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A6010 traffic and collisions
The A6010 is an A-road of 9.8 miles, from Manchester to Salford. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 62m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,421 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 31,362 A57 to A635
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 185 61.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6010?
On an average day in 2025, 17,421 vehicles passed each point on the A6010, counting both directions. The busiest section is A57 to A635 (Manchester), with 31,362 a day; the quietest listed is B5117 to A34, with 9,674.
Busiest sections, 2025
A57 to A635 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A57 to A635 Manchester · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 31,362 |
| A635 to A662 Manchester · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 29,935 |
| A662 to A62 Manchester · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 28,075 |
| A664 to A665 Manchester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 21,581 |
| A6 to A57 Manchester · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 17,337 |
| A62 to A664 Manchester · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 16,323 |
| A5103 to B5093 Manchester · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 13,019 |
| A665 to A576 Manchester, Salford · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 12,903 |
| A5145 to A5103 Manchester · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 12,192 |
| B5093 to B5117 Manchester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 12,048 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Manchester to Salford · 9.8 miles
A6010 traffic and collisions by section
13 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A5145 to A5103Manchester | 12,192 | 36 |
| 2 | A5103 to B5093Manchester | 13,019 | 18 |
| 3 | B5093 to B5117Manchester | 12,048 | 18 |
| 4 | B5117 to A34Manchester | 9,674 | 9 |
| 5 | A34 to Hamilton RdManchester | 12,605 | 14 |
| 6 | A6010 Dickenson Rd to A6 Stockport RdManchester | 11,062 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A6 to A57Manchester | 17,337 | 7 |
| 8 | A57 to A635Manchester | 31,362 | 12 |
| 9 | A635 to A662Manchester | 29,935 | 12 |
| 10 | A662 to A62Manchester | 28,075 | 21 |
| 11 | A62 to A664Manchester | 16,323 | 6 |
| 12 | A664 to A665Manchester | 21,581 | 17 |
| 13 | A665 to A576Manchester, Salford | 12,903 | 11 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6010 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.
A6010 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 85.5% of the vehicle miles on the A6010. HGVs account for 1.6%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 3.7% |
| 2002 | 2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2004 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 3.3% |
| 2006 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 2.5% |
| 2015 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6010 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6010 came to 62.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 4.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 65m |
| 2001 | 65m |
| 2002 | 68m |
| 2003 | 64m |
| 2004 | 64m |
| 2005 | 63m |
| 2006 | 61m |
| 2007 | 61m |
| 2008 | 67m |
| 2009 | 68m |
| 2010 | 63m |
| 2011 | 63m |
| 2012 | 60m |
| 2013 | 60m |
| 2014 | 61m |
| 2015 | 62m |
| 2016 | 63m |
| 2017 | 62m |
| 2018 | 61m |
| 2019 | 62m |
| 2020 | 49m |
| 2021 | 55m |
| 2022 | 59m |
| 2023 | 61m |
| 2024 | 62m |
| 2025 | 62m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18,140 |
| 2001 | 18,278 |
| 2002 | 18,925 |
| 2003 | 17,859 |
| 2004 | 17,973 |
| 2005 | 17,470 |
| 2006 | 17,026 |
| 2007 | 17,002 |
| 2008 | 18,590 |
| 2009 | 18,885 |
| 2010 | 17,698 |
| 2011 | 17,543 |
| 2012 | 16,829 |
| 2013 | 16,738 |
| 2014 | 17,139 |
| 2015 | 17,214 |
| 2016 | 17,478 |
| 2017 | 17,269 |
| 2018 | 17,136 |
| 2019 | 17,305 |
| 2020 | 13,582 |
| 2021 | 15,387 |
| 2022 | 16,596 |
| 2023 | 16,942 |
| 2024 | 17,250 |
| 2025 | 17,421 |
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, 4 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6010 collisions
Police recorded 185 collisions with the A6010 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 55 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 61.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 21.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | 9 |
| 2022 | 31 | 9 |
| 2023 | 29 | 6 |
| 2024 | 26 | 13 |
| 2025 | 21 | 18 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B5093 to B5117 Manchester · 18 collisions | 127.8 |
| A5145 to A5103 Manchester · 36 collisions | 87.8 |
| A664 to A665 Manchester · 17 collisions | 72.7 |
| A5103 to B5093 Manchester · 18 collisions | 72.1 |
| A665 to A576 Manchester, Salford · 11 collisions | 57.3 |
| A635 to A662 Manchester · 12 collisions | 46.2 |
| A57 to A635 Manchester · 12 collisions | 38.2 |
| A662 to A62 Manchester · 21 collisions | 34.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 45 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6010 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 A6010
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Manchester
- Salford
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 | 15 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 185 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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