Trunk A-road
A6055 traffic and collisions
The A6055 is a trunk A-road of 29.5 miles, in North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 53m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 4,937 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 7,461 A684 to Roundabout
- HGV share 7.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 43 17.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6055?
On an average day in 2025, 4,937 vehicles passed each point on the A6055, counting both directions. The busiest section is A684 to Roundabout (North Yorkshire), with 7,461 a day; the quietest listed is At 0, with 1,707.
Busiest sections, 2025
A684 to Roundabout carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A684 to Roundabout North Yorkshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 7,461 |
| A6055 Catterick Road to A6055 Leeming Lane North Yorkshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 7.0% | 7,215 |
| Knaresborough to A1(M) J48 North Yorkshire · 6.2 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 5,587 |
| A61 to A1 spur to A684 North Yorkshire · 9.6 mi · HGVs 11.6% | 5,114 |
| Catterick Bridge to Roundabout at A6108 and A6055 (near Bertham House, North Yorkshire) North Yorkshire · 3.6 mi · HGVs 9.9% | 5,015 |
| A1M to A6055 -former A1 Catterick North Yorkshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 4,756 |
| Off ramps to A6136 Catterick North Yorkshire · 4.9 mi · HGVs 6.7% | 3,679 |
| At 0 North Yorkshire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 1,707 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In North Yorkshire · 29.5 miles
A6055 traffic and collisions by section
11 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 | Knaresborough to A1(M) J48North Yorkshire | 5,587 | 21 |
| 2 | A1M mid-junction to A168North Yorkshire | 5,587 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A61 to A1 spur to A684North Yorkshire | 5,114 | 6 |
| 4 | A684 to RoundaboutNorth Yorkshire | 7,461 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Off ramps to A6136 CatterickNorth Yorkshire | 3,679 | 8 |
| 6 | A1M to A6055 -former A1 CatterickNorth Yorkshire | 4,756 | 0 |
| 7 | A1(M) West to A1(M) EastNorth Yorkshire | 5,525 | 0 |
| 8 | A1(M) East to A6136 Catterick roadNorth Yorkshire | 14,513 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A6055 Catterick Road to A6055 Leeming LaneNorth Yorkshire | 7,215 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | Catterick Bridge to Roundabout at A6108 and A6055 (near Bertham House, North Yorkshire)North Yorkshire | 5,015 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | At 0North Yorkshire | 1,707 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6055 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.
A6055 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.4% of the vehicle miles on the A6055. HGVs account for 7.7%, rising to 11.6% on A61 to A1 spur to A684.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.0% |
| 2003 | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 3.1% |
| 2005 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 11.2% |
| 2014 | 8.0% |
| 2015 | 8.0% |
| 2016 | 8.1% |
| 2017 | 8.2% |
| 2018 | 9.1% |
| 2019 | 9.0% |
| 2020 | 10.5% |
| 2021 | 10.3% |
| 2022 | 8.7% |
| 2023 | 7.9% |
| 2024 | 7.7% |
| 2025 | 7.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6055 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6055 came to 53.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 2.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 3.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13m |
| 2001 | 13m |
| 2002 | 14m |
| 2003 | 14m |
| 2004 | 15m |
| 2005 | 15m |
| 2006 | 14m |
| 2007 | 14m |
| 2008 | 18m |
| 2009 | 18m |
| 2010 | 18m |
| 2011 | 18m |
| 2012 | 18m |
| 2013 | 50m |
| 2014 | 37m |
| 2015 | 38m |
| 2016 | 39m |
| 2017 | 38m |
| 2018 | 44m |
| 2019 | 54m |
| 2020 | 41m |
| 2021 | 45m |
| 2022 | 51m |
| 2023 | 52m |
| 2024 | 53m |
| 2025 | 53m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5,492 |
| 2001 | 5,482 |
| 2002 | 5,768 |
| 2003 | 5,981 |
| 2004 | 6,195 |
| 2005 | 6,231 |
| 2006 | 6,020 |
| 2007 | 6,033 |
| 2008 | 7,582 |
| 2009 | 7,721 |
| 2010 | 7,589 |
| 2011 | 7,760 |
| 2012 | 7,795 |
| 2013 | 8,114 |
| 2014 | 5,946 |
| 2015 | 6,137 |
| 2016 | 6,278 |
| 2017 | 6,325 |
| 2018 | 4,717 |
| 2019 | 5,042 |
| 2020 | 3,830 |
| 2021 | 4,213 |
| 2022 | 4,700 |
| 2023 | 4,829 |
| 2024 | 4,881 |
| 2025 | 4,937 |
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 (71.9% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6055 collisions
Police recorded 43 collisions with the A6055 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 17.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 36.4% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Knaresborough to A1(M) J48 North Yorkshire · 21 collisions | 42.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 9 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6055 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 A6055
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North Yorkshire
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 | 43 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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