Trunk A-road
A5111 traffic and collisions
The A5111 is a trunk A-road of 6.9 miles, in Derby. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 78m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 30,850 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 56,871 A6 to A6005
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 208 55.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5111?
On an average day in 2025, 30,850 vehicles passed each point on the A5111, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6 to A6005 (Derby), with 56,871 a day; the quietest listed is A516 to A38(T), with 17,997.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6 to A6005 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6 to A6005 Derby · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 56,871 |
| A5250 to A516 Derby · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 32,034 |
| A6 Alvaston Bypass to A6 Shardlow Road Derby · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 30,677 |
| Stenson Road roundabout to A5250 Derby · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 29,793 |
| A514 to Balaclava Rd Derby · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 22,277 |
| A5111 to A514 Derby · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 19,132 |
| A516 to A38(T) Derby · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 17,997 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Derby · 6.9 miles
A5111 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 | A6 to A6005Derby | 56,871 | 11 |
| 2 | A6 Alvaston Bypass to A6 Shardlow RoadDerby | 30,677 | 10 |
| 3 | A6 Shardlow Rd to A6 London RdDerby | 33,300 | 18 |
| 4 | A5111 to A514Derby | 19,132 | 31 |
| 5 | A514 to Balaclava RdDerby | 22,277 | 47 |
| 6 | Balaclava Rd to Stenson Road roundaboutDerby | 26,182 | 34 |
| 7 | Stenson Road roundabout to A5250Derby | 29,793 | 22 |
| 8 | A5250 to A516Derby | 32,034 | 16 |
| 9 | A516 to A38(T)Derby | 17,997 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5111 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.
A5111 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 85.4% of the vehicle miles on the A5111. HGVs account for 2.2%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% |
| 2001 | 3.9% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 3.8% |
| 2006 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5111 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5111 came to 77.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 3.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 68m |
| 2001 | 66m |
| 2002 | 66m |
| 2003 | 66m |
| 2004 | 64m |
| 2005 | 68m |
| 2006 | 69m |
| 2007 | 68m |
| 2008 | 67m |
| 2009 | 68m |
| 2010 | 62m |
| 2011 | 62m |
| 2012 | 65m |
| 2013 | 65m |
| 2014 | 66m |
| 2015 | 65m |
| 2016 | 68m |
| 2017 | 73m |
| 2018 | 75m |
| 2019 | 75m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 69m |
| 2022 | 75m |
| 2023 | 74m |
| 2024 | 77m |
| 2025 | 78m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 28,764 |
| 2001 | 27,640 |
| 2002 | 27,680 |
| 2003 | 27,684 |
| 2004 | 26,748 |
| 2005 | 28,187 |
| 2006 | 28,550 |
| 2007 | 28,071 |
| 2008 | 27,981 |
| 2009 | 28,008 |
| 2010 | 25,623 |
| 2011 | 25,665 |
| 2012 | 26,915 |
| 2013 | 26,877 |
| 2014 | 27,300 |
| 2015 | 27,129 |
| 2016 | 28,006 |
| 2017 | 29,289 |
| 2018 | 29,349 |
| 2019 | 31,049 |
| 2020 | 25,212 |
| 2021 | 28,635 |
| 2022 | 31,123 |
| 2023 | 30,861 |
| 2024 | 31,808 |
| 2025 | 30,850 |
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 (89.9% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5111 collisions
Police recorded 208 collisions with the A5111 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 39 of them fatal or serious. That is 55.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 6.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 26.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | 8 |
| 2022 | 44 | 10 |
| 2023 | 27 | 9 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5 |
| 2025 | 31 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6 Alvaston Bypass to A6 Shardlow Road Derby · 10 collisions | 127.6 |
| A514 to Balaclava Rd Derby · 47 collisions | 91.7 |
| A516 to A38(T) Derby · 19 collisions | 85.2 |
| A5111 to A514 Derby · 31 collisions | 64.7 |
| Stenson Road roundabout to A5250 Derby · 22 collisions | 58.7 |
| A5250 to A516 Derby · 16 collisions | 41.6 |
| A6 to A6005 Derby · 11 collisions | 8.7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 23 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5111 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A5111
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derby
Planned closures on the A5111 in England
National Highways has 6 planned closures on the A5111 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 1 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 6 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Lane or slip Lane closure eastbound
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Lane or slip Lane closure eastbound
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Lane or slip Raynesway entry slip road lane closure northbound
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Lane or slip Lane closure southbound
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Carriageway A52 westbound Raynesway exit slip road closure
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Lane or slip Lane closure southbound
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 208 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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