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A6008 traffic and collisions
The A6008 is an A-road of 3.6 miles, in Nottingham. This page covers its traffic at 18 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 18m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,499 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 40,557 A6008 Fisher Gate to A60
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −11.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 196 215.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6008?
On an average day in 2025, 13,499 vehicles passed each point on the A6008, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6008 Fisher Gate to A60 (Nottingham), with 40,557 a day; the quietest listed is A610 South Sherwood Street to A60 Milton Street, with 2,658.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6008 Fisher Gate to A60 carries 3.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6008 Fisher Gate to A60 Nottingham · 0.1 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 40,557 |
| A60 King Edward Street to A6008 Cranbrook St Nottingham · 0.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 24,193 |
| Carrington St to A453 Nottingham · 0.4 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 18,463 |
| A60 to Carrington St Nottingham · 0.3 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 17,493 |
| A6005 to A6008 Collin Street Nottingham · 0.1 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 17,044 |
| A6008 Collin St to A610 Nottingham · 0.4 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 17,044 |
| A453 to A6005 Nottingham · 0.3 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 11,076 |
| A6008 Lower Parliament Street to A6008 Hockley Nottingham · 0.1 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 10,624 |
| A610 to A6008 South Sherwood Street Nottingham · 0.2 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 9,608 |
| A6008 Hockley to A6008 Fisher Gate Nottingham · 0.2 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 9,434 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Nottingham · 3.6 miles
A6008 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 6 short link roads and spurs (1.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A60 to Carrington StNottingham | 17,493 | 20 |
| 2 | Carrington St to A453Nottingham | 18,463 | 11 |
| 3 | A453 to A6005Nottingham | 11,076 | 6 |
| 4 | A6005 to A6008 Collin StreetNottingham | 17,044 | 4 |
| 5 | A6008 Collin St to A610Nottingham | 17,044 | 26 |
| 6 | A610 to A6008 South Sherwood StreetNottingham | 9,608 | 14 |
| 7 | A610 South Sherwood Street to A60 Milton StreetNottingham | 2,658 | 14 |
| 8 | A60 to Glasshouse StNottingham | 3,632 | 22 |
| 9 | A60 King Edward Street to A6008 Cranbrook StNottingham | 24,193 | 7 |
| 10 | A6008 Lower Parliament Street to A6008 HockleyNottingham | 10,624 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | A6008 Hockley to A6008 Fisher GateNottingham | 9,434 | 7 |
| 12 | A6008 Fisher Gate to A60Nottingham | 40,557 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6008 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.
A6008 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.6% of the vehicle miles on the A6008. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 3.3% on Carrington St to A453.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.4% |
| 2003 | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 2.7% |
| 2005 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6008 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6008 came to 17.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 11.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 12.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 33.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 31m |
| 2001 | 28m |
| 2002 | 28m |
| 2003 | 27m |
| 2004 | 28m |
| 2005 | 26m |
| 2006 | 26m |
| 2007 | 25m |
| 2008 | 24m |
| 2009 | 24m |
| 2010 | 23m |
| 2011 | 23m |
| 2012 | 23m |
| 2013 | 22m |
| 2014 | 22m |
| 2015 | 23m |
| 2016 | 23m |
| 2017 | 25m |
| 2018 | 25m |
| 2019 | 25m |
| 2020 | 20m |
| 2021 | 21m |
| 2022 | 17m |
| 2023 | 18m |
| 2024 | 18m |
| 2025 | 18m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 22,823 |
| 2001 | 21,679 |
| 2002 | 21,544 |
| 2003 | 21,370 |
| 2004 | 21,593 |
| 2005 | 20,423 |
| 2006 | 20,339 |
| 2007 | 18,324 |
| 2008 | 18,073 |
| 2009 | 17,652 |
| 2010 | 16,903 |
| 2011 | 17,352 |
| 2012 | 17,038 |
| 2013 | 16,508 |
| 2014 | 16,461 |
| 2015 | 16,871 |
| 2016 | 17,174 |
| 2017 | 17,303 |
| 2018 | 16,487 |
| 2019 | 16,430 |
| 2020 | 12,856 |
| 2021 | 13,501 |
| 2022 | 13,188 |
| 2023 | 13,420 |
| 2024 | 13,458 |
| 2025 | 13,499 |
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 18 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6008 collisions
Police recorded 196 collisions with the A6008 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 40 of them fatal or serious. That is 215.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 10.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 37.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 9 |
| 2022 | 33 | 9 |
| 2023 | 32 | 5 |
| 2024 | 23 | 6 |
| 2025 | 40 | 11 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 39 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6008 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 A6008
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- 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 | 18 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 196 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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