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A392 traffic and collisions

The A392 is an A-road of 7.5 miles, in Cornwall. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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5 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 44m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 16,030 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 26,061 A3058 to A3075
  • HGV share 1.0% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +23.4% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 35 18.2 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A392?

On an average day in 2025, 16,030 vehicles passed each point on the A392, counting both directions. The busiest section is A3058 to A3075 (Cornwall), with 26,061 a day; the quietest listed is A39 to A3058, with 12,358.

Busiest sections, 2025

A3058 to A3075 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A392 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A3058 to A3075 Cornwall · 1.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% 26,061
A3058 to Pentire Rd/Mount Wise roundabout Cornwall · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.6% 12,976
A39 to A3058 Cornwall · 4.1 mi · HGVs 1.4% 12,358

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

In Cornwall · 7.5 miles

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

A392 traffic and collisions by section

5 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 A392 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A39 to A3058Cornwall4.112,3581.4%+26.9%1621.2
2A3058 to A3075Cornwall1.926,0610.9%+38.6%9
3A3075 to Penina AveCornwall0.416,0800.5%−16.3%fewer than 3
4Penina Ave to A3058Cornwall0.29,6480.5%−16.9%fewer than 3
5A3058 to Pentire Rd/Mount Wise roundaboutCornwall0.912,9760.6%−0.8%8

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A392 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.

A392 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 80.3% of the vehicle miles on the A392. HGVs account for 1.0%.

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 A392, by year
Year HGV share
2000 3.1%
2001 3.1%
2002 2.9%
2003 2.4%
2004 2.5%
2005 2.5%
2006 2.5%
2007 2.5%
2008 2.4%
2009 2.2%
2010 2.3%
2011 2.2%
2012 2.2%
2013 2.6%
2014 2.5%
2015 2.6%
2016 2.4%
2017 1.9%
2018 1.9%
2019 1.8%
2020 2.1%
2021 1.9%
2022 1.8%
2023 1.7%
2024 1.2%
2025 1.0%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A392 traffic trend

Traffic on the A392 came to 43.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 23.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 56.3% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 149.7% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A392 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 18m
2001 22m
2002 25m
2003 28m
2004 27m
2005 26m
2006 27m
2007 25m
2008 25m
2009 26m
2010 26m
2011 26m
2012 27m
2013 27m
2014 27m
2015 28m
2016 31m
2017 34m
2018 34m
2019 36m
2020 27m
2021 34m
2022 36m
2023 37m
2024 42m
2025 44m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A392, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 6,420
2001 7,912
2002 8,990
2003 10,172
2004 9,947
2005 9,542
2006 9,805
2007 9,126
2008 8,962
2009 9,611
2010 9,523
2011 9,643
2012 9,677
2013 9,851
2014 10,001
2015 10,255
2016 11,425
2017 12,487
2018 12,520
2019 12,988
2020 9,827
2021 12,232
2022 13,205
2023 13,364
2024 15,294
2025 16,030

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

A392 collisions

Police recorded 35 collisions with the A392 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 10 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 0.9 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 36.4% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A392 by year
Year Collisions
2021 11
2022 5
2023 5
2024 7
2025 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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A392, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
A39 to A3058 Cornwall · 16 collisions 21.2

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

Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions

Council areas on the A392

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

  • Cornwall

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 5 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 35 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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