A-road
A519 traffic and collisions
The A519 is an A-road of 19.6 miles, from Telford and Wrekin to Staffordshire. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 47m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 6,557 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 13,884 Westbury Road roundabout to A34
- HGV share 4.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +7.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 37 17.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A519?
On an average day in 2025, 6,557 vehicles passed each point on the A519, counting both directions. The busiest section is Westbury Road roundabout to A34 (Staffordshire), with 13,884 a day; the quietest listed is A5013 to A51, with 4,703.
Busiest sections, 2025
Westbury Road roundabout to A34 carries 2.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Westbury Road roundabout to A34 Staffordshire · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 13,884 |
| M6 to Westbury Road roundabout Staffordshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 12,428 |
| A41 to A5013 Telford and Wrekin, Staffordshire · 7.9 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 5,998 |
| A51 to A5182 Staffordshire · 3.5 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 5,628 |
| A5013 to A51 Staffordshire · 5.6 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 4,703 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Telford and Wrekin to Staffordshire · 19.6 miles
A519 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 | A41 to A5013Telford and Wrekin, Staffordshire | 5,998 | 15 |
| 2 | A5013 to A51Staffordshire | 4,703 | 11 |
| 3 | A51 to A5182Staffordshire | 5,628 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A5182 to M6Staffordshire | 13,238 | 0 |
| 5 | M6 to Westbury Road roundaboutStaffordshire | 12,428 | 3 |
| 6 | Westbury Road roundabout to A34Staffordshire | 13,884 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A519 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.
A519 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.1% of the vehicle miles on the A519. HGVs account for 4.5%, rising to 7.8% on A51 to A5182.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% |
| 2001 | 5.4% |
| 2002 | 5.4% |
| 2003 | 5.6% |
| 2004 | 5.5% |
| 2005 | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.1% |
| 2007 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 5.4% |
| 2009 | 4.9% |
| 2010 | 5.0% |
| 2011 | 5.0% |
| 2012 | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 5.0% |
| 2014 | 4.9% |
| 2015 | 4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.5% |
| 2017 | 4.4% |
| 2018 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 4.5% |
| 2020 | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 6.1% |
| 2022 | 5.8% |
| 2023 | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 4.9% |
| 2025 | 4.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A519 traffic trend
Traffic on the A519 came to 46.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 9.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 6.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 44m |
| 2001 | 43m |
| 2002 | 43m |
| 2003 | 44m |
| 2004 | 47m |
| 2005 | 45m |
| 2006 | 46m |
| 2007 | 45m |
| 2008 | 44m |
| 2009 | 44m |
| 2010 | 44m |
| 2011 | 44m |
| 2012 | 43m |
| 2013 | 41m |
| 2014 | 42m |
| 2015 | 43m |
| 2016 | 43m |
| 2017 | 43m |
| 2018 | 43m |
| 2019 | 44m |
| 2020 | 33m |
| 2021 | 37m |
| 2022 | 40m |
| 2023 | 40m |
| 2024 | 45m |
| 2025 | 47m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,163 |
| 2001 | 6,020 |
| 2002 | 5,953 |
| 2003 | 6,208 |
| 2004 | 6,576 |
| 2005 | 6,335 |
| 2006 | 6,458 |
| 2007 | 6,249 |
| 2008 | 6,198 |
| 2009 | 6,171 |
| 2010 | 6,091 |
| 2011 | 6,150 |
| 2012 | 6,068 |
| 2013 | 5,761 |
| 2014 | 5,915 |
| 2015 | 5,969 |
| 2016 | 6,010 |
| 2017 | 6,056 |
| 2018 | 6,068 |
| 2019 | 6,092 |
| 2020 | 4,674 |
| 2021 | 5,153 |
| 2022 | 5,545 |
| 2023 | 5,651 |
| 2024 | 6,297 |
| 2025 | 6,557 |
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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A519 collisions
Police recorded 37 collisions with the A519 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 11 of them fatal or serious. That is 17.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 50.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A5013 to A51 Staffordshire · 11 collisions | 26.9 |
| A41 to A5013 Telford and Wrekin, Staffordshire · 15 collisions | 21.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 9 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A519 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 A519
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Telford and Wrekin
- 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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 37 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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