A-road
A527 traffic and collisions
The A527 is an A-road of 12.4 miles, from Staffordshire to East Cheshire. This page covers its traffic at 13 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 69m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,311 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 29,057 A500 to A50
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 62 17.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A527?
On an average day in 2025, 15,311 vehicles passed each point on the A527, counting both directions. The busiest section is A500 to A50 (Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent), with 29,057 a day; the quietest listed is Grange Rd, Biddulph to Leek Rd, with 9,310.
Busiest sections, 2025
A500 to A50 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A500 to A50 Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 29,057 |
| A50 to A527 Stoke-on-Trent · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 19,780 |
| A52 to A500(T) Staffordshire · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 16,949 |
| A5272 to Holmes Way, Oxford Stoke-on-Trent · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 14,288 |
| Holmes Way, Oxford to Brown Lees Road Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 14,281 |
| Leek Rd to A54 East Cheshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 13,031 |
| Brown Lees Road to Grange Road Staffordshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 11,027 |
| Grange Rd, Biddulph to Leek Rd Staffordshire, East Cheshire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 9,310 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Staffordshire to East Cheshire · 12.4 miles
A527 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 | A34 to A52/A53Staffordshire | 22,758 | 4 |
| 2 | A52 to A500(T)Staffordshire | 16,949 | 8 |
| 3 | A500 to A50Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent | 29,057 | 10 |
| 4 | A50 to A527Stoke-on-Trent | 19,780 | 3 |
| 5 | A527 to A5271Stoke-on-Trent | 18,053 | 0 |
| 6 | A5272 to Holmes Way, OxfordStoke-on-Trent | 14,288 | 7 |
| 7 | Holmes Way, Oxford to Brown Lees RoadStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | 14,281 | 6 |
| 8 | Brown Lees Road to Grange RoadStaffordshire | 11,027 | 13 |
| 9 | Grange Rd, Biddulph to Leek RdStaffordshire, East Cheshire | 9,310 | 5 |
| 10 | Leek Rd to A54East Cheshire | 13,031 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A527 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.
A527 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.4% of the vehicle miles on the A527. HGVs account for 1.8%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A527 traffic trend
Traffic on the A527 came to 69.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 21.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 57m |
| 2001 | 56m |
| 2002 | 57m |
| 2003 | 57m |
| 2004 | 56m |
| 2005 | 54m |
| 2006 | 54m |
| 2007 | 53m |
| 2008 | 55m |
| 2009 | 62m |
| 2010 | 56m |
| 2011 | 62m |
| 2012 | 62m |
| 2013 | 63m |
| 2014 | 67m |
| 2015 | 69m |
| 2016 | 72m |
| 2017 | 71m |
| 2018 | 72m |
| 2019 | 74m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 66m |
| 2022 | 70m |
| 2023 | 71m |
| 2024 | 71m |
| 2025 | 69m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,364 |
| 2001 | 13,116 |
| 2002 | 13,352 |
| 2003 | 13,450 |
| 2004 | 13,038 |
| 2005 | 12,641 |
| 2006 | 12,740 |
| 2007 | 12,285 |
| 2008 | 12,859 |
| 2009 | 13,155 |
| 2010 | 12,056 |
| 2011 | 13,288 |
| 2012 | 13,230 |
| 2013 | 13,469 |
| 2014 | 14,358 |
| 2015 | 14,682 |
| 2016 | 15,402 |
| 2017 | 15,260 |
| 2018 | 15,213 |
| 2019 | 15,808 |
| 2020 | 12,505 |
| 2021 | 14,027 |
| 2022 | 15,029 |
| 2023 | 15,138 |
| 2024 | 15,257 |
| 2025 | 15,311 |
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 (85.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 13 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A527 collisions
Police recorded 62 collisions with the A527 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 17.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 112.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Brown Lees Road to Grange Road Staffordshire · 13 collisions | 26.5 |
| A500 to A50 Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent · 10 collisions | 13.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 10 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A527 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 A527
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- East Cheshire
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 | 13 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 62 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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