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A3020 traffic and collisions
The A3020 is an A-road of 14.1 miles, in Isle of Wight. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 67m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,062 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 32,738 A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of Wight
- HGV share 1.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 98 29.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A3020?
On an average day in 2025, 13,062 vehicles passed each point on the A3020, counting both directions. The busiest section is A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight), with 32,738 a day; the quietest listed is Three Gates Rd to ferry, with 3,686.
Busiest sections, 2025
A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of Wight carries 2.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 32,738 |
| Three Gates Road to A3054/A3020 intersection Isle of Wight · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 20,128 |
| A3020 to St George's Appproach, Newport Isle of Wight · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 18,966 |
| Windsor Drive, Shanklin to A3056 Isle of Wight · 6.6 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 7,654 |
| Windsor Drive to A3055 Isle of Wight · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 5,011 |
| Three Gates Rd to ferry Isle of Wight · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 3,686 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Isle of Wight · 14.1 miles
A3020 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | Three Gates Rd to ferryIsle of Wight | 3,686 | 7 |
| 2 | Three Gates Road to A3054/A3020 intersectionIsle of Wight | 20,128 | 28 |
| 3 | A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of WightIsle of Wight | 32,738 | 13 |
| 4 | B3341 St George's Approach to B3401Isle of Wight | 21,052 | 5 |
| 5 | A3020 to St George's Appproach, NewportIsle of Wight | 18,966 | 6 |
| 6 | Windsor Drive, Shanklin to A3056Isle of Wight | 7,654 | 32 |
| 7 | Windsor Drive to A3055Isle of Wight | 5,011 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A3020 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.
A3020 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.3% of the vehicle miles on the A3020. HGVs account for 1.4%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 2.9% |
| 2002 | 3.0% |
| 2003 | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 3.0% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 1.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A3020 traffic trend
Traffic on the A3020 came to 67.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 6.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 64m |
| 2001 | 68m |
| 2002 | 68m |
| 2003 | 72m |
| 2004 | 69m |
| 2005 | 71m |
| 2006 | 74m |
| 2007 | 72m |
| 2008 | 71m |
| 2009 | 66m |
| 2010 | 67m |
| 2011 | 68m |
| 2012 | 66m |
| 2013 | 66m |
| 2014 | 67m |
| 2015 | 68m |
| 2016 | 69m |
| 2017 | 71m |
| 2018 | 74m |
| 2019 | 73m |
| 2020 | 55m |
| 2021 | 63m |
| 2022 | 66m |
| 2023 | 69m |
| 2024 | 70m |
| 2025 | 67m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,082 |
| 2001 | 12,879 |
| 2002 | 12,950 |
| 2003 | 13,631 |
| 2004 | 13,213 |
| 2005 | 13,559 |
| 2006 | 14,072 |
| 2007 | 13,738 |
| 2008 | 13,419 |
| 2009 | 12,608 |
| 2010 | 12,790 |
| 2011 | 12,956 |
| 2012 | 12,622 |
| 2013 | 12,593 |
| 2014 | 12,734 |
| 2015 | 12,907 |
| 2016 | 13,211 |
| 2017 | 13,464 |
| 2018 | 13,613 |
| 2019 | 13,461 |
| 2020 | 10,236 |
| 2021 | 11,645 |
| 2022 | 12,400 |
| 2023 | 12,977 |
| 2024 | 13,157 |
| 2025 | 13,062 |
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 (61.7% 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.
A3020 collisions
Police recorded 98 collisions with the A3020 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 29.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Windsor Drive, Shanklin to A3056 Isle of Wight · 32 collisions | 36.1 |
| Three Gates Road to A3054/A3020 intersection Isle of Wight · 28 collisions | 33.2 |
| A3054/A3020 intersection to Newport, Isle of Wight Isle of Wight · 13 collisions | 30.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 7 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A3020 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 A3020
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Isle of Wight
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 | 98 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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