Trunk A-road

A58 traffic and collisions

The A58 is a trunk A-road of 83.6 miles, from Knowsley to Leeds. This page covers its traffic at 89 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

Last updated: 15 September 2026
Data source: Department for Transport
Records analysed: 89 count points in 2025
Methodology: View methodology

Traffic in 2025 485m vehicle miles
Average daily traffic 15,887 vehicles a day, both directions
Busiest section 37,657 A664 Edinburgh Rd to A640
HGV share 2.3% of vehicle miles
Traffic since 2019 +0.5% same count points
Collisions, 2021 to 2025 872 37.1 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A58?

On an average day in 2025, 15,887 vehicles passed each point on the A58, counting both directions. The busiest section is A664 Edinburgh Rd to A640 (Rochdale), with 37,657 a day; the quietest listed is Blackstone Edge Old Rd to A672, with 3,132.

Busiest sections, 2025

A664 Edinburgh Rd to A640 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A58 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section	Vehicles a day
A664 Edinburgh Rd to A640 Rochdale · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.9%	37,657
A6 to M61 Bolton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.1%	32,728
A664 Albert Royds St to A6033 Rochdale · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.2%	31,089
B5413 to Borough Rd St. Helens · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.6%	25,535
A572 to A58 St. Helens · 1.7 mi · HGVs 2.7%	23,950
M61 to A676 Bolton · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.7%	23,344
A671 to A58 Halifax Rd Rochdale · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.2%	22,976
A6099 to A666 Bolton · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.1%	22,784
A647 to A6036 Calderdale · 1.2 mi · HGVs 4.3%	21,998
M66 to A6046 Bury, Rochdale · 2.3 mi · HGVs 4.4%	21,039

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Route

Knowsley to Leeds · 83.6 miles

Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A58 traffic and collisions by section

