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A332 traffic and collisions

The A332 is an A-road of 11.8 miles, from Slough to Bracknell Forest. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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15 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 94m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 21,834 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 62,649 A355 to A308
  • HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +6.5% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 77 18.2 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A332?

On an average day in 2025, 21,834 vehicles passed each point on the A332, counting both directions. The busiest section is A355 to A308 (Windsor and Maidenhead), with 62,649 a day; the quietest listed is A329 to B3017, with 10,622.

Busiest sections, 2025

A355 to A308 carries 2.9 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A332 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A355 to A308 Windsor and Maidenhead · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.3% 62,649
Queens Acre, Windsor to A330 Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest · 4.6 mi · HGVs 1.8% 18,264
B3017 to A322 Bracknell Forest · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.9% 17,606
B3022 to A355 Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.9% 16,977
A330 to A329 Windsor and Maidenhead · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.4% 16,103
A329 to B3017 Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest · 1.0 mi · HGVs 3.1% 10,622

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Slough to Bracknell Forest · 11.8 miles

Slough Bracknell Forest
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A332 traffic and collisions by section

11 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.

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Sections of the A332 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A4 to A412Slough0.311,3731.6%−6.4%7
2A412 to B3027 Ragstone RdSlough0.216,3692.2%−18.1%12
3B3027 Ragstone Rd to B3022Slough0.217,3512.2%−18.1%0
4B3022 to A355Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead0.916,9771.9%−15.5%3
5A355 to A308Windsor and Maidenhead1.162,6491.3%+2.1%109.1
6A308 to B3024/B3175 roundaboutWindsor and Maidenhead0.344,1222.4%+5.7%6
7Queens Acre to A308Windsor and Maidenhead0.320,0322.0%+28.1%fewer than 3
8Queens Acre, Windsor to A330Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest4.618,2641.8%+19.7%1511.4
9A330 to A329Windsor and Maidenhead1.116,1032.4%+3.1%7
10A329 to B3017Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest1.010,6223.1%−6.8%7
11B3017 to A322Bracknell Forest1.817,6062.9%+11.3%4

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A332 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.

A332 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 85.1% of the vehicle miles on the A332. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 3.1% on A329 to B3017.

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 A332, by year
Year HGV share
2000 2.9%
2001 3.1%
2002 2.1%
2003 2.0%
2004 2.2%
2005 2.1%
2006 2.1%
2007 2.0%
2008 2.0%
2009 2.2%
2010 2.2%
2011 1.9%
2012 1.8%
2013 1.7%
2014 1.9%
2015 1.9%
2016 1.6%
2017 1.7%
2018 1.7%
2019 1.6%
2020 2.5%
2021 2.3%
2022 2.3%
2023 2.2%
2024 2.0%
2025 1.9%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A332 traffic trend

Traffic on the A332 came to 94 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 6.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 3.2% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 7.9% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A332 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 86m
2001 88m
2002 92m
2003 91m
2004 92m
2005 93m
2006 95m
2007 92m
2008 90m
2009 89m
2010 85m
2011 84m
2012 83m
2013 82m
2014 84m
2015 90m
2016 87m
2017 87m
2018 87m
2019 88m
2020 64m
2021 73m
2022 78m
2023 88m
2024 90m
2025 94m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A332, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 20,393
2001 21,029
2002 21,823
2003 21,743
2004 21,969
2005 22,257
2006 22,604
2007 21,942
2008 21,338
2009 21,109
2010 20,179
2011 20,095
2012 19,812
2013 19,599
2014 20,022
2015 21,388
2016 20,599
2017 20,649
2018 20,532
2019 20,503
2020 14,843
2021 16,909
2022 18,183
2023 20,524
2024 20,922
2025 21,834

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 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A332 collisions

Police recorded 77 collisions with the A332 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 16 of them fatal or serious. That is 18.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 37.5% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A332 by year
Year Collisions
2021 16
2022 11
2023 16
2024 12
2025 22

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 A332, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
Queens Acre, Windsor to A330 Windsor and Maidenhead, Bracknell Forest · 15 collisions 11.4
A355 to A308 Windsor and Maidenhead · 10 collisions 9.1

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

A further 14 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A332 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 A332

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

  • Slough
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Bracknell Forest

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 15 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 77 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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