A-road
A530 traffic and collisions
The A530 is an A-road of 22.5 miles, from East Cheshire to West Cheshire. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 94m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,437 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,546 A500 to A532
- HGV share 3.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +3.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 97 22.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A530?
On an average day in 2025, 11,437 vehicles passed each point on the A530, counting both directions. The busiest section is A500 to A532 (East Cheshire), with 22,546 a day; the quietest listed is A525 to Stonebridge Rd, Nantwich, with 6,850.
Busiest sections, 2025
A500 to A532 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A500 to A532 East Cheshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 22,546 |
| B5309 to A556(T) West Cheshire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 14,574 |
| Marshfield Bank, Cheshire East to LA bounadry, Wimboldsley Hall East Cheshire · 4.4 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 14,318 |
| LA bounadry, Wimboldsley Hall to Brynlow Drive West Cheshire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 14,318 |
| A529 to A51 East Cheshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 11,410 |
| Brynlow Drive to A54 East Cheshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 10,455 |
| A556(T) to A559 West Cheshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 7,219 |
| A54 to B5309 East Cheshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 6,865 |
| At B5309 West Cheshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 6,865 |
| A525 to Stonebridge Rd, Nantwich East Cheshire · 6.2 mi · HGVs 7.5% | 6,850 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
East Cheshire to West Cheshire · 22.5 miles
A530 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | A525 to Stonebridge Rd, NantwichEast Cheshire | 6,850 | 18 |
| 2 | Stonebridge Rd to A529East Cheshire | 7,603 | 5 |
| 3 | road to Hawksey Drive to A530East Cheshire | 4,485 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A529 to A51East Cheshire | 11,410 | 3 |
| 5 | A500 to A532East Cheshire | 22,546 | 9 |
| 6 | Marshfield Bank, Cheshire East to LA bounadry, Wimboldsley HallEast Cheshire | 14,318 | 12 |
| 7 | LA bounadry, Wimboldsley Hall to Brynlow DriveWest Cheshire | 14,318 | 15 |
| 8 | Brynlow Drive to A54East Cheshire | 10,455 | 4 |
| 9 | A54 to B5309East Cheshire | 6,865 | 5 |
| 10 | At B5309West Cheshire | 6,865 | 5 |
| 11 | B5309 to A556(T)West Cheshire | 14,574 | 11 |
| 12 | A556(T) to A559West Cheshire | 7,219 | 8 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A530 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.
A530 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.5% of the vehicle miles on the A530. HGVs account for 3.5%, rising to 7.5% on A525 to Stonebridge Rd, Nantwich.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% |
| 2001 | 4.3% |
| 2002 | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 4.5% |
| 2004 | 5.2% |
| 2005 | 5.1% |
| 2006 | 4.4% |
| 2007 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 4.6% |
| 2009 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.6% |
| 2013 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.8% |
| 2016 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.6% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 5.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 3.5% |
| 2025 | 3.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A530 traffic trend
Traffic on the A530 came to 93.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 3.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 17.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 19.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 85m |
| 2001 | 90m |
| 2002 | 89m |
| 2003 | 90m |
| 2004 | 93m |
| 2005 | 89m |
| 2006 | 90m |
| 2007 | 87m |
| 2008 | 90m |
| 2009 | 90m |
| 2010 | 89m |
| 2011 | 81m |
| 2012 | 83m |
| 2013 | 82m |
| 2014 | 84m |
| 2015 | 78m |
| 2016 | 82m |
| 2017 | 85m |
| 2018 | 85m |
| 2019 | 91m |
| 2020 | 70m |
| 2021 | 80m |
| 2022 | 86m |
| 2023 | 89m |
| 2024 | 91m |
| 2025 | 94m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,083 |
| 2001 | 10,614 |
| 2002 | 10,593 |
| 2003 | 10,719 |
| 2004 | 10,972 |
| 2005 | 10,526 |
| 2006 | 10,635 |
| 2007 | 10,354 |
| 2008 | 10,641 |
| 2009 | 10,565 |
| 2010 | 10,554 |
| 2011 | 9,607 |
| 2012 | 9,781 |
| 2013 | 9,726 |
| 2014 | 9,965 |
| 2015 | 9,996 |
| 2016 | 10,164 |
| 2017 | 10,473 |
| 2018 | 10,521 |
| 2019 | 11,090 |
| 2020 | 8,573 |
| 2021 | 9,763 |
| 2022 | 10,514 |
| 2023 | 10,893 |
| 2024 | 11,040 |
| 2025 | 11,437 |
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 (80.4% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A530 collisions
Police recorded 97 collisions with the A530 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 29 of them fatal or serious. That is 22.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 8.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 19 |
| 2025 | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A525 to Stonebridge Rd, Nantwich East Cheshire · 18 collisions | 27.0 |
| Marshfield Bank, Cheshire East to LA bounadry, Wimboldsley Hall East Cheshire · 12 collisions | 26.3 |
| LA bounadry, Wimboldsley Hall to Brynlow Drive West Cheshire · 15 collisions | 23.0 |
| B5309 to A556(T) West Cheshire · 11 collisions | 17.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 16 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A530 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 A530
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- East Cheshire
- West 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 | 12 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 97 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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