Trunk A-road
A5117 traffic and collisions
The A5117 is a trunk A-road of 8.2 miles, in West Cheshire. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 44m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,844 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 23,114 M53 to A5032
- HGV share 2.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −10.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 53 20.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5117?
On an average day in 2025, 14,844 vehicles passed each point on the A5117, counting both directions. The busiest section is M53 to A5032 (West Cheshire), with 23,114 a day; the quietest listed is M56 to M53, with 8,915.
Busiest sections, 2025
M53 to A5032 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M53 to A5032 West Cheshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 23,114 |
| A41 to M56 West Cheshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 20,441 |
| M56 to A540 West Cheshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 15,693 |
| A5032 to A41 West Cheshire · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 15,188 |
| A56 to M56 West Cheshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 13,581 |
| M56 to M53 West Cheshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 8,915 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In West Cheshire · 8.2 miles
A5117 traffic and collisions by section
6 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 | A56 to M56West Cheshire | 13,581 | 4 |
| 2 | M56 to M53West Cheshire | 8,915 | 18 |
| 3 | M53 to A5032West Cheshire | 23,114 | 18 |
| 4 | A5032 to A41West Cheshire | 15,188 | 4 |
| 5 | A41 to M56West Cheshire | 20,441 | 4 |
| 6 | M56 to A540West Cheshire | 15,693 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5117 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.
A5117 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.7% of the vehicle miles on the A5117. HGVs account for 2.9%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.9% |
| 2001 | 5.3% |
| 2002 | 5.4% |
| 2003 | 6.9% |
| 2004 | 7.1% |
| 2005 | 7.1% |
| 2006 | 7.3% |
| 2007 | 7.6% |
| 2008 | 8.3% |
| 2009 | 7.4% |
| 2010 | 7.3% |
| 2011 | 7.1% |
| 2012 | 6.4% |
| 2013 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 5.5% |
| 2015 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 6.5% |
| 2018 | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 6.4% |
| 2020 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 7.5% |
| 2022 | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2.9% |
| 2025 | 2.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5117 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5117 came to 44.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 10.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 15.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 55m |
| 2001 | 57m |
| 2002 | 58m |
| 2003 | 69m |
| 2004 | 65m |
| 2005 | 64m |
| 2006 | 63m |
| 2007 | 63m |
| 2008 | 63m |
| 2009 | 66m |
| 2010 | 66m |
| 2011 | 77m |
| 2012 | 80m |
| 2013 | 80m |
| 2014 | 90m |
| 2015 | 90m |
| 2016 | 87m |
| 2017 | 91m |
| 2018 | 95m |
| 2019 | 100m |
| 2020 | 73m |
| 2021 | 83m |
| 2022 | 42m |
| 2023 | 43m |
| 2024 | 44m |
| 2025 | 44m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,098 |
| 2001 | 16,748 |
| 2002 | 17,134 |
| 2003 | 20,232 |
| 2004 | 19,236 |
| 2005 | 18,928 |
| 2006 | 18,636 |
| 2007 | 18,489 |
| 2008 | 18,588 |
| 2009 | 19,327 |
| 2010 | 19,310 |
| 2011 | 21,516 |
| 2012 | 22,223 |
| 2013 | 22,444 |
| 2014 | 25,084 |
| 2015 | 25,167 |
| 2016 | 24,331 |
| 2017 | 25,468 |
| 2018 | 25,319 |
| 2019 | 26,616 |
| 2020 | 19,398 |
| 2021 | 21,990 |
| 2022 | 14,108 |
| 2023 | 14,398 |
| 2024 | 14,841 |
| 2025 | 14,844 |
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, 1 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5117 collisions
Police recorded 53 collisions with the A5117 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 15 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 20.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 42.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| M56 to M53 West Cheshire · 18 collisions | 35.9 |
| M53 to A5032 West Cheshire · 18 collisions | 27.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 23 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5117 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 A5117
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- West Cheshire
Planned closures on the A5117 in England
National Highways has 12 planned closures on the A5117 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 10 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 12 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Carriageway M56 Eastbound Jct 16 entry slip road closure
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Carriageway M53 Southbound to M56 Eastbound link road closure
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Lane or slip A494 Eastbound lane 2 closure (MP 3/1 to 1/9)
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Carriageway M53 Southbound to M56 Eastbound link road closure
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Carriageway A494 Eastbound Park Gate to M56 Jct 14 carriageway closure
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Lane or slip A494 Eastbound lane 2 closure (MP 3/1 to 1/9)
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Carriageway M53 Northbound to M56 Eastbound link road closure
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Carriageway M53 Northbound to M56 Eastbound link road closure
4 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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 53 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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