A-road
A495 traffic and collisions
The A495 is an A-road of 33.5 miles in Wales and England, from Wrexham to Powys. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 43m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 3,520 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 8,326 At A528
- HGV share 6.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 48 23.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A495?
On an average day in 2025, 3,520 vehicles passed each point on the A495, counting both directions. The busiest section is At A528 (Shropshire), with 8,326 a day; the quietest listed is A490 to A458, with 964.
Busiest sections, 2025
At A528 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| At A528 Shropshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 6.5% | 8,326 |
| B5068 to B5009 Shropshire · 5.1 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 6,569 |
| B5009 to A5(T) Shropshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 6,086 |
| ENGLISH BORDER to A525 Wrexham · 5.3 mi · HGVs 7.0% | 4,046 |
| A525 to A528 Shropshire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 7.6% | 4,015 |
| B4396 to A490 Shropshire, Powys · 8.0 mi · HGVs 7.3% | 2,689 |
| A490 to A458 Powys · 9.0 mi · HGVs 6.3% | 964 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wrexham to Powys · 33.5 miles
A495 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 | ENGLISH BORDER to A525Wrexham | 4,046 | 9 |
| 2 | A525 to A528Shropshire | 4,015 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | At A528Shropshire | 8,326 | 6 |
| 4 | A528 to B5068Shropshire | 9,314 | 0 |
| 5 | B5068 to B5009Shropshire | 6,569 | 7 |
| 6 | B5009 to A5(T)Shropshire | 6,086 | 5 |
| 7 | B4396 to A490Shropshire, Powys | 2,689 | 11 |
| 8 | At A490Powys | 3,864 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A490 to A458Powys | 964 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A495 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.
A495 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 72.2% of the vehicle miles on the A495. HGVs account for 6.2%, rising to 7.6% on A525 to A528.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.7% |
| 2001 | 7.2% |
| 2002 | 7.2% |
| 2003 | 7.8% |
| 2004 | 7.4% |
| 2005 | 8.2% |
| 2006 | 8.1% |
| 2007 | 8.3% |
| 2008 | 8.6% |
| 2009 | 8.0% |
| 2010 | 8.0% |
| 2011 | 8.1% |
| 2012 | 8.3% |
| 2013 | 7.3% |
| 2014 | 6.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% |
| 2016 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 6.4% |
| 2018 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 7.5% |
| 2021 | 7.0% |
| 2022 | 6.7% |
| 2023 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.3% |
| 2025 | 6.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A495 traffic trend
Traffic on the A495 came to 43 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 5.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 20.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 36m |
| 2001 | 37m |
| 2002 | 39m |
| 2003 | 40m |
| 2004 | 40m |
| 2005 | 40m |
| 2006 | 41m |
| 2007 | 41m |
| 2008 | 41m |
| 2009 | 44m |
| 2010 | 43m |
| 2011 | 44m |
| 2012 | 43m |
| 2013 | 44m |
| 2014 | 44m |
| 2015 | 46m |
| 2016 | 47m |
| 2017 | 47m |
| 2018 | 45m |
| 2019 | 45m |
| 2020 | 34m |
| 2021 | 38m |
| 2022 | 41m |
| 2023 | 42m |
| 2024 | 43m |
| 2025 | 43m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,929 |
| 2001 | 3,035 |
| 2002 | 3,155 |
| 2003 | 3,273 |
| 2004 | 3,265 |
| 2005 | 3,248 |
| 2006 | 3,358 |
| 2007 | 3,361 |
| 2008 | 3,338 |
| 2009 | 3,575 |
| 2010 | 3,508 |
| 2011 | 3,555 |
| 2012 | 3,543 |
| 2013 | 3,576 |
| 2014 | 3,622 |
| 2015 | 3,732 |
| 2016 | 3,824 |
| 2017 | 3,866 |
| 2018 | 3,654 |
| 2019 | 3,662 |
| 2020 | 2,792 |
| 2021 | 3,127 |
| 2022 | 3,373 |
| 2023 | 3,437 |
| 2024 | 3,478 |
| 2025 | 3,520 |
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, 0 of the 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A495 collisions
Police recorded 48 collisions with the A495 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 14 of them fatal or serious. That is 23.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 100.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| 2025 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B4396 to A490 Shropshire, Powys · 11 collisions | 29.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A495 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 A495
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wrexham
- Shropshire
- Powys
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 48 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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