A-road
A346 traffic and collisions
The A346 is an A-road of 15.4 miles, from Wiltshire to Swindon. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 58m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,275 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,139 B4005 to M4 J15
- HGV share 6.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −9.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 101 36.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A346?
On an average day in 2025, 10,275 vehicles passed each point on the A346, counting both directions. The busiest section is B4005 to M4 J15 (Swindon), with 18,139 a day; the quietest listed is A342 to A338, with 3,138.
Busiest sections, 2025
B4005 to M4 J15 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B4005 to M4 J15 Swindon · 0.9 mi · HGVs 5.6% | 18,139 |
| C road to Ogbourne St George to B4005 Wiltshire, Swindon · 3.3 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 12,896 |
| Herd Street to C road, Ogbourne St George Wiltshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 11,232 |
| A338 to A4 Wiltshire · 5.9 mi · HGVs 6.1% | 8,790 |
| A342 to A338 Wiltshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 3,138 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wiltshire to Swindon · 15.4 miles
A346 traffic and collisions by section
6 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 | A342 to A338Wiltshire | 3,138 | 3 |
| 2 | A338 to A4Wiltshire | 8,790 | 28 |
| 3 | A4 to The ComWiltshire | 14,298 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | Herd Street to C road, Ogbourne St GeorgeWiltshire | 11,232 | 25 |
| 5 | C road to Ogbourne St George to B4005Wiltshire, Swindon | 12,896 | 24 |
| 6 | B4005 to M4 J15Swindon | 18,139 | 20 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A346 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.
A346 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 72.2% of the vehicle miles on the A346. HGVs account for 6.4%, rising to 7.8% on Herd Street to C road, Ogbourne St George.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.3% |
| 2001 | 7.6% |
| 2002 | 7.7% |
| 2003 | 7.3% |
| 2004 | 7.9% |
| 2005 | 6.3% |
| 2006 | 6.2% |
| 2007 | 6.5% |
| 2008 | 6.1% |
| 2009 | 5.6% |
| 2010 | 5.7% |
| 2011 | 5.7% |
| 2012 | 5.8% |
| 2013 | 5.9% |
| 2014 | 5.8% |
| 2015 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.0% |
| 2017 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 6.1% |
| 2019 | 6.1% |
| 2020 | 7.8% |
| 2021 | 7.5% |
| 2022 | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 6.5% |
| 2025 | 6.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A346 traffic trend
Traffic on the A346 came to 57.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 9.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 6.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 62m |
| 2001 | 62m |
| 2002 | 60m |
| 2003 | 63m |
| 2004 | 68m |
| 2005 | 67m |
| 2006 | 64m |
| 2007 | 63m |
| 2008 | 66m |
| 2009 | 64m |
| 2010 | 60m |
| 2011 | 61m |
| 2012 | 61m |
| 2013 | 61m |
| 2014 | 63m |
| 2015 | 64m |
| 2016 | 65m |
| 2017 | 64m |
| 2018 | 63m |
| 2019 | 64m |
| 2020 | 46m |
| 2021 | 51m |
| 2022 | 55m |
| 2023 | 56m |
| 2024 | 57m |
| 2025 | 58m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,970 |
| 2001 | 10,974 |
| 2002 | 10,692 |
| 2003 | 11,147 |
| 2004 | 12,069 |
| 2005 | 12,136 |
| 2006 | 11,481 |
| 2007 | 11,352 |
| 2008 | 11,850 |
| 2009 | 11,490 |
| 2010 | 10,719 |
| 2011 | 10,974 |
| 2012 | 10,969 |
| 2013 | 11,014 |
| 2014 | 11,298 |
| 2015 | 11,514 |
| 2016 | 11,704 |
| 2017 | 11,371 |
| 2018 | 11,272 |
| 2019 | 11,295 |
| 2020 | 8,259 |
| 2021 | 9,092 |
| 2022 | 9,842 |
| 2023 | 10,036 |
| 2024 | 10,153 |
| 2025 | 10,275 |
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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A346 collisions
Police recorded 101 collisions with the A346 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 26 of them fatal or serious. That is 36.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher 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
Down 15.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | 4 |
| 2022 | 18 | 4 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B4005 to M4 J15 Swindon · 20 collisions | 70.6 |
| Herd Street to C road, Ogbourne St George Wiltshire · 25 collisions | 37.3 |
| C road to Ogbourne St George to B4005 Wiltshire, Swindon · 24 collisions | 32.1 |
| A338 to A4 Wiltshire · 28 collisions | 30.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 11 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A346 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 A346
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wiltshire
- Swindon
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 101 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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