Trunk A-road
A565 traffic and collisions
The A565 is a trunk A-road of 28.5 miles, from Liverpool to Lancashire. This page covers its traffic at 21 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 206m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,790 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 37,767 A566 to A5036
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +5.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 267 27.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A565?
On an average day in 2025, 19,790 vehicles passed each point on the A565, counting both directions. The busiest section is A566 to A5036 (Sefton), with 37,767 a day; the quietest listed is A5267 to A570, with 9,159.
Busiest sections, 2025
A566 to A5036 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A566 to A5036 Sefton · 0.5 mi · HGVs 5.2% | 37,767 |
| A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill Lane to Roundabout where A5758 Broom's Cross Road meets A565 Sefton · 4.3 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 32,094 |
| B5195 to Liverpool Old Rd Sefton · 2.3 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 28,094 |
| A565 non-trunk to A59 Sefton, Lancashire · 5.2 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 19,831 |
| A5053 to A5054 Liverpool · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 17,540 |
| Liverpool Old Rd/A565 Trunk to A5267 Sefton · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 17,527 |
| A5036 to A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill Lane Sefton · 3.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 15,536 |
| Bankfield to Miller's Bridge Liverpool, Sefton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 6.9% | 13,959 |
| A5267 to A565T Sefton · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 12,004 |
| A570 to A5267 Sefton · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 9,224 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Liverpool to Lancashire · 28.5 miles
A565 traffic and collisions by section
19 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
Show all 19 sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A57 to A5046Liverpool | 1,835 | 0 |
| 2 | A5046 to A5053Liverpool | 4,042 | 0 |
| 3 | A5053 to A5054Liverpool | 17,540 | 11 |
| 4 | A5054 to A5055Liverpool | 20,899 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A5055 to A5056Liverpool | 14,637 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Bankfield to Miller's BridgeLiverpool, Sefton | 13,959 | 3 |
| 7 | A5058 to Church GdnsSefton | 28,623 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | Church Gdns to Strand RdSefton | 29,195 | 5 |
| 9 | Strand Rd to A5098Sefton | 33,200 | 4 |
| 10 | A5098 to A566Sefton | 38,749 | 7 |
| 11 | A566 to A5036Sefton | 37,767 | 10 |
| 12 | A5036 to A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill LaneSefton | 15,536 | 38 |
| 13 | A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill Lane to Roundabout where A5758 Broom's Cross Road meets A565Sefton | 32,094 | 37 |
| 14 | B5195 to Liverpool Old RdSefton | 28,094 | 13 |
| 15 | Liverpool Old Rd/A565 Trunk to A5267Sefton | 17,527 | 10 |
| 16 | A5267 to A570Sefton | 9,159 | 29 |
| 17 | A570 to A5267Sefton | 9,224 | 47 |
| 18 | A5267 to A565TSefton | 12,004 | 28 |
| 19 | A565 non-trunk to A59Sefton, Lancashire | 19,831 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A565 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.
A565 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A565. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 6.9% on Bankfield to Miller's Bridge.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 3.0% |
| 2003 | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.4% |
| 2010 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A565 traffic trend
Traffic on the A565 came to 206 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 5.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 8.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 1.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 223m |
| 2001 | 225m |
| 2002 | 228m |
| 2003 | 218m |
| 2004 | 226m |
| 2005 | 225m |
| 2006 | 228m |
| 2007 | 225m |
| 2008 | 226m |
| 2009 | 226m |
| 2010 | 212m |
| 2011 | 213m |
| 2012 | 222m |
| 2013 | 221m |
| 2014 | 218m |
| 2015 | 228m |
| 2016 | 235m |
| 2017 | 211m |
| 2018 | 209m |
| 2019 | 193m |
| 2020 | 148m |
| 2021 | 166m |
| 2022 | 185m |
| 2023 | 203m |
| 2024 | 203m |
| 2025 | 206m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,125 |
| 2001 | 22,310 |
| 2002 | 22,595 |
| 2003 | 21,671 |
| 2004 | 22,382 |
| 2005 | 22,374 |
| 2006 | 22,600 |
| 2007 | 22,302 |
| 2008 | 22,420 |
| 2009 | 22,412 |
| 2010 | 21,003 |
| 2011 | 21,169 |
| 2012 | 22,002 |
| 2013 | 21,897 |
| 2014 | 21,617 |
| 2015 | 22,670 |
| 2016 | 23,117 |
| 2017 | 20,380 |
| 2018 | 20,083 |
| 2019 | 18,596 |
| 2020 | 14,240 |
| 2021 | 15,989 |
| 2022 | 17,735 |
| 2023 | 19,552 |
| 2024 | 19,540 |
| 2025 | 19,790 |
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, 3 of the 21 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A565 collisions
Police recorded 267 collisions with the A565 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 68 of them fatal or serious. That is 27.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 21.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | 8 |
| 2022 | 45 | 19 |
| 2023 | 44 | 18 |
| 2024 | 30 | 9 |
| 2025 | 32 | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A570 to A5267 Sefton · 47 collisions | 130.9 |
| A5267 to A565T Sefton · 28 collisions | 129.7 |
| A5267 to A570 Sefton · 29 collisions | 66.3 |
| A5036 to A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill Lane Sefton · 38 collisions | 37.0 |
| A5053 to A5054 Liverpool · 11 collisions | 32.2 |
| A566 to A5036 Sefton · 10 collisions | 30.4 |
| A565 Scaffold Lane intersects with B5193 Orrell Hill Lane to Roundabout where A5758 Broom's Cross Road meets A565 Sefton · 37 collisions | 16.9 |
| Liverpool Old Rd/A565 Trunk to A5267 Sefton · 10 collisions | 15.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 29 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A565 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 A565
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Liverpool
- Sefton
- Lancashire
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 | 267 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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