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A4169 traffic and collisions
The A4169 is an A-road of 12.4 miles, in Shropshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 43m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,397 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,662 B4373 Castlefields Way to A442
- HGV share 3.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.4% same count points
How busy is the A4169?
On an average day in 2025, 9,397 vehicles passed each point on the A4169, counting both directions. The busiest section is B4373 Castlefields Way to A442 (Telford and Wrekin), with 18,662 a day; the quietest listed is A5223 to A458, with 7,424.
Busiest sections, 2025
B4373 Castlefields Way to A442 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B4373 Castlefields Way to A442 Telford and Wrekin · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 18,662 |
| A464 to Halesfield 1 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin · 3.8 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 9,965 |
| B4363 Castlefields Way to A5223 Telford and Wrekin · 1.7 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 9,654 |
| A5223 to A458 Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire · 5.4 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 7,424 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Shropshire · 12.4 miles
A4169 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | A464 to Halesfield 1Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin | 9,965 | – |
| 2 | Halesfield 1 roundabout to Halesfield 17/18 roundaboutTelford and Wrekin | 7,086 | – |
| 3 | Halesfield 17/18 roundabout to A422 (mid-junction)Telford and Wrekin | 12,606 | – |
| 4 | A422 (mid-junction) to Bridgnorth Road roundaboutTelford and Wrekin | 12,606 | – |
| 5 | B4373 Castlefields Way to A442Telford and Wrekin | 18,662 | – |
| 6 | B4363 Castlefields Way to A5223Telford and Wrekin | 9,654 | – |
| 7 | A5223 to A458Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire | 7,424 | – |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4169 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.
A4169 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.1% of the vehicle miles on the A4169. HGVs account for 3.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% |
| 2001 | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 4.7% |
| 2003 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 3.4% |
| 2007 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.5% |
| 2012 | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.7% |
| 2014 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.0% |
| 2020 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 3.2% |
| 2025 | 3.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4169 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4169 came to 42.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 6.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 22.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 34m |
| 2001 | 35m |
| 2002 | 39m |
| 2003 | 40m |
| 2004 | 41m |
| 2005 | 41m |
| 2006 | 39m |
| 2007 | 39m |
| 2008 | 40m |
| 2009 | 41m |
| 2010 | 38m |
| 2011 | 39m |
| 2012 | 39m |
| 2013 | 39m |
| 2014 | 39m |
| 2015 | 40m |
| 2016 | 41m |
| 2017 | 42m |
| 2018 | 42m |
| 2019 | 42m |
| 2020 | 31m |
| 2021 | 34m |
| 2022 | 41m |
| 2023 | 42m |
| 2024 | 42m |
| 2025 | 43m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,689 |
| 2001 | 7,739 |
| 2002 | 8,788 |
| 2003 | 8,981 |
| 2004 | 9,175 |
| 2005 | 9,199 |
| 2006 | 8,693 |
| 2007 | 8,729 |
| 2008 | 8,986 |
| 2009 | 9,025 |
| 2010 | 8,557 |
| 2011 | 8,648 |
| 2012 | 8,631 |
| 2013 | 8,646 |
| 2014 | 8,579 |
| 2015 | 8,851 |
| 2016 | 9,068 |
| 2017 | 9,245 |
| 2018 | 9,357 |
| 2019 | 9,180 |
| 2020 | 6,933 |
| 2021 | 7,596 |
| 2022 | 8,982 |
| 2023 | 9,173 |
| 2024 | 9,288 |
| 2025 | 9,397 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4169 collisions
Police recorded fewer than 3 collisions with the A4169 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 14 of them fatal or serious.
Reported collisions by year
Down 11.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 4 |
| 2022 | fewer than 3 | fewer than 3 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 8 | fewer than 3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4169 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 A4169
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Shropshire
- Telford and Wrekin
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 | 34 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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