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A583 traffic and collisions
The A583 is an A-road of 14.4 miles, from Lancashire to Blackpool. This page covers its traffic at 13 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 83m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,849 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 31,339 Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection)
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 216 48.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A583?
On an average day in 2025, 15,849 vehicles passed each point on the A583, counting both directions. The busiest section is Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection) (Lancashire), with 31,339 a day; the quietest listed is A583 Kendal Street to B6241, with 8,281.
Busiest sections, 2025
Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection) carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection) Lancashire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 31,339 |
| Clifton Rd to A587 Blackpool · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 25,691 |
| A5073 to B5124/B5266 Blackpool · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 20,160 |
| B5192 to A585 Lancashire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 13,521 |
| A584 to B5192 Lancashire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 12,463 |
| A585 to M55 Jn 4 Lancashire · 4.5 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 10,831 |
| A583 Kendal Street to B6241 Lancashire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 8,281 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lancashire to Blackpool · 14.4 miles
A583 traffic and collisions by section
13 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 | Fylde Road to A5071Lancashire | 13,092 | 7 |
| 2 | A583 Kendal Street to B6241Lancashire | 8,281 | 17 |
| 3 | B6241 to A5072Lancashire | 23,078 | 32 |
| 4 | Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection)Lancashire | 31,339 | 20 |
| 5 | A584 to B5192Lancashire | 12,463 | 14 |
| 6 | B5192 to A585Lancashire | 13,521 | 6 |
| 7 | A585 to M55 Jn 4Lancashire | 10,831 | 28 |
| 8 | M55 to Clifton RdBlackpool | 23,379 | 15 |
| 9 | Clifton Rd to A587Blackpool | 25,691 | 19 |
| 10 | A587 to A5073Blackpool | 27,187 | 11 |
| 11 | A5073 to B5124/B5266Blackpool | 20,160 | 40 |
| 12 | B5124/B5266 to A586Blackpool | 6,750 | 6 |
| 13 | At A586Blackpool | 6,750 | 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 A583 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.
A583 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.7% of the vehicle miles on the A583. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 3.1% on B5192 to A585.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.7% |
| 2005 | 3.5% |
| 2006 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.0% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A583 traffic trend
Traffic on the A583 came to 83.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 0.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 4.9% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 105m |
| 2001 | 111m |
| 2002 | 112m |
| 2003 | 112m |
| 2004 | 112m |
| 2005 | 116m |
| 2006 | 118m |
| 2007 | 108m |
| 2008 | 108m |
| 2009 | 107m |
| 2010 | 104m |
| 2011 | 103m |
| 2012 | 101m |
| 2013 | 99m |
| 2014 | 99m |
| 2015 | 101m |
| 2016 | 101m |
| 2017 | 100m |
| 2018 | 103m |
| 2019 | 106m |
| 2020 | 81m |
| 2021 | 89m |
| 2022 | 96m |
| 2023 | 98m |
| 2024 | 81m |
| 2025 | 83m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,615 |
| 2001 | 18,557 |
| 2002 | 18,624 |
| 2003 | 18,667 |
| 2004 | 18,688 |
| 2005 | 19,433 |
| 2006 | 20,264 |
| 2007 | 18,436 |
| 2008 | 18,496 |
| 2009 | 18,333 |
| 2010 | 17,777 |
| 2011 | 17,586 |
| 2012 | 17,218 |
| 2013 | 16,996 |
| 2014 | 16,875 |
| 2015 | 17,281 |
| 2016 | 17,334 |
| 2017 | 17,073 |
| 2018 | 17,054 |
| 2019 | 17,427 |
| 2020 | 13,419 |
| 2021 | 14,668 |
| 2022 | 15,741 |
| 2023 | 16,149 |
| 2024 | 15,764 |
| 2025 | 15,849 |
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 (57.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 2 of the 13 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A583 collisions
Police recorded 216 collisions with the A583 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 58 of them fatal or serious. That is 48.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 36.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 10 |
| 2022 | 34 | 8 |
| 2023 | 33 | 12 |
| 2024 | 23 | 16 |
| 2025 | 40 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A583 Kendal Street to B6241 Lancashire · 17 collisions | 227.2 |
| A585 to M55 Jn 4 Lancashire · 28 collisions | 157.4 |
| Preston New Road to Old Hall Cottages (A583/A582 intersection) Lancashire · 20 collisions | 98.9 |
| A5073 to B5124/B5266 Blackpool · 40 collisions | 93.5 |
| A584 to B5192 Lancashire · 14 collisions | 26.7 |
| Clifton Rd to A587 Blackpool · 19 collisions | 22.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 56 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A583 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 A583
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lancashire
- Blackpool
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 | 13 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 216 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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