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A6002 traffic and collisions
The A6002 is an A-road of 6.4 miles, from Nottinghamshire to Nottingham. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 45m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,264 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 20,642 A609 to A610
- HGV share 2.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +1.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 70 32.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6002?
On an average day in 2025, 19,264 vehicles passed each point on the A6002, counting both directions. The busiest section is A609 to A610 (Nottinghamshire, Nottingham), with 20,642 a day; the quietest listed is A6007 to A609, with 13,838.
Busiest sections, 2025
A609 to A610 carries 1.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A609 to A610 Nottinghamshire, Nottingham · 2.8 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 20,642 |
| A610 to B682 Nottinghamshire, Nottingham · 2.1 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 18,437 |
| A6007 to A609 Nottinghamshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 13,838 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottinghamshire to Nottingham · 6.4 miles
A6002 traffic and collisions by section
4 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 | A6007 to A609Nottinghamshire | 13,838 | 8 |
| 2 | A609 to A610Nottinghamshire, Nottingham | 20,642 | 19 |
| 3 | A610 to B682Nottinghamshire, Nottingham | 18,437 | 24 |
| 4 | B682 to A611Nottingham | 28,886 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6002 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.
A6002 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.4% of the vehicle miles on the A6002. HGVs account for 2.9%, rising to 4.1% on A610 to B682.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4% |
| 2001 | 4.8% |
| 2002 | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 4.4% |
| 2004 | 4.4% |
| 2005 | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.0% |
| 2008 | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 3.1% |
| 2019 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2025 | 2.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6002 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6002 came to 45 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 1.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 0.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 0.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 44m |
| 2001 | 42m |
| 2002 | 42m |
| 2003 | 43m |
| 2004 | 46m |
| 2005 | 46m |
| 2006 | 46m |
| 2007 | 45m |
| 2008 | 44m |
| 2009 | 44m |
| 2010 | 44m |
| 2011 | 45m |
| 2012 | 44m |
| 2013 | 43m |
| 2014 | 44m |
| 2015 | 44m |
| 2016 | 45m |
| 2017 | 45m |
| 2018 | 45m |
| 2019 | 44m |
| 2020 | 35m |
| 2021 | 38m |
| 2022 | 42m |
| 2023 | 44m |
| 2024 | 45m |
| 2025 | 45m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19,364 |
| 2001 | 18,604 |
| 2002 | 18,589 |
| 2003 | 18,805 |
| 2004 | 20,469 |
| 2005 | 20,108 |
| 2006 | 20,321 |
| 2007 | 19,887 |
| 2008 | 19,525 |
| 2009 | 19,583 |
| 2010 | 19,557 |
| 2011 | 19,689 |
| 2012 | 19,468 |
| 2013 | 19,194 |
| 2014 | 19,574 |
| 2015 | 19,436 |
| 2016 | 19,956 |
| 2017 | 20,035 |
| 2018 | 19,195 |
| 2019 | 18,985 |
| 2020 | 14,757 |
| 2021 | 16,210 |
| 2022 | 17,792 |
| 2023 | 18,885 |
| 2024 | 19,162 |
| 2025 | 19,264 |
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, 0 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6002 collisions
Police recorded 70 collisions with the A6002 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 32.8 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
Up 18.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 12 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 19 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A610 to B682 Nottinghamshire, Nottingham · 24 collisions | 36.1 |
| A609 to A610 Nottinghamshire, Nottingham · 19 collisions | 18.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 25 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6002 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A6002
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Nottinghamshire
- Nottingham
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 70 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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