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A5127 traffic and collisions
The A5127 is an A-road of 15.5 miles, from Birmingham to Staffordshire. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 91m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 16,089 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 30,194 A38(M) to A4040
- HGV share 2.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 219 47.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A5127?
On an average day in 2025, 16,089 vehicles passed each point on the A5127, counting both directions. The busiest section is A38(M) to A4040 (Birmingham), with 30,194 a day; the quietest listed is A454 to A4026, with 7,135.
Busiest sections, 2025
A38(M) to A4040 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A38(M) to A4040 Birmingham · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 30,194 |
| A38(M)/A4540 to A38(M) Birmingham · 2.0 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 25,238 |
| A453 to A454 Birmingham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 20,442 |
| A4040 to A452 Birmingham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 19,792 |
| A452 to A453 Birmingham · 1.5 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 15,984 |
| Victoria Rd to A453 Birmingham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 15,947 |
| St John's Hill to M6 Toll spur Staffordshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 15,286 |
| A4026 to St John's Hill Staffordshire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 14,389 |
| A453 to A5127 Queen St Birmingham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 13,677 |
| A5 to Fosseway Staffordshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 12,118 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Birmingham to Staffordshire · 15.5 miles
A5127 traffic and collisions by section
15 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 | A38(M)/A4540 to A38(M)Birmingham | 25,238 | 41 |
| 2 | A38 to A38MBirmingham | 6,039 | 11 |
| 3 | A38(M) to A4040Birmingham | 30,194 | 35 |
| 4 | A4040 to A452Birmingham | 19,792 | 46 |
| 5 | A452 to A453Birmingham | 15,984 | 24 |
| 6 | A453 to A5127 Queen StBirmingham | 13,677 | 5 |
| 7 | Birmingham Rd to Mill StBirmingham | 10,147 | 3 |
| 8 | Victoria Rd to A453Birmingham | 15,947 | 8 |
| 9 | A453 to A454Birmingham | 20,442 | 7 |
| 10 | A454 to A4026Birmingham | 7,135 | 12 |
| 11 | A4026 to St John's HillStaffordshire | 14,389 | 6 |
| 12 | St John's Hill to M6 Toll spurStaffordshire | 15,286 | 4 |
| 13 | M6 Toll spur to A5Staffordshire | 16,799 | fewer than 3 |
| 14 | A5 to FossewayStaffordshire | 12,118 | 8 |
| 15 | A5192 to A38Staffordshire | 10,993 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A5127 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.
A5127 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.9% of the vehicle miles on the A5127. HGVs account for 2.5%, rising to 6.4% on A38(M)/A4540 to A38(M).
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.4% |
| 2010 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.4% |
| 2020 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.8% |
| 2024 | 2.8% |
| 2025 | 2.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A5127 traffic trend
Traffic on the A5127 came to 91 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 7.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 106m |
| 2001 | 105m |
| 2002 | 106m |
| 2003 | 106m |
| 2004 | 104m |
| 2005 | 104m |
| 2006 | 104m |
| 2007 | 103m |
| 2008 | 101m |
| 2009 | 101m |
| 2010 | 100m |
| 2011 | 101m |
| 2012 | 100m |
| 2013 | 98m |
| 2014 | 100m |
| 2015 | 102m |
| 2016 | 105m |
| 2017 | 104m |
| 2018 | 101m |
| 2019 | 103m |
| 2020 | 81m |
| 2021 | 90m |
| 2022 | 98m |
| 2023 | 93m |
| 2024 | 90m |
| 2025 | 91m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,961 |
| 2001 | 16,854 |
| 2002 | 17,227 |
| 2003 | 17,264 |
| 2004 | 16,927 |
| 2005 | 16,924 |
| 2006 | 16,964 |
| 2007 | 16,842 |
| 2008 | 16,404 |
| 2009 | 16,413 |
| 2010 | 16,353 |
| 2011 | 16,398 |
| 2012 | 16,234 |
| 2013 | 15,902 |
| 2014 | 16,355 |
| 2015 | 16,583 |
| 2016 | 17,115 |
| 2017 | 16,788 |
| 2018 | 16,341 |
| 2019 | 16,341 |
| 2020 | 12,807 |
| 2021 | 14,299 |
| 2022 | 15,519 |
| 2023 | 15,930 |
| 2024 | 15,890 |
| 2025 | 16,089 |
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, 4 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A5127 collisions
Police recorded 219 collisions with the A5127 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 55 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 47.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than 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
Up 45.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | 10 |
| 2022 | 40 | 7 |
| 2023 | 33 | 6 |
| 2024 | 34 | 18 |
| 2025 | 34 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A4040 to A452 Birmingham · 46 collisions | 104.4 |
| A38(M) to A4040 Birmingham · 35 collisions | 66.9 |
| A452 to A453 Birmingham · 24 collisions | 61.1 |
| A454 to A4026 Birmingham · 12 collisions | 45.3 |
| A38(M)/A4540 to A38(M) Birmingham · 41 collisions | 44.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 74 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A5127 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 A5127
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Birmingham
- Staffordshire
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 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 219 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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