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A380 traffic and collisions
The A380 is an A-road of 19.4 miles, from Devon to Torbay. This page covers its traffic at 13 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 275m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 38,821 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 55,071 A381 to A381/A383
- HGV share 2.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +13.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 152 11.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A380?
On an average day in 2025, 38,821 vehicles passed each point on the A380, counting both directions. The busiest section is A381 to A381/A383 (Devon), with 55,071 a day; the quietest listed is A380 merge to A38, with 18,079.
Busiest sections, 2025
A381 to A381/A383 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A381 to A381/A383 Devon · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 55,071 |
| A381/A383 Devon · 3.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 49,306 |
| Marldon Road roundabout to Preston Down Rd Torbay, Devon · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 47,004 |
| A3022 to Marldon Road roundabout Torbay · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 38,713 |
| A38 to A381 Devon · 8.6 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 36,020 |
| A380 Roundabout meets B3060 & Churscombe Road to SMALLCOMBE ROAD Devon, Torbay · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 25,765 |
| SMALLCOMBE ROAD to A3022/A385 Torbay · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 22,902 |
| A380 merge to A38 Devon · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 18,079 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Devon to Torbay · 19.4 miles
A380 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A380 merge to A38Devon | 18,079 | 4 |
| 2 | A38 to A381Devon | 36,020 | 49 |
| 3 | A381 to A381/A383Devon | 55,071 | 22 |
| 4 | A381/A383Devon | 49,306 | 12 |
| 5 | Council boundary to A3022Torbay | 49,306 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | A3022 to Marldon Road roundaboutTorbay | 38,713 | 16 |
| 7 | Marldon Road roundabout to Preston Down RdTorbay, Devon | 47,004 | 6 |
| 8 | A380 Roundabout near Occombe House to A380 Roundabout meets B3060 & Churscombe RoadDevon | 39,191 | 16 |
| 9 | A380 Roundabout meets B3060 & Churscombe Road to SMALLCOMBE ROADDevon, Torbay | 25,765 | 8 |
| 10 | SMALLCOMBE ROAD to A3022/A385Torbay | 22,902 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A380 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.
A380 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.0% of the vehicle miles on the A380. HGVs account for 2.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 4.5% |
| 2002 | 4.4% |
| 2003 | 4.4% |
| 2004 | 4.4% |
| 2005 | 4.1% |
| 2006 | 3.8% |
| 2007 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.7% |
| 2014 | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.1% |
| 2020 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 2.5% |
| 2025 | 2.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A380 traffic trend
Traffic on the A380 came to 275 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 13.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 48.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 47.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 181m |
| 2001 | 183m |
| 2002 | 189m |
| 2003 | 189m |
| 2004 | 190m |
| 2005 | 194m |
| 2006 | 194m |
| 2007 | 190m |
| 2008 | 189m |
| 2009 | 190m |
| 2010 | 187m |
| 2011 | 189m |
| 2012 | 183m |
| 2013 | 184m |
| 2014 | 185m |
| 2015 | 181m |
| 2016 | 188m |
| 2017 | 233m |
| 2018 | 240m |
| 2019 | 277m |
| 2020 | 206m |
| 2021 | 236m |
| 2022 | 260m |
| 2023 | 265m |
| 2024 | 270m |
| 2025 | 275m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 26,796 |
| 2001 | 27,089 |
| 2002 | 28,047 |
| 2003 | 27,999 |
| 2004 | 28,139 |
| 2005 | 28,676 |
| 2006 | 28,773 |
| 2007 | 28,086 |
| 2008 | 27,919 |
| 2009 | 28,152 |
| 2010 | 27,709 |
| 2011 | 27,936 |
| 2012 | 27,127 |
| 2013 | 27,223 |
| 2014 | 27,389 |
| 2015 | 26,773 |
| 2016 | 27,833 |
| 2017 | 34,473 |
| 2018 | 34,597 |
| 2019 | 39,082 |
| 2020 | 29,102 |
| 2021 | 33,256 |
| 2022 | 36,754 |
| 2023 | 37,462 |
| 2024 | 38,117 |
| 2025 | 38,821 |
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 (39.7% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 5 of the 13 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A380 collisions
Police recorded 152 collisions with the A380 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 11.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 16.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 |
| 2022 | 24 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 28 |
| 2025 | 35 |
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 |
|---|---|
| SMALLCOMBE ROAD to A3022/A385 Torbay · 16 collisions | 37.0 |
| A3022 to Marldon Road roundabout Torbay · 16 collisions | 20.4 |
| A381 to A381/A383 Devon · 22 collisions | 14.8 |
| A38 to A381 Devon · 49 collisions | 9.0 |
| A381/A383 Devon · 12 collisions | 4.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 13 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A380 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 A380
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Devon
- Torbay
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 | 13 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 152 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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