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A3022 traffic and collisions
The A3022 is an A-road of 12.4 miles, in Torbay. This page covers its traffic at 17 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 77m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,045 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,742 Newton Rd to B3199 Hele Rd
- HGV share 1.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +3.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 190 52.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A3022?
On an average day in 2025, 17,045 vehicles passed each point on the A3022, counting both directions. The busiest section is Newton Rd to B3199 Hele Rd (Torbay), with 27,742 a day; the quietest listed is Monksbridge Rd to Bolton St, with 8,995.
Busiest sections, 2025
Newton Rd to B3199 Hele Rd carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Newton Rd to B3199 Hele Rd Torbay · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 27,742 |
| A379 to Bridge Rd Torbay · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 26,723 |
| A379 to Monksbridge Rd, Brixham Torbay · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 19,791 |
| A3022 Avenue Rd to B3199 Torbay · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 19,206 |
| A385 to A379 Torbay · 2.4 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 18,268 |
| A3022 Commercial Rd to A380/A385 Torbay · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 16,438 |
| A3022 Rathmore Rd to A3022 Hyde Rd Torbay · 2.4 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 14,577 |
| A3022 Falkland Rd to A3022 Newton Rd Torbay · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 11,028 |
| Monksbridge Rd to Bolton St Torbay · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 8,995 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Torbay · 12.4 miles
A3022 traffic and collisions by section
13 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 4 short link roads and spurs (0.9 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A380 to Newton RdTorbay | 25,245 | 5 |
| 2 | Newton Rd to B3199 Hele RdTorbay | 27,742 | 5 |
| 3 | A3022 Avenue Rd to B3199Torbay | 19,206 | 17 |
| 4 | A3022 Falkland Rd to A3022 Newton RdTorbay | 11,028 | 10 |
| 5 | A3022 Avenue Rd to A3022 Torbay RdTorbay | 6,347 | 5 |
| 6 | A3022 Rathmore Rd to A3022 Hyde RdTorbay | 14,577 | 55 |
| 7 | A3022 Hyde Rd to A3022 Commercial RdTorbay | 10,245 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A3022 Commercial Rd to A380/A385Torbay | 16,438 | 14 |
| 9 | A385 to A379Torbay | 18,268 | 31 |
| 10 | A379 to Bridge RdTorbay | 26,723 | 5 |
| 11 | Bridge Rd, Churston to A379Torbay | 24,318 | fewer than 3 |
| 12 | A379 to Monksbridge Rd, BrixhamTorbay | 19,791 | 4 |
| 13 | Monksbridge Rd to Bolton StTorbay | 8,995 | 17 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A3022 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.
A3022 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.5% of the vehicle miles on the A3022. 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 | 3.0% |
| 2001 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2009 | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.5% |
| 2017 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.3% |
| 2025 | 1.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A3022 traffic trend
Traffic on the A3022 came to 77.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 3.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 3.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 72m |
| 2001 | 68m |
| 2002 | 71m |
| 2003 | 73m |
| 2004 | 74m |
| 2005 | 70m |
| 2006 | 73m |
| 2007 | 71m |
| 2008 | 72m |
| 2009 | 72m |
| 2010 | 73m |
| 2011 | 74m |
| 2012 | 73m |
| 2013 | 71m |
| 2014 | 72m |
| 2015 | 73m |
| 2016 | 75m |
| 2017 | 72m |
| 2018 | 75m |
| 2019 | 75m |
| 2020 | 60m |
| 2021 | 66m |
| 2022 | 72m |
| 2023 | 73m |
| 2024 | 74m |
| 2025 | 77m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,494 |
| 2001 | 15,560 |
| 2002 | 16,433 |
| 2003 | 16,778 |
| 2004 | 17,117 |
| 2005 | 16,149 |
| 2006 | 16,892 |
| 2007 | 16,293 |
| 2008 | 16,526 |
| 2009 | 16,602 |
| 2010 | 16,681 |
| 2011 | 17,061 |
| 2012 | 16,697 |
| 2013 | 16,390 |
| 2014 | 16,591 |
| 2015 | 16,818 |
| 2016 | 17,368 |
| 2017 | 16,656 |
| 2018 | 16,324 |
| 2019 | 16,447 |
| 2020 | 13,184 |
| 2021 | 14,383 |
| 2022 | 15,890 |
| 2023 | 16,179 |
| 2024 | 16,378 |
| 2025 | 17,045 |
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, 4 of the 17 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A3022 collisions
Police recorded 190 collisions with the A3022 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 55 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 52.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 48.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | 12 |
| 2022 | 25 | 13 |
| 2023 | 23 | 16 |
| 2024 | 26 | 8 |
| 2025 | 21 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Monksbridge Rd to Bolton St Torbay · 17 collisions | 219.0 |
| A3022 Rathmore Rd to A3022 Hyde Rd Torbay · 55 collisions | 101.5 |
| A3022 Falkland Rd to A3022 Newton Rd Torbay · 10 collisions | 82.1 |
| A3022 Avenue Rd to B3199 Torbay · 17 collisions | 71.5 |
| A3022 Commercial Rd to A380/A385 Torbay · 14 collisions | 43.8 |
| A385 to A379 Torbay · 31 collisions | 40.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 38 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A3022 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 A3022
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Torbay
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 | 17 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 190 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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