Trunk A-road
A446 traffic and collisions
The A446 is a trunk A-road of 12.3 miles, from Solihull to Warwickshire. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 94m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 20,905 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 36,304 A452 / B4438 to M6 J4
- HGV share 11.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 79 17.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A446?
On an average day in 2025, 20,905 vehicles passed each point on the A446, counting both directions. The busiest section is A452 / B4438 to M6 J4 (Warwickshire), with 36,304 a day; the quietest listed is B4117 Cole End to B4118, with 13,392.
Busiest sections, 2025
A452 / B4438 to M6 J4 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A452 / B4438 to M6 J4 Warwickshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 8.8% | 36,304 |
| M42 Junction 9 to A4091 Warwickshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 10.9% | 33,134 |
| A452 to A452 / B4438 Solihull, Warwickshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 10.2% | 26,464 |
| B4114 to B4117 Cole End Warwickshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 6.6% | 24,509 |
| Faraday Avenue roundabout to M42 Junction 9 Warwickshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 17.9% | 24,062 |
| M6 Junction 4 to B4117 Wheeley Moor Warwickshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 7.0% | 23,679 |
| B4117 Wheeley Moor to B4114 Warwickshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 7.0% | 19,523 |
| A4091 to A38 Warwickshire · 4.0 mi · HGVs 15.4% | 17,062 |
| B4118 to Faraday Avenue roundabout Warwickshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 10.2% | 14,196 |
| B4117 Cole End to B4118 Warwickshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 10.2% | 13,392 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Solihull to Warwickshire · 12.3 miles
A446 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A452 to A452 / B4438Solihull, Warwickshire | 26,464 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A452 / B4438 to M6 J4Warwickshire | 36,304 | 10 |
| 3 | M6 Junction 4 to B4117 Wheeley MoorWarwickshire | 23,679 | 16 |
| 4 | B4117 Wheeley Moor to B4114Warwickshire | 19,523 | 5 |
| 5 | B4114 to B4117 Cole EndWarwickshire | 24,509 | 3 |
| 6 | B4117 Cole End to B4118Warwickshire | 13,392 | 5 |
| 7 | B4118 to Faraday Avenue roundaboutWarwickshire | 14,196 | 3 |
| 8 | Faraday Avenue roundabout to M42 Junction 9Warwickshire | 24,062 | 7 |
| 9 | M42 Junction 9 to A4091Warwickshire | 33,134 | 4 |
| 10 | A4091 to A38Warwickshire | 17,062 | 24 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A446 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.
A446 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 71.0% of the vehicle miles on the A446. HGVs account for 11.4%, rising to 17.9% on Faraday Avenue roundabout to M42 Junction 9.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.5% |
| 2001 | 10.1% |
| 2002 | 10.8% |
| 2003 | 10.7% |
| 2004 | 11.5% |
| 2005 | 11.4% |
| 2006 | 11.4% |
| 2007 | 10.5% |
| 2008 | 10.3% |
| 2009 | 9.5% |
| 2010 | 10.9% |
| 2011 | 10.9% |
| 2012 | 10.9% |
| 2013 | 11.2% |
| 2014 | 11.0% |
| 2015 | 10.5% |
| 2016 | 10.8% |
| 2017 | 10.9% |
| 2018 | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 13.9% |
| 2021 | 13.2% |
| 2022 | 12.6% |
| 2023 | 11.7% |
| 2024 | 11.5% |
| 2025 | 11.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A446 traffic trend
Traffic on the A446 came to 93.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 1.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 86m |
| 2001 | 90m |
| 2002 | 83m |
| 2003 | 89m |
| 2004 | 91m |
| 2005 | 90m |
| 2006 | 89m |
| 2007 | 88m |
| 2008 | 88m |
| 2009 | 85m |
| 2010 | 91m |
| 2011 | 91m |
| 2012 | 91m |
| 2013 | 91m |
| 2014 | 92m |
| 2015 | 91m |
| 2016 | 93m |
| 2017 | 92m |
| 2018 | 103m |
| 2019 | 98m |
| 2020 | 69m |
| 2021 | 79m |
| 2022 | 86m |
| 2023 | 90m |
| 2024 | 93m |
| 2025 | 94m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20,751 |
| 2001 | 21,521 |
| 2002 | 20,002 |
| 2003 | 21,398 |
| 2004 | 21,859 |
| 2005 | 21,650 |
| 2006 | 21,317 |
| 2007 | 21,110 |
| 2008 | 21,181 |
| 2009 | 20,503 |
| 2010 | 21,759 |
| 2011 | 21,934 |
| 2012 | 21,830 |
| 2013 | 21,860 |
| 2014 | 22,083 |
| 2015 | 21,954 |
| 2016 | 22,315 |
| 2017 | 22,014 |
| 2018 | 22,892 |
| 2019 | 21,746 |
| 2020 | 15,355 |
| 2021 | 17,651 |
| 2022 | 19,152 |
| 2023 | 20,070 |
| 2024 | 20,664 |
| 2025 | 20,905 |
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, 2 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A446 collisions
Police recorded 79 collisions with the A446 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 17.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 81.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 28 |
| 2025 | 20 |
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 |
|---|---|
| M6 Junction 4 to B4117 Wheeley Moor Warwickshire · 16 collisions | 64.1 |
| A452 / B4438 to M6 J4 Warwickshire · 10 collisions | 22.5 |
| A4091 to A38 Warwickshire · 24 collisions | 20.7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 10 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A446 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 A446
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Solihull
- Warwickshire
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 | 79 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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