Trunk A-road
A5036 traffic and collisions
The A5036 is a trunk A-road of 8.4 miles, from Liverpool to Sefton. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 73m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 23,765 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 34,945 A5038 to M57
- HGV share 7.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −10.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 116 32.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5036?
On an average day in 2025, 23,765 vehicles passed each point on the A5036, counting both directions. The busiest section is A5038 to M57 (Sefton), with 34,945 a day; the quietest listed is A5056 to A5058, with 7,031.
Busiest sections, 2025
A5038 to M57 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A5038 to M57 Sefton · 2.1 mi · HGVs 10.8% | 34,945 |
| A562 to A5041 Liverpool · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 31,503 |
| A565(T) to A5001 Sefton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 12.6% | 24,899 |
| A5090 to A5038 Sefton · 0.9 mi · HGVs 10.3% | 23,391 |
| Harrison Way to A562 Liverpool · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 20,310 |
| A5052 to A5054 Liverpool · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 7,366 |
| A5056 to A5058 Liverpool, Sefton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 14.8% | 7,031 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Liverpool to Sefton · 8.4 miles
A5036 traffic and collisions by section
14 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harrison Way to A562Liverpool | 20,310 | 3 |
| 2 | A562 to A5041Liverpool | 31,503 | 8 |
| 3 | A5041 to A5039/A5045Liverpool | 37,335 | 14 |
| 4 | A5039/A5045 to A57Liverpool | 39,276 | 3 |
| 5 | A57 to A5046Liverpool | 39,276 | 4 |
| 6 | A5046 to A5052Liverpool | 28,847 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A5052 to A5054Liverpool | 7,366 | 7 |
| 8 | A5054 to A5055Liverpool | 13,341 | 0 |
| 9 | A5055 to A5056Liverpool | 5,053 | 0 |
| 10 | A5056 to A5058Liverpool, Sefton | 7,031 | 0 |
| 11 | A565(T) to A5001Sefton | 24,899 | 11 |
| 12 | A567 to A5090Sefton | 34,171 | 7 |
| 13 | A5090 to A5038Sefton | 23,391 | 18 |
| 14 | A5038 to M57Sefton | 34,945 | 40 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5036 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.
A5036 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 76.5% of the vehicle miles on the A5036. HGVs account for 7.7%, rising to 14.8% on A5056 to A5058.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.2% |
| 2001 | 9.0% |
| 2002 | 8.6% |
| 2003 | 8.4% |
| 2004 | 8.5% |
| 2005 | 8.1% |
| 2006 | 8.0% |
| 2007 | 7.8% |
| 2008 | 7.8% |
| 2009 | 7.5% |
| 2010 | 7.9% |
| 2011 | 8.2% |
| 2012 | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 6.9% |
| 2014 | 7.0% |
| 2015 | 6.8% |
| 2016 | 6.7% |
| 2017 | 7.1% |
| 2018 | 7.0% |
| 2019 | 7.4% |
| 2020 | 9.0% |
| 2021 | 8.8% |
| 2022 | 8.0% |
| 2023 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | 7.9% |
| 2025 | 7.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5036 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5036 came to 72.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 10.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 8.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 66m |
| 2001 | 68m |
| 2002 | 70m |
| 2003 | 69m |
| 2004 | 70m |
| 2005 | 74m |
| 2006 | 74m |
| 2007 | 71m |
| 2008 | 69m |
| 2009 | 67m |
| 2010 | 69m |
| 2011 | 70m |
| 2012 | 69m |
| 2013 | 71m |
| 2014 | 72m |
| 2015 | 72m |
| 2016 | 74m |
| 2017 | 75m |
| 2018 | 76m |
| 2019 | 76m |
| 2020 | 64m |
| 2021 | 67m |
| 2022 | 72m |
| 2023 | 72m |
| 2024 | 76m |
| 2025 | 73m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,566 |
| 2001 | 24,020 |
| 2002 | 24,137 |
| 2003 | 24,024 |
| 2004 | 24,414 |
| 2005 | 25,648 |
| 2006 | 25,659 |
| 2007 | 24,631 |
| 2008 | 23,792 |
| 2009 | 23,331 |
| 2010 | 23,883 |
| 2011 | 24,304 |
| 2012 | 23,846 |
| 2013 | 24,668 |
| 2014 | 25,062 |
| 2015 | 24,852 |
| 2016 | 25,405 |
| 2017 | 25,707 |
| 2018 | 26,007 |
| 2019 | 25,967 |
| 2020 | 20,719 |
| 2021 | 21,756 |
| 2022 | 23,511 |
| 2023 | 23,456 |
| 2024 | 24,688 |
| 2025 | 23,765 |
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, 2 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5036 collisions
Police recorded 116 collisions with the A5036 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 35 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 32.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 40.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5 |
| 2023 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A5090 to A5038 Sefton · 18 collisions | 48.1 |
| A565(T) to A5001 Sefton · 11 collisions | 43.1 |
| A5038 to M57 Sefton · 40 collisions | 29.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 16 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5036 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 A5036
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Liverpool
- Sefton
Planned closures on the A5036 in England
National Highways has 16 planned closures on the A5036 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 3 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 13 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Lane or slip A5036 Eastbound Lane 3 closure from (Packet Steamer to A59)
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Lane or slip A5036 Eastbound Lane 3 closure from (Packet Steamer to A59)
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Lane or slip A5036 Eastbound Copy Lane through Switch Island lane 3 closure
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Carriageway M57 Northbound to A5036 link road closure
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Lane or slip A5036 Eastbound lane 1 closure (Copy Lane to Switch Island)
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Carriageway M57 Northbound to A5036 link road closure
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Carriageway A5036 eastbound Switch Island carriageway closure
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Lane or slip A5036 eastbound Copy Lane to Switch Island lanes 2 and 3 closure with switching
8 more planned closures in this period are not shown.
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
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 | 15 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 116 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 16 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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