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A6005 traffic and collisions
The A6005 is an A-road of 14.7 miles, from Nottingham to Derby. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 77m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,267 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 31,483 A52 to A6464
- HGV share 1.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 205 55.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6005?
On an average day in 2025, 14,267 vehicles passed each point on the A6005, counting both directions. The busiest section is A52 to A6464 (Nottingham), with 31,483 a day; the quietest listed is B6540 to Sawley Rd, with 6,426.
Busiest sections, 2025
A52 to A6464 carries 2.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A52 to A6464 Nottingham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 31,483 |
| Acorn Way roundabout to A52 roundabout Derby · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 24,500 |
| A6464 to Attenborough Lane Nottinghamshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 17,868 |
| A6008 to A6130 Nottingham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 17,073 |
| Attenborough Lane to B6540 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 15,369 |
| A6130 to A52 Nottingham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 13,675 |
| B5010 to A6096 Derbyshire, Derby · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 10,350 |
| Quillings Way, Borrowash to B5010 Derbyshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 9,838 |
| Arthur St, Draycott to Quillings Way, Borrowash Derbyshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 6,596 |
| B6540 to Sawley Rd Derbyshire · 3.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 6,426 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottingham to Derby · 14.7 miles
A6005 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 | A6008 to A6130Nottingham | 17,073 | 20 |
| 2 | A6130 to A52Nottingham | 13,675 | 18 |
| 3 | A52 to A6464Nottingham | 31,483 | 29 |
| 4 | A6464 to Attenborough LaneNottinghamshire | 17,868 | 27 |
| 5 | Attenborough Lane to B6540Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire | 15,369 | 29 |
| 6 | B6540 to Sawley RdDerbyshire | 6,426 | 38 |
| 7 | Arthur St, Draycott to Quillings Way, BorrowashDerbyshire | 6,596 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | Quillings Way, Borrowash to B5010Derbyshire | 9,838 | 4 |
| 9 | B5010 to A6096Derbyshire, Derby | 10,350 | 12 |
| 10 | A6096 to A52Derby | 18,504 | 5 |
| 11 | Acorn Way roundabout to A52 roundaboutDerby | 24,500 | 15 |
| 12 | A5111 to Derby Road roundaboutDerby | 20,322 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6005 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.
A6005 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.1% of the vehicle miles on the A6005. HGVs account for 1.2%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 1.2% |
| 2025 | 1.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6005 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6005 came to 76.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 23.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 97m |
| 2001 | 96m |
| 2002 | 95m |
| 2003 | 96m |
| 2004 | 97m |
| 2005 | 93m |
| 2006 | 97m |
| 2007 | 91m |
| 2008 | 92m |
| 2009 | 91m |
| 2010 | 91m |
| 2011 | 92m |
| 2012 | 85m |
| 2013 | 86m |
| 2014 | 82m |
| 2015 | 82m |
| 2016 | 84m |
| 2017 | 84m |
| 2018 | 87m |
| 2019 | 82m |
| 2020 | 63m |
| 2021 | 69m |
| 2022 | 74m |
| 2023 | 74m |
| 2024 | 76m |
| 2025 | 77m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18,425 |
| 2001 | 18,326 |
| 2002 | 17,971 |
| 2003 | 18,178 |
| 2004 | 18,524 |
| 2005 | 17,704 |
| 2006 | 18,423 |
| 2007 | 17,307 |
| 2008 | 17,431 |
| 2009 | 17,396 |
| 2010 | 17,302 |
| 2011 | 17,424 |
| 2012 | 16,190 |
| 2013 | 16,322 |
| 2014 | 15,512 |
| 2015 | 15,580 |
| 2016 | 15,937 |
| 2017 | 15,968 |
| 2018 | 16,205 |
| 2019 | 15,245 |
| 2020 | 11,649 |
| 2021 | 12,777 |
| 2022 | 13,724 |
| 2023 | 13,753 |
| 2024 | 14,214 |
| 2025 | 14,267 |
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 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6005 collisions
Police recorded 205 collisions with the A6005 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 46 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 55.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 20.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | 5 |
| 2022 | 36 | 12 |
| 2023 | 34 | 12 |
| 2024 | 26 | 10 |
| 2025 | 34 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6130 to A52 Nottingham · 18 collisions | 106.4 |
| B6540 to Sawley Rd Derbyshire · 38 collisions | 92.9 |
| Acorn Way roundabout to A52 roundabout Derby · 15 collisions | 70.0 |
| A6008 to A6130 Nottingham · 20 collisions | 68.1 |
| Attenborough Lane to B6540 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 29 collisions | 62.8 |
| B5010 to A6096 Derbyshire, Derby · 12 collisions | 50.5 |
| A52 to A6464 Nottingham · 29 collisions | 46.1 |
| A6464 to Attenborough Lane Nottinghamshire · 27 collisions | 34.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 47 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6005 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 A6005
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
- Derby
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 | 205 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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