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A444 traffic and collisions
The A444 is an A-road of 35.5 miles, from Coventry to Staffordshire. This page covers its traffic at 20 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 256m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,740 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 46,218 B4109 to M6
- HGV share 3.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 343 27.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A444?
On an average day in 2025, 19,740 vehicles passed each point on the A444, counting both directions. The busiest section is B4109 to M6 (Coventry, Warwickshire), with 46,218 a day; the quietest listed is A5 to M42 Junction 10, with 7,476.
Busiest sections, 2025
B4109 to M6 carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B4109 to M6 Coventry, Warwickshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 46,218 |
| M6 Junction 3 to A4254 Warwickshire · 4.3 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 37,291 |
| A45 to A4114 / A4082 Coventry · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 37,156 |
| A428 to B4109 Coventry · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 33,009 |
| A4254 to Ring Road S Warwickshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 26,405 |
| Stapenhill A5189 to A511 Burton on Trent Staffordshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 17,124 |
| A514 to Stapenhill A5189 Derbyshire, Staffordshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 16,514 |
| A47 to Church Lane Warwickshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 14,188 |
| B5003 to A514 Derbyshire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 5.6% | 14,184 |
| A444S to A444N Warwickshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 14,021 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Coventry to Staffordshire · 35.5 miles
A444 traffic and collisions by section
16 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 16 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A45 to A4114 / A4082Coventry | 37,156 | 8 |
| 2 | A428 to B4109Coventry | 33,009 | 36 |
| 3 | B4109 to M6Coventry, Warwickshire | 46,218 | 83 |
| 4 | M6 Junction 3 to A4254Warwickshire | 37,291 | 66 |
| 5 | A4254 to Ring Road SWarwickshire | 26,405 | 16 |
| 6 | A444S to A444NWarwickshire | 14,021 | 19 |
| 7 | Ring Road B4112 Nuneation to A47 Triangle SouthWarwickshire | 39,391 | 5 |
| 8 | A47 Triangle South to A47 Triangle NorthWarwickshire | 18,626 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A47 to Church LaneWarwickshire | 14,188 | 13 |
| 10 | Church Lane, Nuneaton to A5Warwickshire | 9,235 | 5 |
| 11 | A5 to M42 Junction 10Leicestershire | 7,476 | 17 |
| 12 | M42 Junction 10 to Cnty Bndy LeicsLeicestershire | 9,278 | 4 |
| 13 | Cnty Bndy Leics to B5003Derbyshire | 9,278 | 9 |
| 14 | B5003 to A514Derbyshire | 14,184 | 23 |
| 15 | A514 to Stapenhill A5189Derbyshire, Staffordshire | 16,514 | 22 |
| 16 | Stapenhill A5189 to A511 Burton on TrentStaffordshire | 17,124 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A444 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.
A444 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.8% of the vehicle miles on the A444. HGVs account for 3.8%, rising to 7.3% on M42 Junction 10 to Cnty Bndy Leics.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% |
| 2001 | 5.9% |
| 2002 | 5.5% |
| 2003 | 6.3% |
| 2004 | 5.8% |
| 2005 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 5.2% |
| 2008 | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 4.4% |
| 2013 | 4.4% |
| 2014 | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 4.5% |
| 2017 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.4% |
| 2020 | 5.0% |
| 2021 | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 4.7% |
| 2023 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 3.9% |
| 2025 | 3.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A444 traffic trend
Traffic on the A444 came to 256 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 3.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 14.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 201m |
| 2001 | 202m |
| 2002 | 211m |
| 2003 | 216m |
| 2004 | 214m |
| 2005 | 220m |
| 2006 | 219m |
| 2007 | 223m |
| 2008 | 217m |
| 2009 | 218m |
| 2010 | 217m |
| 2011 | 217m |
| 2012 | 209m |
| 2013 | 209m |
| 2014 | 213m |
| 2015 | 218m |
| 2016 | 234m |
| 2017 | 237m |
| 2018 | 254m |
| 2019 | 259m |
| 2020 | 215m |
| 2021 | 232m |
| 2022 | 253m |
| 2023 | 265m |
| 2024 | 250m |
| 2025 | 256m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,322 |
| 2001 | 16,340 |
| 2002 | 17,114 |
| 2003 | 17,490 |
| 2004 | 17,314 |
| 2005 | 17,812 |
| 2006 | 17,736 |
| 2007 | 18,066 |
| 2008 | 17,590 |
| 2009 | 17,644 |
| 2010 | 17,561 |
| 2011 | 17,589 |
| 2012 | 16,950 |
| 2013 | 16,936 |
| 2014 | 17,294 |
| 2015 | 17,632 |
| 2016 | 18,947 |
| 2017 | 19,149 |
| 2018 | 19,711 |
| 2019 | 19,994 |
| 2020 | 16,560 |
| 2021 | 17,927 |
| 2022 | 19,512 |
| 2023 | 20,455 |
| 2024 | 19,259 |
| 2025 | 19,740 |
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 20 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A444 collisions
Police recorded 343 collisions with the A444 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 58 of them fatal or serious, including 8 fatal. That is 27.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 13.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | 16 |
| 2022 | 60 | 7 |
| 2023 | 70 | 12 |
| 2024 | 53 | 15 |
| 2025 | 60 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A444S to A444N Warwickshire · 19 collisions | 93.3 |
| A4254 to Ring Road S Warwickshire · 16 collisions | 60.2 |
| A47 to Church Lane Warwickshire · 13 collisions | 57.6 |
| B5003 to A514 Derbyshire · 23 collisions | 37.4 |
| A428 to B4109 Coventry · 36 collisions | 36.0 |
| B4109 to M6 Coventry, Warwickshire · 83 collisions | 32.8 |
| A514 to Stapenhill A5189 Derbyshire, Staffordshire · 22 collisions | 30.9 |
| M6 Junction 3 to A4254 Warwickshire · 66 collisions | 20.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 45 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A444 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 A444
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Coventry
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire
- Derbyshire
- Staffordshire
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 | 20 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 343 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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