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A582 traffic and collisions
The A582 is an A-road of 12.6 miles, in Lancashire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 116m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 25,314 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 44,714 A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild Way
- HGV share 3.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 82 18.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A582?
On an average day in 2025, 25,314 vehicles passed each point on the A582, counting both directions. The busiest section is A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild Way (Lancashire), with 44,714 a day; the quietest listed is M55 J1 to A5085 Blackpool Road, with 17,687.
Busiest sections, 2025
A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild Way carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild Way Lancashire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 44,714 |
| John Horrocks Way to A582 Golden Way Roundabout Lancashire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 34,915 |
| A6 to John Horrocks Way Lancashire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 26,637 |
| A582/A5085 intersection to A582/A5072 Tulketh Road intersection Lancashire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 21,947 |
| M55 J1 to A5085 Blackpool Road Lancashire · 2.9 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 17,687 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Lancashire · 12.6 miles
A582 traffic and collisions by section
8 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 | A5083 to A6Lancashire | 46,737 | 10 |
| 2 | A6 to John Horrocks WayLancashire | 26,637 | 43 |
| 3 | John Horrocks Way to A582 Golden Way RoundaboutLancashire | 34,915 | 8 |
| 4 | A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild WayLancashire | 44,714 | 10 |
| 5 | A583 to A59Lancashire | 21,539 | 3 |
| 6 | A582/A5085 intersection to A582/A5072 Tulketh Road intersectionLancashire | 21,947 | 0 |
| 7 | M55 J1 to A5085 Blackpool RoadLancashire | 17,687 | 7 |
| 8 | North A582 Roundabout on M55J2 to South A582 Roundabout on M55J2Lancashire | 1,660 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A582 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.
A582 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.4% of the vehicle miles on the A582. HGVs account for 3.8%, rising to 6.4% on A6 to John Horrocks Way.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.5% |
| 2001 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 4.2% |
| 2003 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 4.7% |
| 2005 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.1% |
| 2007 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 3.4% |
| 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 4.6% |
| 2024 | 4.0% |
| 2025 | 3.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A582 traffic trend
Traffic on the A582 came to 116 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 67.4% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 48m |
| 2001 | 51m |
| 2002 | 50m |
| 2003 | 50m |
| 2004 | 50m |
| 2005 | 49m |
| 2006 | 51m |
| 2007 | 50m |
| 2008 | 49m |
| 2009 | 49m |
| 2010 | 48m |
| 2011 | 47m |
| 2012 | 47m |
| 2013 | 47m |
| 2014 | 48m |
| 2015 | 47m |
| 2016 | 49m |
| 2017 | 48m |
| 2018 | 49m |
| 2019 | 50m |
| 2020 | 55m |
| 2021 | 61m |
| 2022 | 72m |
| 2023 | 73m |
| 2024 | 114m |
| 2025 | 116m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 25,362 |
| 2001 | 26,677 |
| 2002 | 26,319 |
| 2003 | 26,151 |
| 2004 | 26,481 |
| 2005 | 25,914 |
| 2006 | 26,837 |
| 2007 | 26,432 |
| 2008 | 25,810 |
| 2009 | 25,725 |
| 2010 | 25,242 |
| 2011 | 24,870 |
| 2012 | 24,593 |
| 2013 | 24,909 |
| 2014 | 25,173 |
| 2015 | 24,935 |
| 2016 | 25,557 |
| 2017 | 25,396 |
| 2018 | 25,486 |
| 2019 | 25,729 |
| 2020 | 22,391 |
| 2021 | 24,746 |
| 2022 | 28,847 |
| 2023 | 29,520 |
| 2024 | 24,806 |
| 2025 | 25,314 |
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 (3.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A582 collisions
Police recorded 82 collisions with the A582 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 18.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than 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 33.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 16 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6 to John Horrocks Way Lancashire · 43 collisions | 24.9 |
| A582 Roundabout to A59 Guild Way Lancashire · 10 collisions | 21.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 14 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A582 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 A582
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- 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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 82 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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