 | 89m |
| 2010 | 37m |
| 2011 | 37m |
| 2012 | 37m |
| 2013 | 37m |
| 2014 | 38m |
| 2015 | 39m |
| 2016 | 39m |
| 2017 | 39m |
| 2018 | 39m |
| 2019 | 41m |
| 2020 | 31m |
| 2021 | 35m |
| 2022 | 38m |
| 2023 | 39m |
| 2024 | 41m |
| 2025 | 41m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,750 |
| 2001 | 13,860 |
| 2002 | 14,392 |
| 2003 | 14,787 |
| 2004 | 15,142 |
| 2005 | 15,849 |
| 2006 | 21,277 |
| 2007 | 21,005 |
| 2008 | 21,031 |
| 2009 | 22,320 |
| 2010 | 16,412 |
| 2011 | 16,605 |
| 2012 | 16,455 |
| 2013 | 16,486 |
| 2014 | 17,091 |
| 2015 | 17,436 |
| 2016 | 17,607 |
| 2017 | 17,656 |
| 2018 | 17,624 |
| 2019 | 18,009 |
| 2020 | 13,729 |
| 2021 | 15,360 |
| 2022 | 16,751 |
| 2023 | 17,158 |
| 2024 | 18,119 |
| 2025 | 18,268 |
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 (80.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A2990 collisions
Police recorded 67 collisions with the A2990 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 25 of them fatal or serious. That is 34.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 36.4% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B2205 Greenhill Rd to A299 Kent · 12 collisions | 189.0 |
| Millstrood Rd to B2205 Herne Bay Rd Kent · 19 collisions | 38.7 |
| B2205 Herne Bay Rd to B2205 Greenhill Rd Kent · 22 collisions | 38.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 10 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A2990 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 A2990
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 67 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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