A-road
A362 traffic and collisions
The A362 is an A-road of 17.9 miles, from Wiltshire to Bath and North East Somerset. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 64m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,781 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 13,667 Lanes End to A36
- HGV share 3.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +9.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 76 25.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A362?
On an average day in 2025, 9,781 vehicles passed each point on the A362, counting both directions. The busiest section is Lanes End to A36 (Wiltshire), with 13,667 a day; the quietest listed is A3098 to A362 split, with 8,243.
Busiest sections, 2025
Lanes End to A36 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Lanes End to A36 Wiltshire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 13,667 |
| Manor Rd to A367 Bath and North East Somerset · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 11,004 |
| A367 Bath and North East Somerset · 4.2 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 9,648 |
| A362 Warminster Rd to A3098 Somerset · 1.4 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 9,638 |
| A366 to Manor Rd Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 8,821 |
| A362 split to A366 Somerset · 6.7 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 8,433 |
| A3098 to A362 split Somerset · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 8,243 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wiltshire to Bath and North East Somerset · 17.9 miles
A362 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lanes End to A36Wiltshire | 13,667 | 8 |
| 2 | A362 Warminster Rd to A3098Somerset | 9,638 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A3098 to A362 splitSomerset | 8,243 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A362 split to A366Somerset | 8,433 | 30 |
| 5 | A366 to Manor RdSomerset, Bath and North East Somerset | 8,821 | 9 |
| 6 | Manor Rd to A367Bath and North East Somerset | 11,004 | 9 |
| 7 | A367Bath and North East Somerset | 9,648 | 14 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A362 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.
A362 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.8% of the vehicle miles on the A362. HGVs account for 3.0%, rising to 5.8% on A362 Warminster Rd to A3098.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.2% |
| 2001 | 6.4% |
| 2002 | 5.5% |
| 2003 | 5.5% |
| 2004 | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 4.7% |
| 2006 | 4.7% |
| 2007 | 5.0% |
| 2008 | 5.5% |
| 2009 | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 4.8% |
| 2011 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 4.5% |
| 2013 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 3.7% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2025 | 3.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A362 traffic trend
Traffic on the A362 came to 63.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 9.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 24.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 18.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 57m |
| 2001 | 53m |
| 2002 | 54m |
| 2003 | 53m |
| 2004 | 59m |
| 2005 | 60m |
| 2006 | 61m |
| 2007 | 61m |
| 2008 | 57m |
| 2009 | 58m |
| 2010 | 57m |
| 2011 | 57m |
| 2012 | 57m |
| 2013 | 57m |
| 2014 | 58m |
| 2015 | 60m |
| 2016 | 62m |
| 2017 | 63m |
| 2018 | 62m |
| 2019 | 63m |
| 2020 | 46m |
| 2021 | 51m |
| 2022 | 58m |
| 2023 | 59m |
| 2024 | 63m |
| 2025 | 64m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,918 |
| 2001 | 8,258 |
| 2002 | 8,412 |
| 2003 | 8,311 |
| 2004 | 9,247 |
| 2005 | 9,357 |
| 2006 | 9,502 |
| 2007 | 9,450 |
| 2008 | 8,819 |
| 2009 | 8,958 |
| 2010 | 8,888 |
| 2011 | 8,891 |
| 2012 | 8,860 |
| 2013 | 8,875 |
| 2014 | 9,092 |
| 2015 | 9,272 |
| 2016 | 9,603 |
| 2017 | 9,676 |
| 2018 | 9,533 |
| 2019 | 9,777 |
| 2020 | 7,081 |
| 2021 | 7,791 |
| 2022 | 8,801 |
| 2023 | 8,975 |
| 2024 | 9,683 |
| 2025 | 9,781 |
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 (39.1% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A362 collisions
Police recorded 76 collisions with the A362 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 19 of them fatal or serious. That is 25.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 14.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A362 split to A366 Somerset · 30 collisions | 31.2 |
| A367 Bath and North East Somerset · 14 collisions | 19.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 17 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A362 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 A362
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wiltshire
- Somerset
- Bath and North East Somerset
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 76 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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