A-road
A469 traffic and collisions
The A469 is an A-road of 24.4 miles, from Cardiff to Caerphilly. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 114m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,812 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 34,386 A468
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −9.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 133 23.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A469?
On an average day in 2025, 12,812 vehicles passed each point on the A469, counting both directions. The busiest section is A468 (Caerphilly), with 34,386 a day; the quietest listed is Bridge St, Aberbargoed to A4049, with 1,670.
Busiest sections, 2025
A468 carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A468 Caerphilly · 3.4 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 34,386 |
| Council boundary to A469 Caerphilly · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.3% | 14,845 |
| A48 Cardiff · 3.4 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 14,501 |
| A472 to B4254 Caerphilly · 2.7 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 14,100 |
| A469 to Watford Road (minor road) Caerphilly · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 11,102 |
| A4161 to A48 Cardiff · 2.4 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 9,702 |
| Watford Road (minor road) to A468 Caerphilly · 0.8 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 9,671 |
| B4254 to Bridge St, Aberbargoed Caerphilly · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 9,085 |
| A4049 to A465 Caerphilly · 4.8 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 6,604 |
| Bridge St, Aberbargoed to A4049 Caerphilly · 3.2 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 1,670 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Cardiff to Caerphilly · 24.4 miles
A469 traffic and collisions by section
11 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 | A4161 to A48Cardiff | 9,702 | 33 |
| 2 | A48Cardiff | 14,501 | 22 |
| 3 | Council boundary to A469Caerphilly | 14,845 | 6 |
| 4 | A469 to Watford Road (minor road)Caerphilly | 11,102 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Watford Road (minor road) to A468Caerphilly | 9,671 | 9 |
| 6 | A468Caerphilly | 34,386 | 26 |
| 7 | A472Caerphilly | 19,600 | 3 |
| 8 | A472 to B4254Caerphilly | 14,100 | 17 |
| 9 | B4254 to Bridge St, AberbargoedCaerphilly | 9,085 | 3 |
| 10 | Bridge St, Aberbargoed to A4049Caerphilly | 1,670 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | A4049 to A465Caerphilly | 6,604 | 8 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A469 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.
A469 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.4% of the vehicle miles on the A469. HGVs account for 1.7%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 2.4% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A469 traffic trend
Traffic on the A469 came to 114 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 9.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 11.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 23.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 122m |
| 2001 | 123m |
| 2002 | 124m |
| 2003 | 120m |
| 2004 | 126m |
| 2005 | 124m |
| 2006 | 125m |
| 2007 | 121m |
| 2008 | 121m |
| 2009 | 122m |
| 2010 | 120m |
| 2011 | 121m |
| 2012 | 118m |
| 2013 | 117m |
| 2014 | 120m |
| 2015 | 122m |
| 2016 | 122m |
| 2017 | 119m |
| 2018 | 121m |
| 2019 | 122m |
| 2020 | 96m |
| 2021 | 105m |
| 2022 | 112m |
| 2023 | 116m |
| 2024 | 116m |
| 2025 | 114m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,303 |
| 2001 | 14,046 |
| 2002 | 14,208 |
| 2003 | 13,757 |
| 2004 | 14,409 |
| 2005 | 14,244 |
| 2006 | 14,367 |
| 2007 | 13,892 |
| 2008 | 13,859 |
| 2009 | 13,986 |
| 2010 | 13,701 |
| 2011 | 13,912 |
| 2012 | 13,552 |
| 2013 | 13,421 |
| 2014 | 13,742 |
| 2015 | 14,036 |
| 2016 | 13,985 |
| 2017 | 13,678 |
| 2018 | 13,749 |
| 2019 | 13,802 |
| 2020 | 10,885 |
| 2021 | 11,980 |
| 2022 | 12,738 |
| 2023 | 13,213 |
| 2024 | 13,223 |
| 2025 | 12,812 |
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 (75.0% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A469 collisions
Police recorded 133 collisions with the A469 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 42 of them fatal or serious. That is 23.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 23.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 |
| 2022 | 26 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| A472 to B4254 Caerphilly · 17 collisions | 122.3 |
| A4161 to A48 Cardiff · 33 collisions | 55.1 |
| A48 Cardiff · 22 collisions | 25.8 |
| A468 Caerphilly · 26 collisions | 12.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 9 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A469 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 A469
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Cardiff
- Caerphilly
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 | 133 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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