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A4600 traffic and collisions
The A4600 is an A-road of 4.4 miles, from Warwickshire to Coventry. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 41m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 25,788 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 36,168 A428 to A4053
- HGV share 1.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +5.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 89 46.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A4600?
On an average day in 2025, 25,788 vehicles passed each point on the A4600, counting both directions. The busiest section is A428 to A4053 (Coventry), with 36,168 a day; the quietest listed is Longfellow Rd to A428, with 15,348.
Busiest sections, 2025
A428 to A4053 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A428 to A4053 Coventry · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 36,168 |
| B4082 to Longfellow Rd Coventry · 1.4 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 26,461 |
| Parkway roundabout to B4082 Woodway Lane Coventry · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 24,675 |
| Longfellow Rd to A428 Coventry · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 15,348 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Warwickshire to Coventry · 4.4 miles
A4600 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 | M6 to M69/B4065Warwickshire | 26,155 | 0 |
| 2 | A46 / M6 to Parkway roundaboutCoventry | 26,155 | 0 |
| 3 | Parkway roundabout to B4082 Woodway LaneCoventry | 24,675 | 8 |
| 4 | B4082 Woodway Lane to B4082 Clifford Bridge RdCoventry | 34,705 | 5 |
| 5 | B4082 to Longfellow RdCoventry | 26,461 | 21 |
| 6 | Longfellow Rd to A428Coventry | 15,348 | 34 |
| 7 | A428 to A4053Coventry | 36,168 | 21 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A4600 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.
A4600 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 88.6% of the vehicle miles on the A4600. HGVs account for 1.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 2.0% |
| 2004 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.0% |
| 2007 | 1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 1.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A4600 traffic trend
Traffic on the A4600 came to 41.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 5.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 12.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 1.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 40m |
| 2001 | 39m |
| 2002 | 40m |
| 2003 | 40m |
| 2004 | 41m |
| 2005 | 40m |
| 2006 | 40m |
| 2007 | 39m |
| 2008 | 38m |
| 2009 | 38m |
| 2010 | 37m |
| 2011 | 37m |
| 2012 | 36m |
| 2013 | 36m |
| 2014 | 37m |
| 2015 | 37m |
| 2016 | 40m |
| 2017 | 40m |
| 2018 | 39m |
| 2019 | 39m |
| 2020 | 31m |
| 2021 | 34m |
| 2022 | 36m |
| 2023 | 39m |
| 2024 | 41m |
| 2025 | 41m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 25,200 |
| 2001 | 24,896 |
| 2002 | 25,557 |
| 2003 | 25,217 |
| 2004 | 25,842 |
| 2005 | 25,415 |
| 2006 | 25,458 |
| 2007 | 24,584 |
| 2008 | 24,341 |
| 2009 | 23,958 |
| 2010 | 23,539 |
| 2011 | 23,024 |
| 2012 | 22,512 |
| 2013 | 22,467 |
| 2014 | 22,786 |
| 2015 | 22,845 |
| 2016 | 24,907 |
| 2017 | 24,953 |
| 2018 | 24,172 |
| 2019 | 24,414 |
| 2020 | 19,306 |
| 2021 | 21,216 |
| 2022 | 22,686 |
| 2023 | 23,975 |
| 2024 | 25,513 |
| 2025 | 25,788 |
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, 1 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A4600 collisions
Police recorded 89 collisions with the A4600 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 20 of them fatal or serious. That is 46.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 4.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 23.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | 4 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Longfellow Rd to A428 Coventry · 34 collisions | 140.3 |
| A428 to A4053 Coventry · 21 collisions | 49.9 |
| B4082 to Longfellow Rd Coventry · 21 collisions | 33.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 23 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A4600 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A4600
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Warwickshire
- Coventry
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 89 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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