75 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 5 short link roads and spurs (1.7 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A58 in route order, 2025 traffic
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1	A57/M57 slips to A58 St Helens RdKnowsley	1.0	10,840	1.5%	−6.7%	4	–
2	Lloyd Road roundabout to B5413Knowsley, St. Helens	1.7	12,369	1.5%	−3.3%	11	30.0
3	B5413 to Borough RdSt. Helens	0.5	25,535	0.6%	−7.1%	7	–
4	Borough Rd to Westfield StSt. Helens	0.4	9,375	1.7%	+0.1%	6	–
5	Borough Rd to A570St. Helens	0.2	25,797	1.2%	+9.8%	6	–
6	A570 to A572St. Helens	0.2	27,024	2.4%	+2.2%	8	–
7	A572 to A58St. Helens	1.7	23,950	2.7%	−0.2%	11	15.6
8	A58 to A580St. Helens	0.2	28,740	2.7%	−0.2%	fewer than 3	–
9	A580(T) to M6St. Helens, Wigan	1.9	13,109	5.0%	+9.8%	3	–
10	M6 to A49Wigan	0.6	8,765	4.3%	−5.0%	3	–
11	A49 to A5062Wigan	0.2	10,887	4.4%	−5.3%	5	–
12	A5062 to A573Wigan	2.6	12,800	1.8%	+17.9%	15	30.2
13	At A573Wigan	0.2	22,556	1.3%	−5.7%	7	–
14	A573 to A577Wigan	1.4	13,139	1.7%	+2.1%	7	–
15	A577 Atherton Road to A577 Cross StreetWigan	0.1	10,449	1.6%	−1.1%	3	–
16	A577 to WEARISH LANEWigan, Bolton	1.9	14,763	2.4%	+14.7%	10	18.4
17	WEARISH LANE to A6Bolton	2.0	16,847	3.3%	−5.0%	21	35.3
18	A6 to M61Bolton	0.6	32,728	3.1%	−1.2%	6	–
19	M61 to A676Bolton	0.9	23,344	2.7%	+6.6%	7	–
20	A676 to A673Bolton	1.4	16,352	1.3%	+4.5%	12	26.9
21	A673 to A6099Bolton	2.3	19,495	1.5%	+25.5%	16	25.1
22	A6099 to A666Bolton	0.9	22,784	1.1%	+0.4%	17	48.0
23	A666 to A676Bolton	1.0	21,022	1.2%	−3.6%	12	28.5
24	A676 to A579Bolton	1.2	9,820	1.2%	−2.2%	7	–
25	A579 to A665Bolton, Bury	1.3	19,487	1.8%	+12.4%	18	40.2
26	A665 to Bolton St roundaboutBury	2.8	18,148	1.6%	+10.8%	24	30.3
27	Bolton Road roundabout to A56Bury	0.2	63,348	1.1%	+3.6%	fewer than 3	–
28	At A56Bury	0.4	30,015	1.2%	−11.5%	fewer than 3	–
29	At A56Bury	0.7	19,602	2.1%	−10.3%	6	–
30	A56 to M66Bury	0.8	18,836	3.9%	−6.7%	22	82.5
31	M66 to A6046Bury, Rochdale	2.3	21,039	4.4%	–	28	32.7
32	At A6046Rochdale	0.3	14,194	2.2%	+3.5%	7	–
33	A6046 to A664Rochdale	1.7	17,077	2.7%	−0.3%	12	23.4
34	A664 Manchester Rd to A664 Edinburgh WayRochdale	0.2	29,631	1.9%	−4.1%	3	–
35	A664 Edinburgh Rd to A640Rochdale	0.7	37,657	1.9%	+2.3%	11	23.8
36	A640 to A6060Rochdale	0.2	31,693	1.7%	−8.4%	fewer than 3	–
37	A6060 to A680Rochdale	0.3	30,177	1.5%	+10.1%	0	–
38	A680 to A671Rochdale	0.3	31,821	1.9%	+11.3%	6	–
39	A671 to A58 Halifax RdRochdale	0.9	22,976	1.2%	+6.0%	15	40.1
40	A664 Albert Royds St to A6033Rochdale	2.2	31,089	1.2%	+1.2%	37	28.8
41	A6033 to Blackstone Edge Old RdRochdale	0.3	4,132	1.6%	−6.4%	0	–
42	Blackstone Edge Old Rd to A672Rochdale, Calderdale	7.1	3,132	1.5%	−6.6%	15	38.5
43	A672 to Jerry Lane, Sowerby BridgeCalderdale	2.5	9,784	2.8%	−6.8%	17	39.6
44	Jerry Lane to A6139Calderdale	0.6	16,310	2.8%	+14.1%	14	93.5
45	A6139 to A6026Calderdale	0.2	16,078	2.6%	−0.9%	7	–
46	A6026 to A6142Calderdale	0.1	10,943	2.1%	−5.5%	fewer than 3	–
47	At A6142Calderdale	0.6	10,166	2.1%	−5.6%	5	–
48	A6142 to A646Calderdale	0.4	14,115	1.7%	+0.6%	6	–
49	A646 to A629Calderdale	1.4	20,771	1.8%	+13.1%	16	35.8
50	A629 to A647Calderdale	0.2	38,876	2.2%	+15.2%	4	–
51	A647 to A6036Calderdale	1.2	21,998	4.3%	−17.7%	28	59.9
52	A6036 to A58 TrunkCalderdale	0.6	14,917	3.9%	−0.8%	5	–
53	A58 principal to A644Calderdale	0.7	14,917	3.9%	−0.8%	9	–
54	A644 to A641Calderdale, Bradford	1.7	14,720	4.4%	−1.0%	11	25.4
55	A641 to M62Bradford, Kirklees	2.3	15,355	4.3%	−8.2%	30	46.7
56	M62 to A651Kirklees	1.7	12,038	3.0%	−13.1%	7	–
57	A651 to A650Kirklees, Leeds	0.9	11,948	2.8%	−9.2%	13	66.7
58	A650(T) to B6135Leeds	0.7	4,905	2.3%	−22.2%	fewer than 3	–
59	B6135 to A6110Leeds	3.2	6,768	2.7%	−5.2%	13	34.0
60	A6110 to A62Leeds	1.2	11,922	2.5%	−9.7%	14	54.9
61	A62 to A643Leeds	0.2	16,218	2.8%	−7.1%	fewer than 3	–
62	A643 to A647 Canal St roundaboutLeeds	0.4	68,546	2.2%	+7.6%	8	–
63	B6154 to Armley RdLeeds	0.3	85,476	1.5%	+1.1%	15	–
64	Armley rd to A58(M)Leeds	0.1	85,476	1.5%	+1.1%	5	–
65	A58(M) to A65 mid-roundaboutLeeds	0.2	28,386	1.8%	−6.7%	5	–
66	A65 to A58MLeeds	0.4	10,036	2.2%	+4.9%	19	–
67	A660 to A58(M)Leeds	0.2	7,487	1.7%	−36.6%	6	–
68	A64(M) to A61 Meanwood RoadLeeds	0.4	45,767	1.5%	+5.5%	16	–
69	A61 Meanwood Road to A61 Sheepscar Sstreet SouthLeeds	0.1	46,936	1.0%	−0.1%	6	–
70	A61 to Gledhow RdLeeds	0.6	17,068	0.9%	+12.9%	28	171.2
71	Gledhow Rd to A6120Leeds	3.2	17,196	0.9%	−6.4%	87	89.4
72	A6120 Ring Road (Seacroft) to A6120 Ring Road (Shadwell)Leeds	0.6	13,323	1.0%	–	8	–
73	A6120 Ring Road (Shadwell) to Junction A659/A58 (Collingham)Leeds	5.5	8,998	2.9%	–	22	41.7
74	At A659Leeds	0.4	21,886	1.4%	+3.0%	fewer than 3	–
75	A659 to A661Leeds	1.3	10,599	1.7%	−21.1%	3	–

