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A3055 traffic and collisions
The A3055 is an A-road of 31.6 miles, in Isle of Wight. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 55m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 4,792 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 14,251 Perowne Way to A3056
- HGV share 1.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 128 47.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A3055?
On an average day in 2025, 4,792 vehicles passed each point on the A3055, counting both directions. The busiest section is Perowne Way to A3056 (Isle of Wight), with 14,251 a day; the quietest listed is A3054 to High St/Albert St, with 1,910.
Busiest sections, 2025
Perowne Way to A3056 carries 3.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Perowne Way to A3056 Isle of Wight · 1.5 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 14,251 |
| Perowne Way, Sandown to Great Preston Rd, Ryde Isle of Wight · 3.9 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 13,298 |
| A3054 to Great Preston Rd Isle of Wight · 1.6 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 9,047 |
| A3056 to A3020 Isle of Wight · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 8,216 |
| B3328 Chine Avenue, Shanklin to A3055 Victoria St Isle of Wight · 3.4 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 3,420 |
| A3054 to High St/Albert St Isle of Wight · 18.8 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 1,910 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Isle of Wight · 31.6 miles
A3055 traffic and collisions by section
9 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esplanade to A3054Isle of Wight | 4,870 | 6 |
| 2 | A3054 to Great Preston RdIsle of Wight | 9,047 | 13 |
| 3 | Perowne Way, Sandown to Great Preston Rd, RydeIsle of Wight | 13,298 | 26 |
| 4 | Perowne Way to A3056Isle of Wight | 14,251 | 20 |
| 5 | A3056 to A3020Isle of Wight | 8,216 | 11 |
| 6 | A3020 to B3328 Chine AvenueIsle of Wight | 3,626 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | B3328 Chine Avenue, Shanklin to A3055 Victoria StIsle of Wight | 3,420 | 17 |
| 8 | A3055 Victoria St to A3055 Church StIsle of Wight | 3,283 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A3054 to High St/Albert StIsle of Wight | 1,910 | 26 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A3055 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.
A3055 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.0% of the vehicle miles on the A3055. HGVs account for 1.0%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.8% |
| 2002 | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 1.6% |
| 2005 | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.4% |
| 2011 | 1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 1.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A3055 traffic trend
Traffic on the A3055 came to 55.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 5.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 52m |
| 2001 | 51m |
| 2002 | 63m |
| 2003 | 57m |
| 2004 | 67m |
| 2005 | 56m |
| 2006 | 64m |
| 2007 | 62m |
| 2008 | 58m |
| 2009 | 58m |
| 2010 | 58m |
| 2011 | 59m |
| 2012 | 59m |
| 2013 | 57m |
| 2014 | 57m |
| 2015 | 58m |
| 2016 | 58m |
| 2017 | 58m |
| 2018 | 57m |
| 2019 | 58m |
| 2020 | 44m |
| 2021 | 50m |
| 2022 | 54m |
| 2023 | 55m |
| 2024 | 56m |
| 2025 | 55m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,496 |
| 2001 | 4,479 |
| 2002 | 5,493 |
| 2003 | 5,000 |
| 2004 | 5,855 |
| 2005 | 4,910 |
| 2006 | 5,622 |
| 2007 | 5,392 |
| 2008 | 5,045 |
| 2009 | 5,082 |
| 2010 | 5,013 |
| 2011 | 5,176 |
| 2012 | 5,154 |
| 2013 | 4,996 |
| 2014 | 4,995 |
| 2015 | 5,071 |
| 2016 | 5,063 |
| 2017 | 5,082 |
| 2018 | 4,993 |
| 2019 | 5,066 |
| 2020 | 3,836 |
| 2021 | 4,336 |
| 2022 | 4,664 |
| 2023 | 4,759 |
| 2024 | 4,849 |
| 2025 | 4,792 |
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, 1 of the 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A3055 collisions
Police recorded 128 collisions with the A3055 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 35 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 47.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 55.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | 6 |
| 2022 | 23 | 6 |
| 2023 | 17 | 8 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7 |
| 2025 | 23 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B3328 Chine Avenue, Shanklin to A3055 Victoria St Isle of Wight · 17 collisions | 68.6 |
| Perowne Way to A3056 Isle of Wight · 20 collisions | 52.9 |
| A3054 to Great Preston Rd Isle of Wight · 13 collisions | 52.6 |
| A3056 to A3020 Isle of Wight · 11 collisions | 47.4 |
| A3054 to High St/Albert St Isle of Wight · 26 collisions | 41.3 |
| Perowne Way, Sandown to Great Preston Rd, Ryde Isle of Wight · 26 collisions | 28.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A3055
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 128 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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