A-road
A6003 traffic and collisions
The A6003 is an A-road of 21.2 miles, from North Northamptonshire to Rutland. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 100m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,860 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,061 A43 to A6014
- HGV share 3.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 131 27.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6003?
On an average day in 2025, 12,860 vehicles passed each point on the A6003, counting both directions. The busiest section is A43 to A6014 (North Northamptonshire), with 27,061 a day; the quietest listed is B672 to A47, with 7,203.
Busiest sections, 2025
A43 to A6014 carries 2.1 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A43 to A6014 North Northamptonshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 27,061 |
| A6014 to A427 North Northamptonshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 17,632 |
| A6/A14 to A6098 North Northamptonshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 16,779 |
| A4300 to A6900 North Northamptonshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 16,023 |
| A509 to A6900 North Northamptonshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 15,478 |
| A427 to A6116 North Northamptonshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 15,443 |
| A47(T) to A606 Rutland · 5.4 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 9,996 |
| A6116 to B672 North Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland · 2.0 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 8,678 |
| B672 to A47 Rutland · 4.7 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 7,203 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
North Northamptonshire to Rutland · 21.2 miles
A6003 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | A6/A14 to A6098North Northamptonshire | 16,779 | 26 |
| 2 | A6098 to A509North Northamptonshire | 12,821 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A509 to A6900North Northamptonshire | 15,478 | 10 |
| 4 | A6900 to A6013North Northamptonshire | 17,721 | 14 |
| 5 | A6013 to A4300North Northamptonshire | 20,687 | 6 |
| 6 | A4300 to A6900North Northamptonshire | 16,023 | 18 |
| 7 | A43 to A6014North Northamptonshire | 27,061 | 16 |
| 8 | A6014 to A427North Northamptonshire | 17,632 | 14 |
| 9 | A427 to A6116North Northamptonshire | 15,443 | 8 |
| 10 | A6116 to B672North Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland | 8,678 | 4 |
| 11 | B672 to A47Rutland | 7,203 | 6 |
| 12 | A47(T) to A606Rutland | 9,996 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6003 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.
A6003 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.2% of the vehicle miles on the A6003. HGVs account for 3.5%, rising to 6.4% on A427 to A6116.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.5% |
| 2001 | 5.6% |
| 2002 | 5.2% |
| 2003 | 5.1% |
| 2004 | 5.0% |
| 2005 | 5.4% |
| 2006 | 5.9% |
| 2007 | 5.1% |
| 2008 | 6.0% |
| 2009 | 5.4% |
| 2010 | 5.6% |
| 2011 | 5.5% |
| 2012 | 5.5% |
| 2013 | 5.0% |
| 2014 | 5.2% |
| 2015 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 4.9% |
| 2021 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | 3.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6003 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6003 came to 99.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 17.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 100m |
| 2001 | 107m |
| 2002 | 110m |
| 2003 | 112m |
| 2004 | 110m |
| 2005 | 107m |
| 2006 | 110m |
| 2007 | 106m |
| 2008 | 107m |
| 2009 | 108m |
| 2010 | 107m |
| 2011 | 107m |
| 2012 | 106m |
| 2013 | 110m |
| 2014 | 114m |
| 2015 | 96m |
| 2016 | 101m |
| 2017 | 100m |
| 2018 | 103m |
| 2019 | 104m |
| 2020 | 82m |
| 2021 | 90m |
| 2022 | 95m |
| 2023 | 97m |
| 2024 | 100m |
| 2025 | 100m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,024 |
| 2001 | 12,824 |
| 2002 | 13,234 |
| 2003 | 13,448 |
| 2004 | 13,186 |
| 2005 | 12,892 |
| 2006 | 13,185 |
| 2007 | 12,675 |
| 2008 | 12,841 |
| 2009 | 12,928 |
| 2010 | 12,806 |
| 2011 | 12,836 |
| 2012 | 12,788 |
| 2013 | 13,271 |
| 2014 | 13,708 |
| 2015 | 12,292 |
| 2016 | 12,974 |
| 2017 | 12,846 |
| 2018 | 13,037 |
| 2019 | 13,137 |
| 2020 | 10,333 |
| 2021 | 11,391 |
| 2022 | 12,014 |
| 2023 | 12,259 |
| 2024 | 12,700 |
| 2025 | 12,860 |
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 (88.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6003 collisions
Police recorded 131 collisions with the A6003 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 30 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 27.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 54.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | 3 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 19 | 3 |
| 2025 | 26 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A4300 to A6900 North Northamptonshire · 18 collisions | 97.0 |
| A6014 to A427 North Northamptonshire · 14 collisions | 87.0 |
| A509 to A6900 North Northamptonshire · 10 collisions | 60.9 |
| A6/A14 to A6098 North Northamptonshire · 26 collisions | 52.9 |
| A43 to A6014 North Northamptonshire · 16 collisions | 23.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 26 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6003 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 A6003
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North Northamptonshire
- Leicestershire
- Rutland
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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 131 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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