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A4103 traffic and collisions
The A4103 is an A-road of 26.0 miles, from Worcestershire to Herefordshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 79m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,317 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,862 A49 to A4110
- HGV share 5.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 104 27.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A4103?
On an average day in 2025, 8,317 vehicles passed each point on the A4103, counting both directions. The busiest section is A49 to A4110 (Herefordshire), with 15,862 a day; the quietest listed is B4219 to A417, with 6,630.
Busiest sections, 2025
A49 to A4110 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A49 to A4110 Herefordshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 15,862 |
| At A465 Herefordshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 15,682 |
| A465 to A49 Herefordshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 4.5% | 11,452 |
| A44/A4440 to B4219 Worcestershire, Herefordshire · 6.0 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 10,036 |
| A480 to Tillington Rd, Hereford Herefordshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 8,254 |
| A417 to A465 Herefordshire · 6.0 mi · HGVs 6.7% | 6,663 |
| B4219 to A417 Herefordshire · 9.6 mi · HGVs 7.2% | 6,630 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Worcestershire to Herefordshire · 26.0 miles
A4103 traffic and collisions by section
8 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 | A44/A4440 to B4219Worcestershire, Herefordshire | 10,036 | 26 |
| 2 | B4219 to A417Herefordshire | 6,630 | 27 |
| 3 | A417 to A465Herefordshire | 6,663 | 28 |
| 4 | At A465Herefordshire | 15,682 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A465 to A49Herefordshire | 11,452 | 13 |
| 6 | A49 to A4110Herefordshire | 15,862 | 4 |
| 7 | A4110 to Tillington RdHerefordshire | 9,162 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A480 to Tillington Rd, HerefordHerefordshire | 8,254 | 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4103 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.
A4103 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.9% of the vehicle miles on the A4103. HGVs account for 5.6%, rising to 7.2% on B4219 to A417.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.8% |
| 2001 | 7.5% |
| 2002 | 6.6% |
| 2003 | 6.4% |
| 2004 | 6.4% |
| 2005 | 6.7% |
| 2006 | 7.0% |
| 2007 | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 6.1% |
| 2009 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 5.9% |
| 2011 | 5.7% |
| 2012 | 5.7% |
| 2013 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.5% |
| 2015 | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.5% |
| 2017 | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 5.4% |
| 2019 | 5.4% |
| 2020 | 6.3% |
| 2021 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 5.7% |
| 2024 | 5.7% |
| 2025 | 5.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4103 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4103 came to 78.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 5.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 8.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 74m |
| 2001 | 75m |
| 2002 | 76m |
| 2003 | 76m |
| 2004 | 79m |
| 2005 | 81m |
| 2006 | 82m |
| 2007 | 80m |
| 2008 | 78m |
| 2009 | 79m |
| 2010 | 78m |
| 2011 | 79m |
| 2012 | 77m |
| 2013 | 79m |
| 2014 | 81m |
| 2015 | 83m |
| 2016 | 83m |
| 2017 | 83m |
| 2018 | 81m |
| 2019 | 81m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 68m |
| 2022 | 75m |
| 2023 | 77m |
| 2024 | 78m |
| 2025 | 79m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,569 |
| 2001 | 7,671 |
| 2002 | 7,832 |
| 2003 | 7,850 |
| 2004 | 8,173 |
| 2005 | 8,336 |
| 2006 | 8,615 |
| 2007 | 8,424 |
| 2008 | 8,249 |
| 2009 | 8,312 |
| 2010 | 8,224 |
| 2011 | 8,350 |
| 2012 | 8,098 |
| 2013 | 8,319 |
| 2014 | 8,498 |
| 2015 | 8,770 |
| 2016 | 8,724 |
| 2017 | 8,727 |
| 2018 | 8,483 |
| 2019 | 8,549 |
| 2020 | 6,473 |
| 2021 | 7,202 |
| 2022 | 7,947 |
| 2023 | 8,071 |
| 2024 | 8,236 |
| 2025 | 8,317 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4103 collisions
Police recorded 104 collisions with the A4103 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 34 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 27.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 20.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | 6 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7 |
| 2023 | 15 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A465 to A49 Herefordshire · 13 collisions | 53.5 |
| A417 to A465 Herefordshire · 28 collisions | 39.9 |
| A44/A4440 to B4219 Worcestershire, Herefordshire · 26 collisions | 24.9 |
| B4219 to A417 Herefordshire · 27 collisions | 24.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 3 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4103 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 A4103
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Worcestershire
- Herefordshire
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 104 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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