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A3200 traffic and collisions
The A3200 is an A-road of 1.3 miles, from Lambeth to Southwark. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 6.0m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,619 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,817 A23 to A301
- HGV share 4.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −17.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 144 487.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A3200?
On an average day in 2025, 12,619 vehicles passed each point on the A3200, counting both directions. The busiest section is A23 to A301 (Lambeth), with 15,817 a day; the quietest listed is A300 to A3, with 8,054.
Busiest sections, 2025
A23 to A301 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A23 to A301 Lambeth · 0.3 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 15,817 |
| A201 to A300 Southwark · 0.4 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 13,553 |
| A301 to A201 Lambeth, Southwark · 0.4 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 11,571 |
| A300 to A3 Southwark · 0.2 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 8,054 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lambeth to Southwark · 1.3 miles
A3200 traffic and collisions by section
4 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 | A23 to A301Lambeth | 15,817 | 35 |
| 2 | A301 to A201Lambeth, Southwark | 11,571 | 38 |
| 3 | A201 to A300Southwark | 13,553 | 51 |
| 4 | A300 to A3Southwark | 8,054 | 20 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A3200 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.
A3200 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 62.4% of the vehicle miles on the A3200. HGVs account for 4.7%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.5% |
| 2010 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 3.7% |
| 2019 | 3.7% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 4.8% |
| 2024 | 4.8% |
| 2025 | 4.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A3200 traffic trend
Traffic on the A3200 came to 6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 17.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 25.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 52.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13m |
| 2001 | 14m |
| 2002 | 13m |
| 2003 | 12m |
| 2004 | 13m |
| 2005 | 12m |
| 2006 | 12m |
| 2007 | 12m |
| 2008 | 11m |
| 2009 | 10m |
| 2010 | 9.9m |
| 2011 | 9.8m |
| 2012 | 8.4m |
| 2013 | 8.4m |
| 2014 | 8.5m |
| 2015 | 8.0m |
| 2016 | 8.0m |
| 2017 | 7.7m |
| 2018 | 7.2m |
| 2019 | 7.2m |
| 2020 | 5.1m |
| 2021 | 5.5m |
| 2022 | 6.1m |
| 2023 | 6.0m |
| 2024 | 6.0m |
| 2025 | 6.0m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 26,387 |
| 2001 | 29,657 |
| 2002 | 27,148 |
| 2003 | 25,354 |
| 2004 | 26,696 |
| 2005 | 25,839 |
| 2006 | 25,635 |
| 2007 | 25,610 |
| 2008 | 22,200 |
| 2009 | 21,652 |
| 2010 | 20,968 |
| 2011 | 20,688 |
| 2012 | 17,742 |
| 2013 | 17,658 |
| 2014 | 17,814 |
| 2015 | 16,884 |
| 2016 | 16,906 |
| 2017 | 16,221 |
| 2018 | 15,165 |
| 2019 | 15,241 |
| 2020 | 10,706 |
| 2021 | 11,529 |
| 2022 | 12,791 |
| 2023 | 12,662 |
| 2024 | 12,642 |
| 2025 | 12,619 |
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 5 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A3200 collisions
Police recorded 144 collisions with the A3200 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 487.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 22.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 59.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 39 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 2025 | 35 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 46 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A3200 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 A3200
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lambeth
- Southwark
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 | 5 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 144 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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