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A4031 traffic and collisions
The A4031 is an A-road of 5.7 miles, from Sandwell to Walsall. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 40m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,373 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,889 A41 to A4031 Heath Lane
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +3.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 102 53.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A4031?
On an average day in 2025, 19,373 vehicles passed each point on the A4031, counting both directions. The busiest section is A41 to A4031 Heath Lane (Sandwell), with 27,889 a day; the quietest listed is A4031 Lyndhurst Road to A4031 Jervoise Lane, with 14,073.
Busiest sections, 2025
A41 to A4031 Heath Lane carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A41 to A4031 Heath Lane Sandwell · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 27,889 |
| A4182 to A41 Sandwell · 0.9 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 19,427 |
| A4031 Jervoise Lane to A4148 Sandwell, Walsall · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,118 |
| A4031 Lyndhurst Road to A4031 Jervoise Lane Sandwell · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 14,073 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Sandwell to Walsall · 5.7 miles
A4031 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 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 | A457 to A4182Sandwell | 23,532 | 5 |
| 2 | A4182 to A41Sandwell | 19,427 | 14 |
| 3 | A41 to A4031 Heath LaneSandwell | 27,889 | 30 |
| 4 | B4149/A4031 Walsall Rd to A4031 All Saints WaySandwell | 15,691 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | B4149 to A4031 Lyndhurst RoadSandwell | 12,915 | 3 |
| 6 | A4031 Lyndhurst Road to A4031 Jervoise LaneSandwell | 14,073 | 6 |
| 7 | A4031 Jervoise Lane to A4148Sandwell, Walsall | 17,118 | 38 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4031 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.
A4031 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.2% of the vehicle miles on the A4031. HGVs account for 1.8%, rising to 4.1% on A4182 to A41.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4031 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4031 came to 40.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 3.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 19.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 10.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 39m |
| 2001 | 41m |
| 2002 | 41m |
| 2003 | 40m |
| 2004 | 34m |
| 2005 | 33m |
| 2006 | 34m |
| 2007 | 34m |
| 2008 | 34m |
| 2009 | 33m |
| 2010 | 31m |
| 2011 | 31m |
| 2012 | 31m |
| 2013 | 31m |
| 2014 | 31m |
| 2015 | 32m |
| 2016 | 34m |
| 2017 | 36m |
| 2018 | 39m |
| 2019 | 39m |
| 2020 | 30m |
| 2021 | 35m |
| 2022 | 37m |
| 2023 | 38m |
| 2024 | 40m |
| 2025 | 40m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,637 |
| 2001 | 18,259 |
| 2002 | 18,324 |
| 2003 | 17,891 |
| 2004 | 17,434 |
| 2005 | 16,695 |
| 2006 | 17,066 |
| 2007 | 17,060 |
| 2008 | 17,145 |
| 2009 | 16,947 |
| 2010 | 15,857 |
| 2011 | 15,635 |
| 2012 | 15,561 |
| 2013 | 15,533 |
| 2014 | 15,927 |
| 2015 | 16,123 |
| 2016 | 17,301 |
| 2017 | 18,108 |
| 2018 | 18,565 |
| 2019 | 18,737 |
| 2020 | 14,588 |
| 2021 | 16,808 |
| 2022 | 17,976 |
| 2023 | 18,290 |
| 2024 | 19,316 |
| 2025 | 19,373 |
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 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4031 collisions
Police recorded 102 collisions with the A4031 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 22 of them fatal or serious. That is 53.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 37.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 29 |
| 2025 | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A4031 Jervoise Lane to A4148 Sandwell, Walsall · 38 collisions | 66.0 |
| A41 to A4031 Heath Lane Sandwell · 30 collisions | 52.4 |
| A4182 to A41 Sandwell · 14 collisions | 45.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 22 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4031 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 A4031
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Sandwell
- Walsall
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 102 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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