Trunk A-road
A54 traffic and collisions
The A54 is a trunk A-road of 42.0 miles, from Derbyshire to West Cheshire. This page covers its traffic at 21 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 139m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,067 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 24,577 A527 to A34
- HGV share 5.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +3.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 184 28.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A54?
On an average day in 2025, 9,067 vehicles passed each point on the A54, counting both directions. The busiest section is A527 to A34 (East Cheshire), with 24,577 a day; the quietest listed is A537 to A523(T), with 1,576.
Busiest sections, 2025
A527 to A34 carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A527 to A34 East Cheshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 24,577 |
| M6 to A533 West Cheshire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 12.2% | 18,283 |
| At A533 East Cheshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 12.2% | 18,283 |
| A5018 to Foxfield Lane West Cheshire · 2.2 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 16,708 |
| A556 to A51 West Cheshire · 4.5 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 15,441 |
| A50 to M6 East Cheshire · 1.5 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 15,051 |
| Road One to A5018 West Cheshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 9,946 |
| St John's Rd to A527 East Cheshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 9,224 |
| Foxfield Lane to A49 West Cheshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 7.7% | 9,070 |
| Holmes Chapel to Radnor (A54/A536 Roundabout) East Cheshire · 4.7 mi · HGVs 4.5% | 8,383 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Derbyshire to West Cheshire · 42.0 miles
A54 traffic and collisions by section
20 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Show all 20 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A53 to A537Derbyshire | 6,143 | 7 |
| 2 | A537 to A523(T)Derbyshire, East Cheshire | 1,576 | 10 |
| 3 | St John's Rd, Congleton to A523East Cheshire | 6,160 | 7 |
| 4 | St John's Rd to A527East Cheshire | 9,224 | 8 |
| 5 | A527 to A34East Cheshire | 24,577 | 6 |
| 6 | Loach Brook Roundabout (A54/A536) to A34 West RoadEast Cheshire | 7,323 | 3 |
| 7 | Holmes Chapel to Radnor (A54/A536 Roundabout)East Cheshire | 8,383 | 9 |
| 8 | A50 to M6East Cheshire | 15,051 | 5 |
| 9 | M6 to A533West Cheshire | 18,283 | 10 |
| 10 | At A533East Cheshire | 18,283 | 8 |
| 11 | A533 to A530East Cheshire | 16,143 | 3 |
| 12 | At A530East Cheshire | 14,977 | fewer than 3 |
| 13 | A530 to A533West Cheshire | 14,977 | fewer than 3 |
| 14 | A533 to Road OneWest Cheshire | 7,048 | 13 |
| 15 | Road One to A5018West Cheshire | 9,946 | 11 |
| 16 | A5018 to Foxfield LaneWest Cheshire | 16,708 | 27 |
| 17 | Foxfield Lane to A49West Cheshire | 9,070 | 8 |
| 18 | A49 to B5152West Cheshire | 7,316 | 14 |
| 19 | B5152 to A556West Cheshire | 6,266 | 7 |
| 20 | A556 to A51West Cheshire | 15,441 | 23 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A54 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.
A54 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.4% of the vehicle miles on the A54. HGVs account for 5.8%, rising to 12.2% on M6 to A533.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% |
| 2001 | 6.9% |
| 2002 | 7.3% |
| 2003 | 7.5% |
| 2004 | 7.5% |
| 2005 | 7.6% |
| 2006 | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 7.6% |
| 2008 | 7.5% |
| 2009 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 6.3% |
| 2011 | 6.0% |
| 2012 | 5.9% |
| 2013 | 6.0% |
| 2014 | 5.8% |
| 2015 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.2% |
| 2017 | 6.4% |
| 2018 | 6.9% |
| 2019 | 7.0% |
| 2020 | 8.2% |
| 2021 | 7.8% |
| 2022 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | 6.8% |
| 2024 | 6.0% |
| 2025 | 5.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A54 traffic trend
Traffic on the A54 came to 139 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 3.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and about the same as in 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 2.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 137m |
| 2001 | 137m |
| 2002 | 137m |
| 2003 | 137m |
| 2004 | 132m |
| 2005 | 134m |
| 2006 | 141m |
| 2007 | 137m |
| 2008 | 145m |
| 2009 | 144m |
| 2010 | 131m |
| 2011 | 132m |
| 2012 | 131m |
| 2013 | 129m |
| 2014 | 132m |
| 2015 | 135m |
| 2016 | 134m |
| 2017 | 134m |
| 2018 | 133m |
| 2019 | 133m |
| 2020 | 100m |
| 2021 | 113m |
| 2022 | 122m |
| 2023 | 129m |
| 2024 | 137m |
| 2025 | 139m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,015 |
| 2001 | 9,031 |
| 2002 | 9,040 |
| 2003 | 9,030 |
| 2004 | 8,702 |
| 2005 | 8,820 |
| 2006 | 9,285 |
| 2007 | 9,000 |
| 2008 | 9,541 |
| 2009 | 9,429 |
| 2010 | 8,594 |
| 2011 | 8,606 |
| 2012 | 8,558 |
| 2013 | 8,436 |
| 2014 | 8,654 |
| 2015 | 8,848 |
| 2016 | 8,762 |
| 2017 | 8,757 |
| 2018 | 8,641 |
| 2019 | 8,650 |
| 2020 | 6,522 |
| 2021 | 7,399 |
| 2022 | 7,962 |
| 2023 | 8,383 |
| 2024 | 8,942 |
| 2025 | 9,067 |
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 (85.7% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 21 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A54 collisions
Police recorded 184 collisions with the A54 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 66 of them fatal or serious. That is 28.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to 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
Up 41.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | 10 |
| 2022 | 25 | 11 |
| 2023 | 15 | 16 |
| 2024 | 19 | 16 |
| 2025 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A49 to B5152 West Cheshire · 14 collisions | 108.9 |
| A533 to Road One West Cheshire · 13 collisions | 87.3 |
| A5018 to Foxfield Lane West Cheshire · 27 collisions | 51.0 |
| Road One to A5018 West Cheshire · 11 collisions | 47.7 |
| A537 to A523(T) Derbyshire, East Cheshire · 10 collisions | 40.1 |
| A556 to A51 West Cheshire · 23 collisions | 18.9 |
| M6 to A533 West Cheshire · 10 collisions | 17.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 40 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A54 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 A54
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derbyshire
- 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 | 21 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 184 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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