A-road
A528 traffic and collisions
The A528 is an A-road of 25.0 miles in England and Wales, from Shropshire to Wrexham. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 49m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 5,405 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 11,885 A5191 to A5124
- HGV share 3.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 42 19.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A528?
On an average day in 2025, 5,405 vehicles passed each point on the A528, counting both directions. The busiest section is A5191 to A5124 (Shropshire), with 11,885 a day; the quietest listed is B4397 to A495, with 3,439.
Busiest sections, 2025
A5191 to A5124 carries 2.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A5191 to A5124 Shropshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 11,885 |
| A5124 to B5476 Shropshire · 3.5 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 8,295 |
| A528N to A528S Wrexham · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 6,432 |
| A539W to A525 Wrexham · 2.9 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 5,184 |
| A495 to A539E Shropshire, Wrexham · 4.8 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 3,632 |
| B5476 to B4397 Shropshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 3,504 |
| B4397 to A495 Shropshire · 6.1 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 3,439 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Shropshire to Wrexham · 25.0 miles
A528 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | A5191 to A5124Shropshire | 11,885 | 8 |
| 2 | A5124 to B5476Shropshire | 8,295 | 7 |
| 3 | B5476 to B4397Shropshire | 3,504 | 3 |
| 4 | B4397 to A495Shropshire | 3,439 | 5 |
| 5 | A495 to A539EShropshire, Wrexham | 3,632 | 10 |
| 6 | A528N to A528SWrexham | 6,432 | 4 |
| 7 | A539W to A525Wrexham | 5,184 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A528 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.
A528 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.5% of the vehicle miles on the A528. HGVs account for 3.1%, rising to 7.8% on B5476 to B4397.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 3.2% |
| 2006 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 3.1% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.4% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 4.1% |
| 2020 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 4.0% |
| 2023 | 3.8% |
| 2024 | 3.4% |
| 2025 | 3.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A528 traffic trend
Traffic on the A528 came to 49.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and up 5.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 36.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 33m |
| 2001 | 35m |
| 2002 | 37m |
| 2003 | 37m |
| 2004 | 38m |
| 2005 | 39m |
| 2006 | 39m |
| 2007 | 40m |
| 2008 | 40m |
| 2009 | 40m |
| 2010 | 39m |
| 2011 | 39m |
| 2012 | 39m |
| 2013 | 40m |
| 2014 | 42m |
| 2015 | 43m |
| 2016 | 43m |
| 2017 | 43m |
| 2018 | 44m |
| 2019 | 45m |
| 2020 | 35m |
| 2021 | 39m |
| 2022 | 42m |
| 2023 | 43m |
| 2024 | 48m |
| 2025 | 49m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,892 |
| 2001 | 4,108 |
| 2002 | 4,382 |
| 2003 | 4,401 |
| 2004 | 4,507 |
| 2005 | 4,591 |
| 2006 | 4,623 |
| 2007 | 4,746 |
| 2008 | 4,690 |
| 2009 | 4,767 |
| 2010 | 4,617 |
| 2011 | 4,655 |
| 2012 | 4,651 |
| 2013 | 4,695 |
| 2014 | 4,940 |
| 2015 | 5,053 |
| 2016 | 5,097 |
| 2017 | 5,134 |
| 2018 | 5,226 |
| 2019 | 5,325 |
| 2020 | 4,160 |
| 2021 | 4,587 |
| 2022 | 4,989 |
| 2023 | 5,097 |
| 2024 | 5,281 |
| 2025 | 5,405 |
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 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A528 collisions
Police recorded 42 collisions with the A528 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 19 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 19.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 66.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A495 to A539E Shropshire, Wrexham · 10 collisions | 32.7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
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 A528
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Shropshire
- Wrexham
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 42 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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