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A541 traffic and collisions
The A541 is an A-road of 26.7 miles, from Wrexham to Denbighshire. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 79m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,080 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 17,835 A5119 Chester St (Stryd Gaer) to A494 roundabout
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −7.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 76 20.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A541?
On an average day in 2025, 8,080 vehicles passed each point on the A541, counting both directions. The busiest section is A5119 Chester St (Stryd Gaer) to A494 roundabout (Flintshire), with 17,835 a day; the quietest listed is A543 to A525, with 2,147.
Busiest sections, 2025
A5119 Chester St (Stryd Gaer) to A494 roundabout carries 2.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A5119 Chester St (Stryd Gaer) to A494 roundabout Flintshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 17,835 |
| A483 to A5152 Wrexham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,090 |
| Junction A541/A483 to A550 Wrexham, Flintshire · 3.6 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 15,207 |
| A5104 to A5118 Flintshire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 9,803 |
| A5118 to A494/A549 Flintshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 9,478 |
| A550 Hawarden Rd to A5104 Flintshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 8,942 |
| Dreflan, Mold to Nant Alyn Rd, Rhydymwyn Flintshire · 2.3 mi · HGVs 7.6% | 7,461 |
| B5121 to A543 Flintshire, Denbighshire · 6.6 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 4,515 |
| Nant Alyn Rd, Rhydymwyn to B5121 Flintshire · 4.0 mi · HGVs 6.7% | 4,115 |
| A543 to A525 Denbighshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 6.2% | 2,147 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Wrexham to Denbighshire · 26.7 miles
A541 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 | A483 to A5152Wrexham | 17,090 | 9 |
| 2 | Junction A541/A483 to A550Wrexham, Flintshire | 15,207 | 19 |
| 3 | A550 Hawarden Rd to A5104Flintshire | 8,942 | 5 |
| 4 | A5104 to A5118Flintshire | 9,803 | 11 |
| 5 | A5118 to A494/A549Flintshire | 9,478 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | A5119 Chester St (Stryd Gaer) to A494 roundaboutFlintshire | 17,835 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A5119N to A5119SFlintshire | 20,824 | 0 |
| 8 | A5119 to Dreflan, MoldFlintshire | 9,444 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | Dreflan, Mold to Nant Alyn Rd, RhydymwynFlintshire | 7,461 | 11 |
| 10 | Nant Alyn Rd, Rhydymwyn to B5121Flintshire | 4,115 | 3 |
| 11 | B5121 to A543Flintshire, Denbighshire | 4,515 | 6 |
| 12 | A543 to A525Denbighshire | 2,147 | 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A541 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.
A541 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.5% of the vehicle miles on the A541. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 7.6% on Dreflan, Mold to Nant Alyn Rd, Rhydymwyn.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% |
| 2001 | 5.5% |
| 2002 | 5.2% |
| 2003 | 4.8% |
| 2004 | 5.0% |
| 2005 | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.2% |
| 2007 | 5.4% |
| 2008 | 4.9% |
| 2009 | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 4.0% |
| 2012 | 4.1% |
| 2013 | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 3.8% |
| 2023 | 3.5% |
| 2024 | 3.3% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A541 traffic trend
Traffic on the A541 came to 78.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 7.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 10.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 84m |
| 2001 | 84m |
| 2002 | 84m |
| 2003 | 86m |
| 2004 | 86m |
| 2005 | 82m |
| 2006 | 83m |
| 2007 | 82m |
| 2008 | 79m |
| 2009 | 78m |
| 2010 | 78m |
| 2011 | 77m |
| 2012 | 76m |
| 2013 | 76m |
| 2014 | 78m |
| 2015 | 80m |
| 2016 | 81m |
| 2017 | 81m |
| 2018 | 80m |
| 2019 | 80m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 67m |
| 2022 | 72m |
| 2023 | 73m |
| 2024 | 76m |
| 2025 | 79m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,823 |
| 2001 | 8,812 |
| 2002 | 8,878 |
| 2003 | 9,089 |
| 2004 | 9,058 |
| 2005 | 8,676 |
| 2006 | 8,719 |
| 2007 | 8,670 |
| 2008 | 8,348 |
| 2009 | 8,248 |
| 2010 | 8,194 |
| 2011 | 8,064 |
| 2012 | 7,964 |
| 2013 | 8,053 |
| 2014 | 8,181 |
| 2015 | 8,385 |
| 2016 | 8,490 |
| 2017 | 8,478 |
| 2018 | 8,431 |
| 2019 | 8,412 |
| 2020 | 6,374 |
| 2021 | 7,011 |
| 2022 | 7,554 |
| 2023 | 7,581 |
| 2024 | 7,865 |
| 2025 | 8,080 |
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 (84.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A541 collisions
Police recorded 76 collisions with the A541 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 38 of them fatal or serious. That is 20.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 63.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Dreflan, Mold to Nant Alyn Rd, Rhydymwyn Flintshire · 11 collisions | 36.5 |
| Junction A541/A483 to A550 Wrexham, Flintshire · 19 collisions | 29.5 |
| A5104 to A5118 Flintshire · 11 collisions | 29.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 13 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A541 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 A541
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wrexham
- Flintshire
- 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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 76 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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