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A329 traffic and collisions

The A329 is an A-road of 49.6 miles, from Surrey to Oxfordshire. This page covers its traffic at 48 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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48 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 239m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 13,181 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 41,050 A3095 to Doncastle Rd
  • HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −4.0% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 592 51.5 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A329?

On an average day in 2025, 13,181 vehicles passed each point on the A329, counting both directions. The busiest section is A3095 to Doncastle Rd (Bracknell Forest), with 41,050 a day; the quietest listed is A4074 to B480, with 3,036.

Busiest sections, 2025

A3095 to Doncastle Rd carries 3.1 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A329 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A3095 to Doncastle Rd Bracknell Forest · 0.7 mi · HGVs 5.8% 41,050
Doncastle Rd to A329M Bracknell Forest, Wokingham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 5.5% 38,629
A3095 to B3408/B3018 roundabout Bracknell Forest · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.0% 21,270
B3017 to A3095 Bracknell Forest · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% 19,823
A332 to B3017 Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.8% 19,061
A30095 to B3408 Bracknell Forest · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.6% 17,518
A329 Wiltshire Rd to A329(M) Wokingham · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.9% 17,180
Junction A321/A329 in Wokingham to Roundabout B3270/A329 Wokingham · 3.1 mi · HGVs 1.0% 16,982
A330 to A332 Windsor and Maidenhead · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.1% 16,639
A4 to Watlington St roundabout Reading · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% 15,883

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Surrey to Oxfordshire · 49.6 miles

Surrey Oxfordshire
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A329 traffic and collisions by section

35 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 8 short link roads and spurs (2.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A329 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A30 to B383Surrey, Windsor and Maidenhead2.08,9312.4%−7.6%1031.9
2B383 to B3020Windsor and Maidenhead0.612,5761.7%−5.6%fewer than 3
3B3020 to A330Windsor and Maidenhead0.813,4651.2%−2.8%5
4At A330Windsor and Maidenhead0.316,0712.2%−2.9%5
5A330 to A332Windsor and Maidenhead0.616,6392.1%−19.8%1479.3
6A332 to B3017Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest0.919,0611.8%+17.1%8
7B3017 to A3095Bracknell Forest1.919,8231.3%−1.3%1929.0
8A3095 to B3408/B3018 roundaboutBracknell Forest0.721,2702.0%−8.4%9
9A30095 to B3408Bracknell Forest0.617,5181.6%−6.3%1264.5
10A3095 to Doncastle RdBracknell Forest0.741,0505.8%+4.5%1122.8
11Doncastle Rd to A329MBracknell Forest, Wokingham1.138,6295.5%−15.0%1215.3
12A329M to A329Wokingham0.37,7265.5%−15.0%0
13A329 Wiltshire Rd to A329(M)Wokingham1.417,1802.9%−4.6%1740.0
14A329 London Rd to A321Wokingham0.411,6212.2%−5.8%0
15A321 to A329 Shute EndWokingham0.212,8131.2%+7.1%0
16A321 to A329 Rectory RdWokingham0.114,7702.1%−6.1%0
17Shute End to Junction A321/A329 in WokinghamWokingham0.217,8741.4%7
18Junction A321/A329 in Wokingham to Roundabout B3270/A329Wokingham3.116,9821.0%5264.8
19A3290 to B3350Wokingham1.615,4810.8%+1.2%3892.0
20B3350 to A4Reading1.210,3291.4%−2.6%36165.3
21A4 to Watlington St roundaboutReading0.615,8831.3%−16.9%52294.4
22Watlington St roundabout to A327Reading0.419,5492.1%−0.7%12
23Crossing between A33 and A329 to Where A329 crosses A327 London StreetReading0.312,8761.8%−5.4%4
24A33 western spur to A33 eastern spurReading0.130,3822.8%−8.2%fewer than 3
25A33 to A4155WReading0.247,8881.9%−8.9%5
26A4155W to Civic centreReading0.441,9882.2%−12.3%7
27Civic centre to Prospect StReading0.515,7071.3%−11.9%1281.4
28Prospect St to Norcot RdReading1.311,8721.7%−13.5%88300.0
29Norcot Rd to A329/A340 Junction (in Pangbourne, West Berkshire)Reading, West Berkshire3.812,1221.5%3653.9
30A340 to B4009West Berkshire3.98,1300.9%+10.3%8
31B4009 to A417West Berkshire0.28,9770.6%−1.1%0
32A417 to A4130West Berkshire, Oxfordshire4.77,9071.2%−6.6%3
33A4074 to B480Oxfordshire4.43,0362.7%−12.6%3
34B480 to M40Oxfordshire4.78,6922.6%−5.7%1216.8
35M40 to A418Oxfordshire3.010,4304.3%+2.2%1324.4

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A329 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.

A329 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.4% of the vehicle miles on the A329. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 5.8% on A3095 to Doncastle Rd.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A329, by year
Year HGV share
2000 3.8%
2001 3.7%
2002 3.5%
2003 3.5%
2004 3.7%
2005 3.6%
2006 3.6%
2007 3.2%
2008 3.5%
2009 3.3%
2010 3.5%
2011 2.6%
2012 2.5%
2013 2.6%
2014 2.6%
2015 2.6%
2016 2.5%
2017 2.5%
2018 2.6%
2019 2.5%
2020 3.1%
2021 3.1%
2022 2.9%
2023 2.8%
2024 2.3%
2025 2.2%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A329 traffic trend

Traffic on the A329 came to 239 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 2.2% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 11.8% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A329 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 383m
2001 386m
2002 388m
2003 372m
2004 372m
2005 368m
2006 372m
2007 371m
2008 371m
2009 372m
2010 365m
2011 234m
2012 228m
2013 224m
2014 228m
2015 232m
2016 231m
2017 233m
2018 247m
2019 250m
2020 189m
2021 208m
2022 231m
2023 236m
2024 237m
2025 239m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A329, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 20,025
2001 20,199
2002 20,296
2003 19,444
2004 19,441
2005 19,244
2006 19,464
2007 19,418
2008 19,380
2009 19,445
2010 19,071
2011 13,539
2012 13,167
2013 12,971
2014 13,170
2015 13,396
2016 13,319
2017 13,400
2018 13,821
2019 13,969
2020 10,564
2021 11,591
2022 12,764
2023 13,027
2024 13,099
2025 13,181

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 (87.3% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 48 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A329 collisions

Police recorded 592 collisions with the A329 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 129 of them fatal or serious, including 8 fatal. That is 51.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.4 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 3.6% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A329 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 9220
2022 9133
2023 10029
2024 9417
2025 8630

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A329, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
Prospect St to Norcot Rd Reading · 88 collisions 300.0
A4 to Watlington St roundabout Reading · 52 collisions 294.4
B3350 to A4 Reading · 36 collisions 165.3
A3290 to B3350 Wokingham · 38 collisions 92.0
Civic centre to Prospect St Reading · 12 collisions 81.4
A330 to A332 Windsor and Maidenhead · 14 collisions 79.3
Junction A321/A329 in Wokingham to Roundabout B3270/A329 Wokingham · 52 collisions 64.8
A30095 to B3408 Bracknell Forest · 12 collisions 64.5

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 36 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A329 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 A329

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Surrey
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Wokingham
  • Reading
  • West Berkshire
  • Oxfordshire

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 48 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 592 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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