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A44 traffic and collisions

The A44 is a trunk A-road of 145.6 miles in England and Wales, from Oxfordshire to Ceredigion. This page covers its traffic at 55 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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55 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 385m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 7,240 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 33,035 A 40 to A34 PEARTREE
  • HGV share 5.2% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +0.2% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 470 25.8 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A44?

On an average day in 2025, 7,240 vehicles passed each point on the A44, counting both directions. The busiest section is A 40 to A34 PEARTREE (Oxfordshire), with 33,035 a day; the quietest listed is A481 to A488, with 1,804.

Busiest sections, 2025

A 40 to A34 PEARTREE carries 4.6 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A44 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A 40 to A34 PEARTREE Oxfordshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.1% 33,035
A 4095 BLADON to A4260 Rnbt WEST OF PEARTREE Oxfordshire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 2.7% 21,561
A49 to Blue Gate Avenue Herefordshire · 2.2 mi · HGVs 4.5% 16,730
A44 to A4104 Worcestershire · 6.3 mi · HGVs 5.8% 15,599
A38 to A4440 Worcestershire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.3% 13,593
A4095 to B4022 Oxfordshire · 7.5 mi · HGVs 3.9% 13,274
A4538 to A4440 Worcestershire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 3.9% 12,246
A4104 to A44 Worcestershire · 4.7 mi · HGVs 7.2% 11,841
A449 to Tudor Way Worcestershire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.7% 10,930
B4030 to A44 London Rd Oxfordshire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 3.6% 10,595

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Oxfordshire to Ceredigion · 145.6 miles

Oxfordshire Ceredigion
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A44 traffic and collisions by section

43 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 6 short link roads and spurs (2.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A44 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A 40 to A34 PEARTREEOxfordshire0.633,0354.1%+8.8%1753.2
2A34(T) to A4260Oxfordshire0.227,8995.0%−6.4%fewer than 3–
3A 4095 BLADON to A4260 Rnbt WEST OF PEARTREEOxfordshire3.721,5612.7%−11.3%1711.7
4A4095 to B4022Oxfordshire7.513,2743.9%−10.3%2011.4
5B4022 to B4030Oxfordshire0.77,9724.1%−6.8%3–
6B4030 to A44 London RdOxfordshire2.910,5953.6%+11.9%4–
7High St to A3400Oxfordshire1.46,8273.5%+28.3%3–
8New St to London RdOxfordshire0.212,8953.6%−6.4%fewer than 3–
9London Rd to A361 New StreetOxfordshire3.26,7923.3%−2.8%1129.5
10A436 to A429 High StWarwickshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire5.06,3144.5%+24.9%1018.0
11A429 to A424Gloucestershire3.56,7084.2%+6.2%4–
12A424 to B4632Gloucestershire, Worcestershire5.39,4044.3%+19.5%2633.4
13B4632 to A46(T)Worcestershire4.28,5705.9%−6.3%1219.0
14A46(T) to A44Worcestershire0.117,7765.4%−6.6%fewer than 3–
15A44 to A4104Worcestershire6.315,5995.8%+10.0%148.1
16A4104 to A44Worcestershire4.711,8417.2%+12.7%1719.2
17A4538 to A4440Worcestershire1.712,2463.9%+25.5%8–
18A4440 to M5Worcestershire0.338,1874.0%+2.9%5–
19A38 to A4440Worcestershire1.613,5931.3%−4.6%8–
20At A44Worcestershire0.126,0470.9%−6.7%fewer than 3–
21A38 to A44 All Saints RdWorcestershire0.416,2621.3%−5.7%9–
22A44 All Saints Rd to A44 North ParadeWorcestershire0.119,6850.9%−4.0%0–
23Hylton Rd to North ParadeWorcestershire0.136,7110.8%−1.4%fewer than 3–
24A44 Hylton Rd to A449Worcestershire0.222,0681.7%+3.9%4–
25A449 to Tudor WayWorcestershire1.210,9301.7%+1.1%1251.7
26Tudor Way to A4440Worcestershire0.49,9471.7%+1.1%fewer than 3–
27A4103 to A465Worcestershire, Herefordshire12.45,9905.5%+0.7%3931.1
28A465 to A49Herefordshire10.33,4538.9%−5.7%3454.4
29A49 to Blue Gate AvenueHerefordshire2.216,7304.5%−5.6%1624.6
30Blue Gate Avenue to A4110Herefordshire2.45,7769.2%−6.1%1145.1
31A4110 to A4112Herefordshire0.75,6299.9%−6.0%fewer than 3–
32A4112 to A480Herefordshire7.04,4026.2%+1.1%1120.8
33A480 to A4111Herefordshire1.94,7547.2%−5.5%9–
34A4111 to B4362Herefordshire, Powys4.23,84812.5%−3.4%1035.1
35B4362 to A481Powys6.42,7185.2%+4.5%1032.7
36A481 to A488Powys5.61,8049.9%−5.3%1584.4
37A488 to A483Powys1.94,3856.2%−4.8%6–
38A483 to A470T /B4518Powys8.32,2205.6%−5.1%1958.8
39A470 to A4120Powys, Ceredigion12.43,4168.6%−3.8%2635.2
40A4120 to A4159Ceredigion8.63,2847.9%−4.1%2754.8
41A4159 to road to GlanrafonCeredigion1.67,7718.4%−6.3%6–
42road to Glanrafon to A4120Ceredigion0.77,2278.4%−6.3%fewer than 3–
43A487 Northgate St to A4120 Heol-y-BontCeredigion1.06,3461.3%−5.6%4–

