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A554 traffic and collisions
The A554 is an A-road of 8.1 miles, in Wirral. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 37m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,661 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 34,215 A551 to M53
- HGV share 1.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 60 34.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A554?
On an average day in 2025, 12,661 vehicles passed each point on the A554, counting both directions. The busiest section is A551 to M53 (Wirral), with 34,215 a day; the quietest listed is A5028 to B5477 Harrison Drive, with 6,901.
Busiest sections, 2025
A551 to M53 carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A551 to M53 Wirral · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 34,215 |
| M53 to A553 Wirral · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 27,460 |
| B5477 Harrison Drive to A551 Wirral · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 17,346 |
| Roundabout where A554 Tower Road meets A5029 Watson Street to Roundabout where A554 Birhenhead Road and A554 Tower Road meet Wirral · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 16,272 |
| A5139 to A5028 Wirral · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 6,975 |
| A5028 to B5477 Harrison Drive Wirral · 3.9 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 6,901 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Wirral · 8.1 miles
A554 traffic and collisions by section
8 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A41 to A552Wirral | 9,979 | 0 |
| 2 | A552 to A5029Wirral | 13,165 | 4 |
| 3 | Roundabout where A554 Tower Road meets A5029 Watson Street to Roundabout where A554 Birhenhead Road and A554 Tower Road meetWirral | 16,272 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A5139 to A5028Wirral | 6,975 | 8 |
| 5 | A5028 to B5477 Harrison DriveWirral | 6,901 | 29 |
| 6 | B5477 Harrison Drive to A551Wirral | 17,346 | 5 |
| 7 | A551 to M53Wirral | 34,215 | 5 |
| 8 | M53 to A553Wirral | 27,460 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A554 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.
A554 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 85.3% of the vehicle miles on the A554. HGVs account for 1.0%, rising to 2.1% on Roundabout where A554 Tower Road meets A5029 Watson Street to Roundabout where A554 Birhenhead Road and A554 Tower Road meet.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.2% |
| 2002 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.1% |
| 2008 | 2.3% |
| 2009 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 1.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A554 traffic trend
Traffic on the A554 came to 37.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 0.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 35m |
| 2001 | 36m |
| 2002 | 38m |
| 2003 | 37m |
| 2004 | 38m |
| 2005 | 37m |
| 2006 | 37m |
| 2007 | 36m |
| 2008 | 35m |
| 2009 | 35m |
| 2010 | 35m |
| 2011 | 35m |
| 2012 | 35m |
| 2013 | 34m |
| 2014 | 36m |
| 2015 | 37m |
| 2016 | 39m |
| 2017 | 40m |
| 2018 | 34m |
| 2019 | 37m |
| 2020 | 28m |
| 2021 | 32m |
| 2022 | 34m |
| 2023 | 35m |
| 2024 | 36m |
| 2025 | 37m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,391 |
| 2001 | 12,891 |
| 2002 | 13,349 |
| 2003 | 13,201 |
| 2004 | 13,398 |
| 2005 | 13,234 |
| 2006 | 12,988 |
| 2007 | 12,945 |
| 2008 | 12,304 |
| 2009 | 12,546 |
| 2010 | 12,261 |
| 2011 | 12,373 |
| 2012 | 12,275 |
| 2013 | 12,243 |
| 2014 | 12,615 |
| 2015 | 12,983 |
| 2016 | 13,647 |
| 2017 | 13,815 |
| 2018 | 12,032 |
| 2019 | 12,554 |
| 2020 | 9,576 |
| 2021 | 10,718 |
| 2022 | 11,502 |
| 2023 | 11,949 |
| 2024 | 12,118 |
| 2025 | 12,661 |
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 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A554 collisions
Police recorded 60 collisions with the A554 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 22 of them fatal or serious. That is 34.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 55.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A5028 to B5477 Harrison Drive Wirral · 29 collisions | 60.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 9 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A554 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 A554
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Wirral
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 60 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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