A-road
A4018 traffic and collisions
The A4018 is an A-road of 6.7 miles, from City of Bristol to South Gloucestershire. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 52m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 21,196 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 26,835 A4162 to M5
- HGV share 1.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 216 86.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A4018?
On an average day in 2025, 21,196 vehicles passed each point on the A4018, counting both directions. The busiest section is A4162 to M5 (City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire), with 26,835 a day; the quietest listed is A4176 to A4162, with 12,722.
Busiest sections, 2025
A4162 to M5 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A4162 to M5 City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire · 3.0 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 26,835 |
| A4176 to B4056 Henleaze Rd City of Bristol · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 17,926 |
| A38 to A4176 City of Bristol · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,867 |
| A4176 to A4162 City of Bristol · 0.8 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 12,722 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
City of Bristol to South Gloucestershire · 6.7 miles
A4018 traffic and collisions by section
5 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 | A38 to A4176City of Bristol | 17,867 | 136 |
| 2 | A4176 to B4056 Henleaze RdCity of Bristol | 17,926 | 25 |
| 3 | A4176 to A4162City of Bristol | 12,722 | 7 |
| 4 | At A4162City of Bristol | 15,204 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A4162 to M5City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire | 26,835 | 46 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4018 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.
A4018 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A4018. HGVs account for 1.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.4% |
| 2004 | 1.4% |
| 2005 | 1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.3% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 1.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4018 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4018 came to 51.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 18.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 17.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 50m |
| 2001 | 53m |
| 2002 | 57m |
| 2003 | 54m |
| 2004 | 54m |
| 2005 | 51m |
| 2006 | 49m |
| 2007 | 55m |
| 2008 | 52m |
| 2009 | 52m |
| 2010 | 51m |
| 2011 | 53m |
| 2012 | 54m |
| 2013 | 54m |
| 2014 | 55m |
| 2015 | 55m |
| 2016 | 56m |
| 2017 | 58m |
| 2018 | 57m |
| 2019 | 57m |
| 2020 | 44m |
| 2021 | 46m |
| 2022 | 49m |
| 2023 | 51m |
| 2024 | 52m |
| 2025 | 52m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,009 |
| 2001 | 24,184 |
| 2002 | 26,039 |
| 2003 | 24,840 |
| 2004 | 24,621 |
| 2005 | 23,311 |
| 2006 | 22,156 |
| 2007 | 25,262 |
| 2008 | 23,903 |
| 2009 | 23,779 |
| 2010 | 23,382 |
| 2011 | 22,944 |
| 2012 | 23,489 |
| 2013 | 23,386 |
| 2014 | 24,006 |
| 2015 | 23,923 |
| 2016 | 24,426 |
| 2017 | 23,855 |
| 2018 | 23,179 |
| 2019 | 23,179 |
| 2020 | 17,824 |
| 2021 | 18,785 |
| 2022 | 20,121 |
| 2023 | 20,915 |
| 2024 | 21,197 |
| 2025 | 21,196 |
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 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4018 collisions
Police recorded 216 collisions with the A4018 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 53 of them fatal or serious. That is 86.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 6.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 7.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 32 | 10 |
| 2022 | 40 | 11 |
| 2023 | 28 | 9 |
| 2024 | 27 | 14 |
| 2025 | 37 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A38 to A4176 City of Bristol · 136 collisions | 226.8 |
| A4176 to B4056 Henleaze Rd City of Bristol · 25 collisions | 99.3 |
| A4162 to M5 City of Bristol, South Gloucestershire · 46 collisions | 32.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4018 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 A4018
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- City of Bristol
- South Gloucestershire
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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 216 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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