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A44 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.

A44 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 77.1% of the vehicle miles on the A44. HGVs account for 5.2%, rising to 12.5% on A4111 to B4362.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A44, by year
Year HGV share
2000 6.4%
2001 6.4%
2002 6.2%
2003 5.9%
2004 6.0%
2005 6.1%
2006 6.1%
2007 6.0%
2008 5.7%
2009 5.4%
2010 5.4%
2011 5.5%
2012 5.6%
2013 5.6%
2014 5.6%
2015 5.4%
2016 5.5%
2017 5.5%
2018 5.5%
2019 5.6%
2020 6.5%
2021 6.4%
2022 6.1%
2023 5.7%
2024 5.4%
2025 5.2%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A44 traffic trend

Traffic on the A44 came to 385 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 about the same as in 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 3.3% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A44 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 358m
2001 360m
2002 373m
2003 327m
2004 332m
2005 378m
2006 390m
2007 389m
2008 383m
2009 379m
2010 373m
2011 372m
2012 363m
2013 362m
2014 371m
2015 378m
2016 379m
2017 382m
2018 379m
2019 384m
2020 290m
2021 329m
2022 358m
2023 367m
2024 382m
2025 385m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A44, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 6,783
2001 6,830
2002 7,085
2003 6,780
2004 6,895
2005 7,149
2006 7,373
2007 7,352
2008 7,241
2009 7,159
2010 7,056
2011 7,028
2012 6,864
2013 6,847
2014 7,013
2015 7,137
2016 7,180
2017 7,232
2018 7,148
2019 7,225
2020 5,447
2021 6,193
2022 6,732
2023 6,897
2024 7,185
2025 7,240

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, 5 of the 55 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A44 collisions

Police recorded 470 collisions with the A44 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 182 of them fatal or serious, including 29 fatal. That is 25.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.7 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 2.3% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A44 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 5828
2022 6438
2023 5739
2024 5741
2025 5335

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A44, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
A481 to A488 Powys · 15 collisions 84.4
A483 to A470T /B4518 Powys · 19 collisions 58.8
A4120 to A4159 Ceredigion · 27 collisions 54.8
A465 to A49 Herefordshire · 34 collisions 54.4
A 40 to A34 PEARTREE Oxfordshire · 17 collisions 53.2
A449 to Tudor Way Worcestershire · 12 collisions 51.7
Blue Gate Avenue to A4110 Herefordshire · 11 collisions 45.1
A470 to A4120 Powys, Ceredigion · 26 collisions 35.2

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 36 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A44 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 A44

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Oxfordshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Worcestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • Powys
  • Ceredigion

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 55 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring 		2021 to 2025 470 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”.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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