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A448 traffic and collisions
The A448 is an A-road of 18.6 miles, from Warwickshire to Worcestershire. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 114m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 16,797 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,412 A448 to B4091
- HGV share 2.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 94 17.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A448?
On an average day in 2025, 16,797 vehicles passed each point on the A448, counting both directions. The busiest section is A448 to B4091 (Worcestershire), with 27,412 a day; the quietest listed is Spennells Valley Road roundabout to A449, with 10,044.
Busiest sections, 2025
A448 to B4091 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A448 to B4091 Worcestershire · 5.5 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 27,412 |
| A441 to A448 Worcestershire · 0.5 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 15,725 |
| A450 to Spennells Valley Road roundabout Worcestershire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 13,974 |
| Whitford Rd, Bromsgrove to A450 Worcestershire · 5.7 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 12,145 |
| B4091 Hanover St to Whitford Rd Worcestershire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 11,649 |
| A435 to A441 Warwickshire, Worcestershire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 11,452 |
| B4091 to A38 Worcestershire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 11,294 |
| Spennells Valley Road roundabout to A449 Worcestershire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 10,044 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Warwickshire to Worcestershire · 18.6 miles
A448 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A435 to A441Warwickshire, Worcestershire | 11,452 | 16 |
| 2 | A441 to A448Worcestershire | 15,725 | 3 |
| 3 | A448 to B4091Worcestershire | 27,412 | 16 |
| 4 | B4091 to A38Worcestershire | 11,294 | 7 |
| 5 | B4091 Stourbridge Rd to B4091 Hanover StWorcestershire | 14,325 | 5 |
| 6 | B4091 Hanover St to Whitford RdWorcestershire | 11,649 | 8 |
| 7 | Whitford Rd, Bromsgrove to A450Worcestershire | 12,145 | 19 |
| 8 | A450 to Spennells Valley Road roundaboutWorcestershire | 13,974 | 8 |
| 9 | Spennells Valley Road roundabout to A449Worcestershire | 10,044 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | A449 to A451Worcestershire | 13,735 | 10 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A448 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.
A448 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A448. HGVs account for 2.8%, rising to 4.3% on A441 to A448.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 3.8% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 2.9% |
| 2014 | 2.8% |
| 2015 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 3.1% |
| 2018 | 3.1% |
| 2019 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 2.8% |
| 2025 | 2.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A448 traffic trend
Traffic on the A448 came to 114 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 6.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 109m |
| 2001 | 113m |
| 2002 | 118m |
| 2003 | 122m |
| 2004 | 116m |
| 2005 | 114m |
| 2006 | 118m |
| 2007 | 122m |
| 2008 | 117m |
| 2009 | 116m |
| 2010 | 115m |
| 2011 | 125m |
| 2012 | 120m |
| 2013 | 114m |
| 2014 | 116m |
| 2015 | 118m |
| 2016 | 120m |
| 2017 | 126m |
| 2018 | 129m |
| 2019 | 122m |
| 2020 | 87m |
| 2021 | 96m |
| 2022 | 107m |
| 2023 | 109m |
| 2024 | 113m |
| 2025 | 114m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,168 |
| 2001 | 16,714 |
| 2002 | 17,480 |
| 2003 | 18,088 |
| 2004 | 17,124 |
| 2005 | 16,813 |
| 2006 | 17,447 |
| 2007 | 17,992 |
| 2008 | 17,298 |
| 2009 | 17,224 |
| 2010 | 17,064 |
| 2011 | 17,173 |
| 2012 | 16,483 |
| 2013 | 15,628 |
| 2014 | 16,001 |
| 2015 | 16,227 |
| 2016 | 16,536 |
| 2017 | 17,331 |
| 2018 | 17,768 |
| 2019 | 17,715 |
| 2020 | 12,791 |
| 2021 | 14,081 |
| 2022 | 15,776 |
| 2023 | 16,115 |
| 2024 | 16,565 |
| 2025 | 16,797 |
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 (70.4% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A448 collisions
Police recorded 94 collisions with the A448 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 17.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 5.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 17 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2024 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A435 to A441 Warwickshire, Worcestershire · 16 collisions | 31.9 |
| Whitford Rd, Bromsgrove to A450 Worcestershire · 19 collisions | 15.7 |
| A448 to B4091 Worcestershire · 16 collisions | 6.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 20 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A448 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 A448
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 94 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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