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A3066 traffic and collisions
The A3066 is an A-road of 13.7 miles, from Somerset to Dorset. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 31m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 6,146 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 14,391 A35 roundabout to Townsend Way
- HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −4.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 36 24.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A3066?
On an average day in 2025, 6,146 vehicles passed each point on the A3066, counting both directions. The busiest section is A35 roundabout to Townsend Way (Dorset), with 14,391 a day; the quietest listed is A30 to A356, with 2,935.
Busiest sections, 2025
A35 roundabout to Townsend Way carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A35 roundabout to Townsend Way Dorset · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 14,391 |
| B3163 Whitcombe Rd to Townsend Way, Bridport Dorset · 4.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 7,423 |
| A356 to B3163 Clay Lane Somerset, Dorset · 4.9 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 4,539 |
| A30 to A356 Somerset · 2.7 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 2,935 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Somerset to Dorset · 13.7 miles
A3066 traffic and collisions by section
5 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 | A30 to A356Somerset | 2,935 | 3 |
| 2 | A356 to B3163 Clay LaneSomerset, Dorset | 4,539 | 11 |
| 3 | B3163 Clay Lane to B3163 Whitcombe RdDorset | 8,723 | 4 |
| 4 | B3163 Whitcombe Rd to Townsend Way, BridportDorset | 7,423 | 12 |
| 5 | A35 roundabout to Townsend WayDorset | 14,391 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A3066 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.
A3066 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.3% of the vehicle miles on the A3066. HGVs account for 2.1%, rising to 3.3% on A356 to B3163 Clay Lane.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% |
| 2001 | 4.7% |
| 2002 | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 2.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A3066 traffic trend
Traffic on the A3066 came to 30.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 7.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 29m |
| 2001 | 30m |
| 2002 | 30m |
| 2003 | 30m |
| 2004 | 31m |
| 2005 | 32m |
| 2006 | 32m |
| 2007 | 30m |
| 2008 | 30m |
| 2009 | 31m |
| 2010 | 30m |
| 2011 | 31m |
| 2012 | 31m |
| 2013 | 30m |
| 2014 | 31m |
| 2015 | 31m |
| 2016 | 32m |
| 2017 | 32m |
| 2018 | 32m |
| 2019 | 32m |
| 2020 | 25m |
| 2021 | 26m |
| 2022 | 28m |
| 2023 | 29m |
| 2024 | 30m |
| 2025 | 31m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,720 |
| 2001 | 5,896 |
| 2002 | 6,015 |
| 2003 | 6,062 |
| 2004 | 6,148 |
| 2005 | 6,392 |
| 2006 | 6,295 |
| 2007 | 5,987 |
| 2008 | 5,908 |
| 2009 | 6,134 |
| 2010 | 6,052 |
| 2011 | 6,156 |
| 2012 | 6,165 |
| 2013 | 6,017 |
| 2014 | 6,169 |
| 2015 | 6,248 |
| 2016 | 6,356 |
| 2017 | 6,409 |
| 2018 | 6,426 |
| 2019 | 6,410 |
| 2020 | 4,913 |
| 2021 | 5,262 |
| 2022 | 5,671 |
| 2023 | 5,869 |
| 2024 | 6,080 |
| 2025 | 6,146 |
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, 0 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A3066 collisions
Police recorded 36 collisions with the A3066 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 24.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 62.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A356 to B3163 Clay Lane Somerset, Dorset · 11 collisions | 28.2 |
| B3163 Whitcombe Rd to Townsend Way, Bridport Dorset · 12 collisions | 20.7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 8 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A3066 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A3066
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Somerset
- Dorset
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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 36 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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