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A6068 traffic and collisions
The A6068 is an A-road of 18.5 miles, from Lancashire to North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 82m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,137 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 26,126 M65 to A56
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +4.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 109 27.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6068?
On an average day in 2025, 12,137 vehicles passed each point on the A6068, counting both directions. The busiest section is M65 to A56 (Lancashire), with 26,126 a day; the quietest listed is Old Hall Road to A629(T), with 5,415.
Busiest sections, 2025
M65 to A56 carries 2.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M65 to A56 Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 26,126 |
| M65 to A678 Lancashire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 6.7% | 17,973 |
| A671 to M65/A682 Lancashire · 5.7 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 14,820 |
| A56 to Bent Lane Lancashire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 11,472 |
| Bent Lane, Colne to Old Hall Road Lancashire, North Yorkshire · 6.4 mi · HGVs 5.0% | 7,711 |
| M65/A682 to A56 Lancashire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 7,396 |
| Old Hall Road to A629(T) North Yorkshire · 1.5 mi · HGVs 7.1% | 5,415 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lancashire to North Yorkshire · 18.5 miles
A6068 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 | M65 to A678Lancashire | 17,973 | 12 |
| 2 | A678 to A671Lancashire | 9,127 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A671 to M65/A682Lancashire | 14,820 | 31 |
| 4 | M65/A682 to A56Lancashire | 7,396 | 8 |
| 5 | A56 to M65Lancashire | 17,710 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | M65 to A56Lancashire | 26,126 | 22 |
| 7 | A56 to Bent LaneLancashire | 11,472 | 4 |
| 8 | Bent Lane, Colne to Old Hall RoadLancashire, North Yorkshire | 7,711 | 17 |
| 9 | Old Hall Road to A629(T)North Yorkshire | 5,415 | 13 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6068 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.
A6068 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 79.3% of the vehicle miles on the A6068. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 7.1% on Old Hall Road to A629(T).
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.6% |
| 2001 | 4.3% |
| 2002 | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 4.9% |
| 2004 | 5.0% |
| 2005 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 5.4% |
| 2007 | 5.5% |
| 2008 | 5.0% |
| 2009 | 4.3% |
| 2010 | 4.4% |
| 2011 | 4.1% |
| 2012 | 4.5% |
| 2013 | 4.3% |
| 2014 | 4.2% |
| 2015 | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 3.6% |
| 2019 | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 3.9% |
| 2022 | 3.5% |
| 2023 | 3.4% |
| 2024 | 3.3% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6068 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6068 came to 82 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 4.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 2.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 78m |
| 2001 | 80m |
| 2002 | 79m |
| 2003 | 80m |
| 2004 | 84m |
| 2005 | 83m |
| 2006 | 79m |
| 2007 | 82m |
| 2008 | 82m |
| 2009 | 83m |
| 2010 | 82m |
| 2011 | 79m |
| 2012 | 74m |
| 2013 | 72m |
| 2014 | 74m |
| 2015 | 74m |
| 2016 | 76m |
| 2017 | 76m |
| 2018 | 78m |
| 2019 | 79m |
| 2020 | 61m |
| 2021 | 68m |
| 2022 | 79m |
| 2023 | 81m |
| 2024 | 82m |
| 2025 | 82m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,672 |
| 2001 | 11,833 |
| 2002 | 11,796 |
| 2003 | 11,860 |
| 2004 | 12,488 |
| 2005 | 12,295 |
| 2006 | 11,808 |
| 2007 | 12,236 |
| 2008 | 12,246 |
| 2009 | 12,348 |
| 2010 | 12,249 |
| 2011 | 11,761 |
| 2012 | 11,004 |
| 2013 | 10,760 |
| 2014 | 10,963 |
| 2015 | 11,058 |
| 2016 | 11,383 |
| 2017 | 11,339 |
| 2018 | 11,536 |
| 2019 | 11,639 |
| 2020 | 9,025 |
| 2021 | 10,114 |
| 2022 | 11,755 |
| 2023 | 11,995 |
| 2024 | 12,115 |
| 2025 | 12,137 |
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, 1 of the 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6068 collisions
Police recorded 109 collisions with the A6068 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 32 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 27.8 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 38.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 | 3 |
| 2023 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Old Hall Road to A629(T) North Yorkshire · 13 collisions | 90.4 |
| M65 to A56 Lancashire · 22 collisions | 33.7 |
| M65 to A678 Lancashire · 12 collisions | 32.2 |
| A671 to M65/A682 Lancashire · 31 collisions | 21.7 |
| Bent Lane, Colne to Old Hall Road Lancashire, North Yorkshire · 17 collisions | 19.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 24 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6068 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 A6068
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lancashire
- 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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 109 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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