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A563 traffic and collisions
The A563 is an A-road of 15.9 miles, from Leicestershire to Leicester. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 171m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 29,408 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 49,309 A426 to B4114
- HGV share 3.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +7.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 198 25.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A563?
On an average day in 2025, 29,408 vehicles passed each point on the A563, counting both directions. The busiest section is A426 to B4114 (Leicester, Leicestershire), with 49,309 a day; the quietest listed is A563 spur to A47, with 20,220.
Busiest sections, 2025
A426 to B4114 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A426 to B4114 Leicester, Leicestershire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 49,309 |
| A6 to A607 Leicester · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 36,532 |
| A5199 to A426 Leicester · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 33,160 |
| A50 to A5630 Leicester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 28,722 |
| A607 to A6030 Leicester · 1.6 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 28,339 |
| A6030 to A47 Leicester · 1.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 27,932 |
| A5630 to A6 Leicester · 2.2 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 26,240 |
| A6 to A5199 Leicestershire, Leicester · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 25,074 |
| A47 to A50 Leicester · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 22,919 |
| A563 spur to A47 Leicestershire, Leicester · 2.1 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 20,220 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Leicestershire to Leicester · 15.9 miles
A563 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A6 to A5199Leicestershire, Leicester | 25,074 | 6 |
| 2 | A5199 to A426Leicester | 33,160 | 33 |
| 3 | A426 to B4114Leicester, Leicestershire | 49,309 | 17 |
| 4 | B4114 to A563 SpurLeicestershire | 50,700 | 4 |
| 5 | At A563 spurLeicestershire | 43,372 | 6 |
| 6 | A563 spur to A47Leicestershire, Leicester | 20,220 | 6 |
| 7 | A47 to A50Leicester | 22,919 | 32 |
| 8 | A50 to A5630Leicester | 28,722 | 11 |
| 9 | A5630 to A6Leicester | 26,240 | 31 |
| 10 | A6 to A607Leicester | 36,532 | 10 |
| 11 | A607 to A6030Leicester | 28,339 | 22 |
| 12 | A6030 to A47Leicester | 27,932 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A563 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.
A563 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.0% of the vehicle miles on the A563. HGVs account for 3.5%, rising to 5.8% on A5630 to A6.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% |
| 2001 | 5.5% |
| 2002 | 5.7% |
| 2003 | 5.6% |
| 2004 | 5.4% |
| 2005 | 5.8% |
| 2006 | 6.0% |
| 2007 | 5.8% |
| 2008 | 4.9% |
| 2009 | 4.5% |
| 2010 | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 4.1% |
| 2017 | 4.1% |
| 2018 | 4.0% |
| 2019 | 4.0% |
| 2020 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | 3.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A563 traffic trend
Traffic on the A563 came to 171 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 7.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 2.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 1.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 149m |
| 2001 | 147m |
| 2002 | 146m |
| 2003 | 148m |
| 2004 | 150m |
| 2005 | 137m |
| 2006 | 152m |
| 2007 | 149m |
| 2008 | 149m |
| 2009 | 150m |
| 2010 | 148m |
| 2011 | 149m |
| 2012 | 146m |
| 2013 | 146m |
| 2014 | 146m |
| 2015 | 147m |
| 2016 | 151m |
| 2017 | 149m |
| 2018 | 150m |
| 2019 | 148m |
| 2020 | 116m |
| 2021 | 132m |
| 2022 | 152m |
| 2023 | 161m |
| 2024 | 163m |
| 2025 | 171m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 27,459 |
| 2001 | 26,965 |
| 2002 | 26,822 |
| 2003 | 27,220 |
| 2004 | 27,620 |
| 2005 | 28,221 |
| 2006 | 28,012 |
| 2007 | 27,376 |
| 2008 | 27,401 |
| 2009 | 27,514 |
| 2010 | 27,180 |
| 2011 | 27,425 |
| 2012 | 26,874 |
| 2013 | 26,820 |
| 2014 | 26,816 |
| 2015 | 27,077 |
| 2016 | 27,810 |
| 2017 | 27,345 |
| 2018 | 26,940 |
| 2019 | 26,783 |
| 2020 | 21,036 |
| 2021 | 23,583 |
| 2022 | 27,116 |
| 2023 | 28,669 |
| 2024 | 29,046 |
| 2025 | 29,408 |
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 (58.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A563 collisions
Police recorded 198 collisions with the A563 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 40 of them fatal or serious. That is 25.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2023 | 48 |
| 2024 | 43 |
| 2025 | 36 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A5199 to A426 Leicester · 33 collisions | 129.8 |
| A6 to A607 Leicester · 10 collisions | 62.5 |
| A47 to A50 Leicester · 32 collisions | 50.2 |
| A50 to A5630 Leicester · 11 collisions | 31.5 |
| A5630 to A6 Leicester · 31 collisions | 31.5 |
| A607 to A6030 Leicester · 22 collisions | 28.3 |
| A6030 to A47 Leicester · 16 collisions | 23.2 |
| A426 to B4114 Leicester, Leicestershire · 17 collisions | 18.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 50 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A563 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 98.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A563
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Leicestershire
- Leicester
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 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 198 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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