Trunk A-road
A5103 traffic and collisions
The A5103 is a trunk A-road of 6.7 miles, in Manchester. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 119m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 48,511 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 118,567 M56 to M60
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 118 21.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5103?
On an average day in 2025, 48,511 vehicles passed each point on the A5103, counting both directions. The busiest section is M56 to M60 (Manchester), with 118,567 a day; the quietest listed is A57(M) to A34, with 11,678.
Busiest sections, 2025
M56 to M60 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M56 to M60 Manchester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 118,567 |
| A60/A5103(T) to A5145 Manchester · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 75,689 |
| M60 spur to M60 spur/A5103 Manchester · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 56,121 |
| A5145 to A6010 Manchester · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 51,556 |
| A6010 to A5067 Manchester · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 38,478 |
| A57(M) to A34 Manchester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 11,678 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Manchester · 6.7 miles
A5103 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A560 to M56Manchester | 23,713 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | M56 to M60Manchester | 118,567 | 19 |
| 3 | M60 spur to M60 spur/A5103Manchester | 56,121 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A60/A5103(T) to A5145Manchester | 75,689 | 6 |
| 5 | A5145 to A6010Manchester | 51,556 | 22 |
| 6 | A6010 to A5067Manchester | 38,478 | 24 |
| 7 | A5067 to A57(M)Manchester | 44,075 | 5 |
| 8 | A57(M) to A34Manchester | 11,678 | 9 |
| 9 | At A34Manchester | 7,375 | 5 |
| 10 | A34 to A6Manchester | 9,528 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5103 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.
A5103 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 86.1% of the vehicle miles on the A5103. HGVs account for 1.8%, rising to 3.1% on M56 to M60.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.6% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.8% |
| 2005 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 3.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5103 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5103 came to 119 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 2.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 3.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 123m |
| 2001 | 116m |
| 2002 | 115m |
| 2003 | 118m |
| 2004 | 120m |
| 2005 | 115m |
| 2006 | 119m |
| 2007 | 119m |
| 2008 | 118m |
| 2009 | 119m |
| 2010 | 113m |
| 2011 | 115m |
| 2012 | 117m |
| 2013 | 117m |
| 2014 | 117m |
| 2015 | 114m |
| 2016 | 116m |
| 2017 | 117m |
| 2018 | 116m |
| 2019 | 123m |
| 2020 | 87m |
| 2021 | 94m |
| 2022 | 108m |
| 2023 | 117m |
| 2024 | 120m |
| 2025 | 119m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 52,444 |
| 2001 | 49,649 |
| 2002 | 49,334 |
| 2003 | 50,639 |
| 2004 | 51,331 |
| 2005 | 49,353 |
| 2006 | 50,809 |
| 2007 | 51,118 |
| 2008 | 50,566 |
| 2009 | 50,823 |
| 2010 | 48,153 |
| 2011 | 49,323 |
| 2012 | 50,053 |
| 2013 | 49,957 |
| 2014 | 50,022 |
| 2015 | 48,668 |
| 2016 | 49,715 |
| 2017 | 50,126 |
| 2018 | 47,543 |
| 2019 | 50,097 |
| 2020 | 35,559 |
| 2021 | 38,515 |
| 2022 | 43,969 |
| 2023 | 47,978 |
| 2024 | 49,103 |
| 2025 | 48,511 |
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, 2 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5103 collisions
Police recorded 118 collisions with the A5103 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 36 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 21.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 12.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | 6 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7 |
| 2023 | 17 | 9 |
| 2024 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | 16 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A6010 to A5067 Manchester · 24 collisions | 20.8 |
| A5145 to A6010 Manchester · 22 collisions | 18.7 |
| M56 to M60 Manchester · 19 collisions | 13.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 36 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5103 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 A5103
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Manchester
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 118 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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