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A58 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.

A58 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.6% of the vehicle miles on the A58. HGVs account for 2.3%, rising to 5.0% on A580(T) to M6.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Share of vehicle miles on the A58 by vehicle type
Category	Share
Cars and taxis	82.6%
Vans (LGVs)	13.9%
HGVs	2.3%
Buses and coaches	0.8%
Motorcycles	0.5%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A58, by year
Year	HGV share
2000	3.2%
2001	3.1%
2002	2.8%
2003	2.9%
2004	3.1%
2005	2.9%
2006	2.9%
2007	2.8%
2008	2.8%
2009	2.7%
2010	2.7%
2011	2.8%
2012	2.7%
2013	2.5%
2014	2.6%
2015	2.5%
2016	2.4%
2017	2.4%
2018	2.5%
2019	2.4%
2020	2.8%
2021	2.7%
2022	2.6%
2023	2.5%
2024	2.4%
2025	2.3%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A58 traffic trend

Traffic on the A58 came to 485 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.3% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 7.1% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A58 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year	Vehicle miles
2000	543m
2001	538m
2002	546m
2003	538m
2004	544m
2005	542m
2006	536m
2007	515m
2008	531m
2009	529m
2010	525m
2011	506m
2012	491m
2013	489m
2014	497m
2015	495m
2016	523m
2017	509m
2018	506m
2019	502m
2020	399m
2021	445m
2022	478m
2023	471m
2024	474m
2025	485m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A58, weighted by link length, by year
Year	Vehicles a day
2000	17,829
2001	17,635
2002	17,913
2003	17,645
2004	17,856
2005	17,766
2006	17,571
2007	16,944
2008	17,468
2009	17,407
2010	17,257
2011	16,610
2012	16,118
2013	16,050
2014	16,305
2015	16,241
2016	16,049
2017	15,608
2018	15,279
2019	15,468
2020	12,280
2021	13,701
2022	14,716
2023	15,428
2024	15,541
2025	15,887

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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, 23 of the 89 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A58 collisions

Police recorded 872 collisions with the A58 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 260 of them fatal or serious. That is 37.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.1 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 15.6% from 2021 to 2025.

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A58, 2021 to 2025
Section	Per 100m vehicle miles
A61 to Gledhow Rd Leeds · 28 collisions	171.2
Jerry Lane to A6139 Calderdale · 14 collisions	93.5
Gledhow Rd to A6120 Leeds · 87 collisions	89.4
A56 to M66 Bury · 22 collisions	82.5
A651 to A650 Kirklees, Leeds · 13 collisions	66.7
A647 to A6036 Calderdale · 28 collisions	59.9
A6110 to A62 Leeds · 14 collisions	54.9
A6099 to A666 Bolton · 17 collisions	48.0

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A further 176 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A58 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 A58

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

Knowsley
St. Helens
Wigan
Bolton
Bury
Rochdale
Calderdale
Bradford
Kirklees
Leeds

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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	89 count points in 2025	15 September 2026
Reported collisions	Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring	2021 to 2025	872 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”.

How we calculate these figures All data sources

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How busy is the A58?

Route

A58 traffic and collisions by section

A58 traffic by vehicle type

A58 traffic trend

A58 collisions

Council areas on the A58

Roads that meet the A58

Data sources and methodology

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