A-road
A4061 traffic and collisions
The A4061 is an A-road of 26.0 miles, from Rhondda Cynon Taf to Bridgend. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 80m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,406 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 33,265 M4 Junction 36 to A4061split
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 56 14.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A4061?
On an average day in 2025, 8,406 vehicles passed each point on the A4061, counting both directions. The busiest section is M4 Junction 36 to A4061split (Bridgend), with 33,265 a day; the quietest listed is Park Crescent to Park Crescent, Treorchy, with 2,525.
Busiest sections, 2025
M4 Junction 36 to A4061split carries 4.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M4 Junction 36 to A4061split Bridgend · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 33,265 |
| A4065 to M4 Junction 36 Bridgend · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 17,747 |
| A4093 to B4280 Bridgend · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 12,150 |
| Hill St, Treherbert to A4058 Rhondda Cynon Taf · 1.8 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 10,774 |
| A4093W to A4093E Bridgend · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 6,739 |
| Park Crescent, Treorchy to A4093W Bridgend · 6.0 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 5,437 |
| A465 / A4059 to Hill St, Treherbert Rhondda Cynon Taf · 8.1 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 3,322 |
| Park Crescent to Park Crescent, Treorchy Rhondda Cynon Taf · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 2,525 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Rhondda Cynon Taf to Bridgend · 26.0 miles
A4061 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | Hill St, Treherbert to A465 / A4059Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1,958 | 0 |
| 2 | A465 / A4059 to Hill St, TreherbertRhondda Cynon Taf | 3,322 | 8 |
| 3 | Hill St, Treherbert to A4058Rhondda Cynon Taf | 10,774 | 17 |
| 4 | A4058 to Park CrescentRhondda Cynon Taf | 3,030 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Park Crescent to Park Crescent, TreorchyRhondda Cynon Taf | 2,525 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Park Crescent, Treorchy to A4093WBridgend | 5,437 | 10 |
| 7 | A4093W to A4093EBridgend | 6,739 | 4 |
| 8 | A4093 to B4280Bridgend | 12,150 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | B4280 to A4065Bridgend | 13,486 | 0 |
| 10 | A4065 to M4 Junction 36Bridgend | 17,747 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | M4 Junction 36 to A4061splitBridgend | 33,265 | 7 |
| 12 | A473N to A4061 splitBridgend | 24,840 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4061 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.
A4061 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.8% of the vehicle miles on the A4061. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 5.9% on A465 / A4059 to Hill St, Treherbert.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2004 | 2.8% |
| 2005 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4061 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4061 came to 79.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and down 2.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 19.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 66m |
| 2001 | 65m |
| 2002 | 67m |
| 2003 | 65m |
| 2004 | 70m |
| 2005 | 70m |
| 2006 | 74m |
| 2007 | 74m |
| 2008 | 74m |
| 2009 | 73m |
| 2010 | 71m |
| 2011 | 73m |
| 2012 | 75m |
| 2013 | 73m |
| 2014 | 78m |
| 2015 | 78m |
| 2016 | 79m |
| 2017 | 77m |
| 2018 | 80m |
| 2019 | 80m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 70m |
| 2022 | 75m |
| 2023 | 78m |
| 2024 | 79m |
| 2025 | 80m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,981 |
| 2001 | 6,944 |
| 2002 | 7,174 |
| 2003 | 7,010 |
| 2004 | 7,506 |
| 2005 | 7,516 |
| 2006 | 7,965 |
| 2007 | 7,894 |
| 2008 | 7,903 |
| 2009 | 7,848 |
| 2010 | 7,660 |
| 2011 | 7,866 |
| 2012 | 8,031 |
| 2013 | 7,881 |
| 2014 | 8,407 |
| 2015 | 8,412 |
| 2016 | 8,534 |
| 2017 | 8,305 |
| 2018 | 8,439 |
| 2019 | 8,501 |
| 2020 | 6,512 |
| 2021 | 7,402 |
| 2022 | 7,968 |
| 2023 | 8,264 |
| 2024 | 8,374 |
| 2025 | 8,406 |
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 (68.1% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4061 collisions
Police recorded 56 collisions with the A4061 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 11 of them fatal or serious. That is 14.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 50.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Hill St, Treherbert to A4058 Rhondda Cynon Taf · 17 collisions | 51.2 |
| Park Crescent, Treorchy to A4093W Bridgend · 10 collisions | 17.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 13 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4061 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 A4061
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Bridgend
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 | 12 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 56 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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