A-road
A525 traffic and collisions
The A525 is an A-road of 74.2 miles in England and Wales, from Staffordshire to Denbighshire. This page covers its traffic at 34 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 187m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 6,906 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 24,512 A547W to A547E
- HGV share 3.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +1.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 158 17.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A525?
On an average day in 2025, 6,906 vehicles passed each point on the A525, counting both directions. The busiest section is A547W to A547E (Denbighshire), with 24,512 a day; the quietest listed is Cross Lanes, Wrexham to Eglwys Cross, with 1,753.
Busiest sections, 2025
A547W to A547E carries 3.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A547W to A547E Denbighshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 24,512 |
| A55 to A547W Denbighshire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 19,820 |
| A548 to A547 Denbighshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 15,778 |
| A5152 Victoria Road / Bradley Rd to B5430 Wrexham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 12,147 |
| B5430 to A483 Wrexham · 2.4 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 12,132 |
| A534/A5152 to Kingsmill Road (minor road) Wrexham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 11,834 |
| A494 to A525 merge Denbighshire · 6.4 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 11,476 |
| Council boundary to A41(T) Shropshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 6.0% | 11,090 |
| A525 merge to A55 Denbighshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 10,246 |
| Gallowstree Lane roundabout, Newcastle-under-Lyme to A531 Staffordshire · 3.0 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 10,198 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Staffordshire to Denbighshire · 74.2 miles
A525 traffic and collisions by section
29 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Show all 29 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A525 split to A34Staffordshire | 11,004 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | Gallowstree Lane roundabout to A525 PooldamStaffordshire | 9,850 | 3 |
| 3 | Gallowstree Lane roundabout, Newcastle-under-Lyme to A531Staffordshire | 10,198 | 6 |
| 4 | A531 to A51Staffordshire, Shropshire | 2,525 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A51 to A529NShropshire, East Cheshire | 1,854 | 7 |
| 6 | A529N to A529SEast Cheshire | 5,145 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A529S to A530East Cheshire | 2,836 | 5 |
| 8 | A530 to A41East Cheshire, Shropshire | 9,440 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | Council boundary to A41(T)Shropshire | 11,090 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | A41(T) to A495Wrexham | 9,859 | 0 |
| 11 | A495 to A539Wrexham | 6,645 | 6 |
| 12 | Cross Lanes, Wrexham to Eglwys CrossWrexham | 1,753 | 11 |
| 13 | A528/A525 Intersection to A525/A5156 RoundaboutWrexham | 3,534 | 0 |
| 14 | Kingsmills Rd to A528Wrexham | 8,096 | 3 |
| 15 | A534/A5152 to Kingsmill Road (minor road)Wrexham | 11,834 | 11 |
| 16 | Centenary Rd to A5152 Victoria Road / Bradley RdWrexham | 3,644 | fewer than 3 |
| 17 | A5152 Victoria Road / Bradley Rd to B5430Wrexham | 12,147 | 7 |
| 18 | B5430 to A483Wrexham | 12,132 | 13 |
| 19 | B5426 to A5104Wrexham, Denbighshire | 3,705 | 11 |
| 20 | A5104 to A542Denbighshire | 2,069 | 0 |
| 21 | A525/A494(T) Roundabout to A525/A542 JunctionDenbighshire | 3,312 | fewer than 3 |
| 22 | A494 to A525 mergeDenbighshire | 11,476 | 12 |
| 23 | A525 merge to A543NDenbighshire | 7,368 | fewer than 3 |
| 24 | A543N to A541Denbighshire | 7,902 | 5 |
| 25 | A541 to A525 mergeDenbighshire | 9,803 | 7 |
| 26 | A525 merge to A55Denbighshire | 10,246 | 4 |
| 27 | A55 to A547WDenbighshire | 19,820 | 9 |
| 28 | A547W to A547EDenbighshire | 24,512 | 6 |
| 29 | A548 to A547Denbighshire | 15,778 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A525 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.
A525 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.1% of the vehicle miles on the A525. HGVs account for 3.9%, rising to 9.8% on A530 to A41.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% |
| 2001 | 5.4% |
| 2002 | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 5.3% |
| 2004 | 5.2% |
| 2005 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 5.1% |
| 2007 | 5.2% |
| 2008 | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 4.9% |
| 2010 | 4.9% |
| 2011 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 4.8% |
| 2013 | 4.8% |
| 2014 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 4.7% |
| 2017 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 5.4% |
| 2021 | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 4.5% |
| 2024 | 4.0% |
| 2025 | 3.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A525 traffic trend
Traffic on the A525 came to 187 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 1.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 13.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 167m |
| 2001 | 169m |
| 2002 | 174m |
| 2003 | 178m |
| 2004 | 183m |
| 2005 | 185m |
| 2006 | 186m |
| 2007 | 183m |
| 2008 | 180m |
| 2009 | 178m |
| 2010 | 177m |
| 2011 | 180m |
| 2012 | 179m |
| 2013 | 180m |
| 2014 | 182m |
| 2015 | 179m |
| 2016 | 182m |
| 2017 | 184m |
| 2018 | 188m |
| 2019 | 191m |
| 2020 | 145m |
| 2021 | 160m |
| 2022 | 175m |
| 2023 | 186m |
| 2024 | 185m |
| 2025 | 187m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,268 |
| 2001 | 6,353 |
| 2002 | 6,559 |
| 2003 | 6,693 |
| 2004 | 6,895 |
| 2005 | 6,977 |
| 2006 | 7,012 |
| 2007 | 6,841 |
| 2008 | 6,720 |
| 2009 | 6,636 |
| 2010 | 6,631 |
| 2011 | 6,737 |
| 2012 | 6,673 |
| 2013 | 6,723 |
| 2014 | 6,798 |
| 2015 | 6,708 |
| 2016 | 6,823 |
| 2017 | 6,884 |
| 2018 | 6,969 |
| 2019 | 7,083 |
| 2020 | 5,381 |
| 2021 | 5,936 |
| 2022 | 6,478 |
| 2023 | 6,881 |
| 2024 | 6,831 |
| 2025 | 6,906 |
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 (77.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 34 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A525 collisions
Police recorded 158 collisions with the A525 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 73 of them fatal or serious, including 10 fatal. 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
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | 11 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 |
| 2023 | 23 | 21 |
| 2024 | 15 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Cross Lanes, Wrexham to Eglwys Cross Wrexham · 11 collisions | 118.5 |
| A534/A5152 to Kingsmill Road (minor road) Wrexham · 11 collisions | 58.4 |
| A548 to A547 Denbighshire · 16 collisions | 34.2 |
| B5426 to A5104 Wrexham, Denbighshire · 11 collisions | 27.3 |
| B5430 to A483 Wrexham · 13 collisions | 25.2 |
| A494 to A525 merge Denbighshire · 12 collisions | 9.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 16 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A525 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 A525
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Staffordshire
- Shropshire
- East Cheshire
- Wrexham
- Denbighshire
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 | 34 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 158 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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