A-road
A577 traffic and collisions
The A577 is an A-road of 25.8 miles, from Salford to Lancashire. This page covers its traffic at 32 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 109m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,602 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 18,861 A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere Road
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 172 33.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A577?
On an average day in 2025, 11,602 vehicles passed each point on the A577, counting both directions. The busiest section is A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere Road (Wigan), with 18,861 a day; the quietest listed is A5068 to Ashurst Rd, with 4,013.
Busiest sections, 2025
A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere Road carries 1.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere Road Wigan · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 18,861 |
| A577 Church St/Market St to A577 Shuttle St/Elliottt St Wigan · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 17,828 |
| A577 Mealhouse Lane to A579 Wigan · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 17,059 |
| A572 to A5082 Salford, Wigan · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 16,534 |
| A577 Cross St to A573 Wigan · 2.0 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 16,438 |
| A573 to A49 Wigan · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 16,384 |
| A578 to A58 Wigan · 1.8 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 15,777 |
| A577 Ellesmere Road to A49 Warrington Rd Wigan · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 13,864 |
| A579 to A578 Wigan · 1.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 13,292 |
| A5082 to A577 split Wigan · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 12,380 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Salford to Lancashire · 25.8 miles
A577 traffic and collisions by section
22 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 8 short link roads and spurs (2.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A572 to A5082Salford, Wigan | 16,534 | 4 |
| 2 | At A5082Wigan | 17,317 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A5082 to A577 splitWigan | 12,380 | 5 |
| 4 | A577 Tyldesley Road to A577 Manchester RoadWigan | 6,777 | 7 |
| 5 | A577 Church St/Market St to A577 Shuttle St/Elliottt StWigan | 17,828 | 15 |
| 6 | A577 intersection nr. St. Johns Apartments to Market Street/St. John Street IntersectionWigan | 6,267 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | Market Street/St. John Street Intersection to A577 Wigan RdWigan | 1,949 | 0 |
| 8 | A577 Mealhouse Lane to A579Wigan | 17,059 | 5 |
| 9 | A579 to A578Wigan | 13,292 | 8 |
| 10 | A578 to A58Wigan | 15,777 | 15 |
| 11 | A58 to A577 Cross StreetWigan | 15,070 | 0 |
| 12 | A577 Cross St to A573Wigan | 16,438 | 32 |
| 13 | A573 to A49Wigan | 16,384 | fewer than 3 |
| 14 | A577 Ellesmere Road to A49 Warrington RdWigan | 13,864 | 3 |
| 15 | A577 split to A577mergeWigan | 8,603 | fewer than 3 |
| 16 | A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere RoadWigan | 18,861 | 13 |
| 17 | A577 spur to M58 to A577 splitWigan, Lancashire | 12,371 | 21 |
| 18 | Ashurdt Rd to A577 Windmill RdLancashire | 6,362 | fewer than 3 |
| 19 | A5068 to Ashurst RdLancashire | 4,013 | fewer than 3 |
| 20 | A5068 roundabout to B5312 Railway RdLancashire | 7,884 | 4 |
| 21 | B5312 Railway Rd to Thompson Ave, OrmskirkLancashire | 7,508 | 8 |
| 22 | A50/A570 to Thompson AveLancashire | 8,334 | 4 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A577 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.
A577 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A577. HGVs account for 1.8%, rising to 2.9% on A572 to A5082.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.5% |
| 2006 | 3.4% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A577 traffic trend
Traffic on the A577 came to 109 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 4.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 109m |
| 2001 | 109m |
| 2002 | 109m |
| 2003 | 105m |
| 2004 | 108m |
| 2005 | 107m |
| 2006 | 106m |
| 2007 | 105m |
| 2008 | 106m |
| 2009 | 107m |
| 2010 | 107m |
| 2011 | 108m |
| 2012 | 104m |
| 2013 | 103m |
| 2014 | 105m |
| 2015 | 107m |
| 2016 | 105m |
| 2017 | 103m |
| 2018 | 106m |
| 2019 | 106m |
| 2020 | 86m |
| 2021 | 96m |
| 2022 | 103m |
| 2023 | 105m |
| 2024 | 109m |
| 2025 | 109m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,335 |
| 2001 | 12,333 |
| 2002 | 12,359 |
| 2003 | 11,981 |
| 2004 | 12,254 |
| 2005 | 12,172 |
| 2006 | 12,081 |
| 2007 | 11,948 |
| 2008 | 12,032 |
| 2009 | 12,154 |
| 2010 | 12,177 |
| 2011 | 12,251 |
| 2012 | 11,832 |
| 2013 | 11,697 |
| 2014 | 11,965 |
| 2015 | 12,343 |
| 2016 | 12,029 |
| 2017 | 11,940 |
| 2018 | 11,336 |
| 2019 | 11,330 |
| 2020 | 9,111 |
| 2021 | 10,183 |
| 2022 | 11,015 |
| 2023 | 11,216 |
| 2024 | 11,522 |
| 2025 | 11,602 |
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 32 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A577 collisions
Police recorded 172 collisions with the A577 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 55 of them fatal or serious. That is 33.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 47.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | 10 |
| 2022 | 20 | 10 |
| 2023 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 32 | 13 |
| 2025 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A577 Cross St to A573 Wigan · 32 collisions | 55.1 |
| A577 Church St/Market St to A577 Shuttle St/Elliottt St Wigan · 15 collisions | 52.7 |
| A577 spur to M58 to A577 split Wigan, Lancashire · 21 collisions | 33.3 |
| A577 Orrell Road to A577 Ellesmere Road Wigan · 13 collisions | 33.1 |
| A578 to A58 Wigan · 15 collisions | 30.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 46 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A577 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 A577
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Salford
- Wigan
- 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 | 32 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 172 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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