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A5080 traffic and collisions
The A5080 is an A-road of 11.9 miles, from Warrington to Liverpool. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 64m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,791 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 46,490 A5058 to A5047
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +7.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 110 38.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5080?
On an average day in 2025, 14,791 vehicles passed each point on the A5080, counting both directions. The busiest section is A5058 to A5047 (Liverpool), with 46,490 a day; the quietest listed is A562 to A577, with 4,390.
Busiest sections, 2025
A5058 to A5047 carries 3.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A5058 to A5047 Liverpool · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 46,490 |
| Wilson Rd to B5199 Knowsley · 2.1 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 19,225 |
| B5199 to M62 Knowsley · 1.0 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 19,225 |
| At M62 Knowsley, Liverpool · 1.3 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 13,367 |
| Stratton Park to M62 Halton, Knowsley · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 9,646 |
| B5180 to A557 Halton · 1.0 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 8,773 |
| A562 to A577 Warrington, Halton · 2.4 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 4,390 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Warrington to Liverpool · 11.9 miles
A5080 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 | A562 to A577Warrington, Halton | 4,390 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | B5180 to A557Halton | 8,773 | 13 |
| 3 | A568 to Stratton ParkHalton | 16,467 | 4 |
| 4 | Stratton Park to M62Halton, Knowsley | 9,646 | 13 |
| 5 | Wilson Rd to B5199Knowsley | 19,225 | 15 |
| 6 | B5199 to M62Knowsley | 19,225 | 10 |
| 7 | At M62Knowsley, Liverpool | 13,367 | 6 |
| 8 | M62 to A5058Liverpool | 71,374 | 10 |
| 9 | A5058 to A5047Liverpool | 46,490 | 29 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5080 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.
A5080 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.7% of the vehicle miles on the A5080. HGVs account for 1.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 2.6% |
| 2003 | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 2.7% |
| 2005 | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.3% |
| 2008 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5080 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5080 came to 64.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is about the same as in 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 55m |
| 2001 | 55m |
| 2002 | 57m |
| 2003 | 57m |
| 2004 | 58m |
| 2005 | 58m |
| 2006 | 56m |
| 2007 | 55m |
| 2008 | 54m |
| 2009 | 55m |
| 2010 | 55m |
| 2011 | 54m |
| 2012 | 56m |
| 2013 | 57m |
| 2014 | 58m |
| 2015 | 60m |
| 2016 | 60m |
| 2017 | 59m |
| 2018 | 60m |
| 2019 | 59m |
| 2020 | 45m |
| 2021 | 52m |
| 2022 | 55m |
| 2023 | 56m |
| 2024 | 57m |
| 2025 | 64m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,840 |
| 2001 | 13,923 |
| 2002 | 14,425 |
| 2003 | 14,370 |
| 2004 | 14,589 |
| 2005 | 14,521 |
| 2006 | 14,112 |
| 2007 | 13,810 |
| 2008 | 13,501 |
| 2009 | 13,826 |
| 2010 | 13,882 |
| 2011 | 13,643 |
| 2012 | 13,982 |
| 2013 | 14,287 |
| 2014 | 14,535 |
| 2015 | 14,993 |
| 2016 | 15,034 |
| 2017 | 14,016 |
| 2018 | 13,930 |
| 2019 | 13,699 |
| 2020 | 10,524 |
| 2021 | 12,018 |
| 2022 | 12,991 |
| 2023 | 13,408 |
| 2024 | 13,604 |
| 2025 | 14,791 |
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 (62.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 8 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5080 collisions
Police recorded 110 collisions with the A5080 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 18 of them fatal or serious. That is 38.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 5.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 32 |
| 2023 | 13 |
| 2024 | 30 |
| 2025 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B5180 to A557 Halton · 13 collisions | 103.0 |
| Wilson Rd to B5199 Knowsley · 15 collisions | 101.8 |
| A5058 to A5047 Liverpool · 29 collisions | 50.8 |
| B5199 to M62 Knowsley · 10 collisions | 35.3 |
| Stratton Park to M62 Halton, Knowsley · 13 collisions | 28.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 19 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5080 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 A5080
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Warrington
- Halton
- Knowsley
- Liverpool
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 | 110 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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