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A514 traffic and collisions
The A514 is an A-road of 15.8 miles, from Derbyshire to Derby. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 67m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,585 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,684 A5132 to A50
- HGV share 1.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 194 60.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A514?
On an average day in 2025, 11,585 vehicles passed each point on the A514, counting both directions. The busiest section is A5132 to A50 (Derbyshire), with 18,684 a day; the quietest listed is Melbourne Lane to A5132, with 5,350.
Busiest sections, 2025
A5132 to A50 carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A5132 to A50 Derbyshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 18,684 |
| A514 to A511 Derbyshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 18,560 |
| A5111 to Douglas St Derby · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 17,259 |
| A444 to Darklands Rd, Swadlincote Derbyshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 14,917 |
| Douglas St to A601 Derby · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 14,327 |
| Glenwood Rd to A5111 Derby · 2.0 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 14,320 |
| A511 to Goseley Avenue Derbyshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 8,837 |
| Goseley Ave, Swadlincote to Melbourne Lane Derbyshire · 4.2 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 7,962 |
| Melbourne Lane to A5132 Derbyshire · 3.0 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 5,350 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Derbyshire to Derby · 15.8 miles
A514 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A444 to Darklands Rd, SwadlincoteDerbyshire | 14,917 | 15 |
| 2 | A514 to A511Derbyshire | 18,560 | 22 |
| 3 | A511 to Goseley AvenueDerbyshire | 8,837 | 4 |
| 4 | Goseley Ave, Swadlincote to Melbourne LaneDerbyshire | 7,962 | 10 |
| 5 | Melbourne Lane to A5132Derbyshire | 5,350 | 12 |
| 6 | A5132 to A50Derbyshire | 18,684 | 17 |
| 7 | A50 to Glenwood RdDerbyshire, Derby | 13,031 | 15 |
| 8 | Glenwood Rd to A5111Derby | 14,320 | 41 |
| 9 | A5111 to Douglas StDerby | 17,259 | 40 |
| 10 | Douglas St to A601Derby | 14,327 | 17 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A514 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.
A514 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.7% of the vehicle miles on the A514. HGVs account for 1.7%, rising to 4.2% on A444 to Darklands Rd, Swadlincote.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2004 | 3.1% |
| 2005 | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.7% |
| 2025 | 1.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A514 traffic trend
Traffic on the A514 came to 66.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 5.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 63m |
| 2001 | 63m |
| 2002 | 65m |
| 2003 | 64m |
| 2004 | 65m |
| 2005 | 62m |
| 2006 | 64m |
| 2007 | 65m |
| 2008 | 66m |
| 2009 | 67m |
| 2010 | 68m |
| 2011 | 69m |
| 2012 | 66m |
| 2013 | 66m |
| 2014 | 68m |
| 2015 | 69m |
| 2016 | 71m |
| 2017 | 74m |
| 2018 | 69m |
| 2019 | 71m |
| 2020 | 56m |
| 2021 | 61m |
| 2022 | 64m |
| 2023 | 65m |
| 2024 | 66m |
| 2025 | 67m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,650 |
| 2001 | 10,643 |
| 2002 | 10,874 |
| 2003 | 10,764 |
| 2004 | 10,863 |
| 2005 | 10,685 |
| 2006 | 11,140 |
| 2007 | 11,191 |
| 2008 | 11,519 |
| 2009 | 11,580 |
| 2010 | 11,808 |
| 2011 | 11,919 |
| 2012 | 11,460 |
| 2013 | 11,433 |
| 2014 | 11,768 |
| 2015 | 12,017 |
| 2016 | 12,279 |
| 2017 | 12,802 |
| 2018 | 11,943 |
| 2019 | 12,223 |
| 2020 | 9,689 |
| 2021 | 10,654 |
| 2022 | 11,150 |
| 2023 | 11,332 |
| 2024 | 11,350 |
| 2025 | 11,585 |
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 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A514 collisions
Police recorded 194 collisions with the A514 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 45 of them fatal or serious. That is 60.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 11.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | 6 |
| 2022 | 38 | 8 |
| 2023 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 26 | 10 |
| 2025 | 28 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Douglas St to A601 Derby · 17 collisions | 111.8 |
| A5111 to Douglas St Derby · 40 collisions | 90.4 |
| Glenwood Rd to A5111 Derby · 41 collisions | 81.0 |
| A5132 to A50 Derbyshire · 17 collisions | 64.0 |
| A514 to A511 Derbyshire · 22 collisions | 46.9 |
| Melbourne Lane to A5132 Derbyshire · 12 collisions | 45.7 |
| A444 to Darklands Rd, Swadlincote Derbyshire · 15 collisions | 35.5 |
| Goseley Ave, Swadlincote to Melbourne Lane Derbyshire · 10 collisions | 18.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 29 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A514 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.5% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A514
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derbyshire
- Derby
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 | 194 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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