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A576 traffic and collisions
The A576 is an A-road of 10.4 miles, from Trafford to Rochdale. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 73m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,175 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 45,840 A6104 to M60
- HGV share 2.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 115 32.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A576?
On an average day in 2025, 19,175 vehicles passed each point on the A576, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6104 to M60 (Manchester), with 45,840 a day; the quietest listed is A5186 to A6, with 11,236.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6104 to M60 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6104 to M60 Manchester · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 45,840 |
| A665 to A6044 Manchester · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 23,075 |
| A5081 to A57 Trafford, Salford · 1.7 mi · HGVs 7.2% | 19,592 |
| M602 to A5185 Salford · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 17,728 |
| A6 to A5066 Salford · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 16,096 |
| A6045 to A664 Rochdale · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 14,804 |
| A6010 to A665 Salford · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 13,048 |
| A5185 to A5186 Salford · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 12,048 |
| A5186 to A6 Salford · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 11,236 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Trafford to Rochdale · 10.4 miles
A576 traffic and collisions by section
15 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 | A5081 to A57Trafford, Salford | 19,592 | 8 |
| 2 | A57 to M602Salford | 27,265 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | M602 to A5185Salford | 17,728 | 14 |
| 4 | At A5185Salford | 17,728 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A5185 to A5186Salford | 12,048 | 5 |
| 6 | A5186 to A6Salford | 11,236 | 3 |
| 7 | A6 to A5066Salford | 16,096 | 20 |
| 8 | A5066 to A56Salford | 16,150 | 3 |
| 9 | A56 to A6010Salford | 19,657 | 7 |
| 10 | A6010 to A665Salford | 13,048 | 14 |
| 11 | A665 to A6044Manchester | 23,075 | 11 |
| 12 | A6044 to A6104Manchester | 41,189 | 10 |
| 13 | A6104 to M60Manchester | 45,840 | 7 |
| 14 | M60 to A6045Bury | 26,176 | fewer than 3 |
| 15 | A6045 to A664Rochdale | 14,804 | 8 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A576 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.
A576 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.9% of the vehicle miles on the A576. HGVs account for 2.9%, rising to 7.2% on A5081 to A57.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.6% |
| 2001 | 4.3% |
| 2002 | 4.1% |
| 2003 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 4.6% |
| 2005 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.4% |
| 2007 | 4.2% |
| 2008 | 4.7% |
| 2009 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 4.0% |
| 2013 | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 3.9% |
| 2015 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2025 | 2.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A576 traffic trend
Traffic on the A576 came to 72.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 0.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 5.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 73m |
| 2001 | 73m |
| 2002 | 70m |
| 2003 | 66m |
| 2004 | 71m |
| 2005 | 69m |
| 2006 | 68m |
| 2007 | 68m |
| 2008 | 66m |
| 2009 | 67m |
| 2010 | 66m |
| 2011 | 67m |
| 2012 | 67m |
| 2013 | 67m |
| 2014 | 69m |
| 2015 | 70m |
| 2016 | 75m |
| 2017 | 76m |
| 2018 | 79m |
| 2019 | 79m |
| 2020 | 59m |
| 2021 | 66m |
| 2022 | 71m |
| 2023 | 73m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 73m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20,253 |
| 2001 | 20,207 |
| 2002 | 19,341 |
| 2003 | 18,376 |
| 2004 | 19,666 |
| 2005 | 18,977 |
| 2006 | 18,763 |
| 2007 | 18,896 |
| 2008 | 18,341 |
| 2009 | 18,512 |
| 2010 | 18,232 |
| 2011 | 18,524 |
| 2012 | 18,647 |
| 2013 | 18,628 |
| 2014 | 19,212 |
| 2015 | 19,413 |
| 2016 | 20,725 |
| 2017 | 20,921 |
| 2018 | 20,667 |
| 2019 | 20,849 |
| 2020 | 15,499 |
| 2021 | 17,253 |
| 2022 | 18,755 |
| 2023 | 19,195 |
| 2024 | 19,261 |
| 2025 | 19,175 |
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, 4 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A576 collisions
Police recorded 115 collisions with the A576 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 34 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 32.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | 7 |
| 2022 | 16 | 6 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| M602 to A5185 Salford · 14 collisions | 74.4 |
| A6010 to A665 Salford · 14 collisions | 58.4 |
| A6 to A5066 Salford · 20 collisions | 51.1 |
| A665 to A6044 Manchester · 11 collisions | 30.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 34 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A576 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 A576
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Trafford
- Salford
- Manchester
- Bury
- Rochdale
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 | 115 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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