A-road

A607 traffic and collisions

The A607 is an A-road of 55.5 miles, from Leicester to Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 24 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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24 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 199m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 9,821 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 37,333 B667 to A46(T)
  • HGV share 3.8% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −6.1% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 323 33.8 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A607?

On an average day in 2025, 9,821 vehicles passed each point on the A607, counting both directions. The busiest section is B667 to A46(T) (Leicestershire), with 37,333 a day; the quietest listed is Melton Spinney Rd, Melton Mowbray to A607 spur, with 5,566.

Busiest sections, 2025

B667 to A46(T) carries 3.8 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A607 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
B667 to A46(T) Leicestershire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.2% 37,333
A563 to B667 Leicester, Leicestershire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.9% 28,438
Roundabout at Burleys Flyover to Junction where A653 Watermead Way and A607 meet (in Rushey Mead, Leicester) Leicester · 2.3 mi · HGVs 1.0% 19,621
A606 to A606 / A6006 Leicestershire · 0.5 mi · HGVs 4.1% 14,216
Edendale Rd to A606 Leicestershire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 4.4% 13,483
A52 to Low Rd Lincolnshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.9% 13,454
Stone Lane, Waddington to Vauxhall Rd, Bracebridge Heath Lincolnshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.7% 11,478
A606 to Melton Spinney Rd Leicestershire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.7% 10,673
Low Rd, Grantham to A153 Lincolnshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 3.1% 10,598
A607 to A1434 Lincolnshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 4.1% 10,439

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Leicester to Lincolnshire · 55.5 miles

Leicester Lincolnshire
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A607 traffic and collisions by section

20 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (1.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A607 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1Roundabout at Burleys Flyover to Junction where A653 Watermead Way and A607 meet (in Rushey Mead, Leicester)Leicester2.319,6211.0%−19.2%7593.9
2A563 to B667Leicester, Leicestershire1.428,4383.9%−2.5%2534.0
3B667 to A46(T)Leicestershire1.137,3333.2%+4.2%6
4A46 and A607 roundabout to A607 mergeLeicestershire0.314,2233.6%+6.4%0
5A607 merge to A46Leicestershire0.220,9314.1%+3.8%4
6A46(T) to Edendale RoadLeicestershire9.19,9006.7%−6.1%3622.8
7Edendale Rd to A606Leicestershire0.713,4834.4%−5.5%9
8A606 to A606 / A6006Leicestershire0.514,2164.1%−14.7%9
9A606 to Melton Spinney RdLeicestershire0.810,6732.7%−5.4%5
10Melton Spinney Rd, Melton Mowbray to A607 spurLeicestershire, Lincolnshire13.15,5666.5%2845.3
11At A607 spurLincolnshire0.29,4273.9%−5.1%0
12A607 spur rndbt leading to Swingbridge Road to A607 Springfield RdLincolnshire0.413,5672.6%+18.2%6
13Harlaxton Rd to A52Lincolnshire0.79,1060.9%−5.1%1088.8
14A52 to Low RdLincolnshire1.413,4541.9%−9.3%2779.3
15Low Rd, Grantham to A153Lincolnshire3.410,5983.1%−7.7%2641.1
16A153 to Tinker's Lane, WaddingtonLincolnshire14.96,8222.4%3080.9
17Tinker's Lane to Stone LaneLincolnshire0.57,5732.4%−6.8%fewer than 3
18Stone Lane, Waddington to Vauxhall Rd, Bracebridge HeathLincolnshire1.211,4780.7%+12.6%3
19Vauxhall Rd to A15Lincolnshire0.68,4702.1%−7.5%6
20A607 to A1434Lincolnshire1.310,4394.1%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 A607 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.

A607 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 78.7% of the vehicle miles on the A607. HGVs account for 3.8%, rising to 6.7% on A46(T) to Edendale Road.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A607, by year
Year HGV share
2000 5.0%
2001 5.0%
2002 4.7%
2003 4.9%
2004 5.0%
2005 6.1%
2006 5.6%
2007 5.2%
2008 5.1%
2009 4.6%
2010 4.7%
2011 4.5%
2012 4.3%
2013 4.4%
2014 4.4%
2015 4.5%
2016 4.5%
2017 4.5%
2018 4.3%
2019 4.1%
2020 4.6%
2021 4.5%
2022 4.3%
2023 4.1%
2024 3.9%
2025 3.8%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A607 traffic trend

Traffic on the A607 came to 199 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.1% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is about the same as in 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A607 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 211m
2001 216m
2002 212m
2003 219m
2004 219m
2005 215m
2006 209m
2007 205m
2008 204m
2009 206m
2010 204m
2011 206m
2012 201m
2013 201m
2014 202m
2015 205m
2016 207m
2017 207m
2018 204m
2019 203m
2020 155m
2021 173m
2022 192m
2023 195m
2024 197m
2025 199m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A607, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 10,752
2001 10,974
2002 10,776
2003 11,127
2004 11,163
2005 10,932
2006 10,636
2007 10,445
2008 10,369
2009 10,513
2010 10,377
2011 10,448
2012 10,177
2013 10,172
2014 10,247
2015 10,408
2016 10,498
2017 10,592
2018 10,417
2019 10,415
2020 7,946
2021 8,658
2022 9,464
2023 9,614
2024 9,740
2025 9,821

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 (52.4% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 5 of the 24 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A607 collisions

Police recorded 323 collisions with the A607 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 103 of them fatal or serious. That is 33.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to 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 7.3% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A607 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 4114
2022 4826
2023 4315
2024 4928
2025 4019

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A607, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
Roundabout at Burleys Flyover to Junction where A653 Watermead Way and A607 meet (in Rushey Mead, Leicester) Leicester · 75 collisions 93.9
Harlaxton Rd to A52 Lincolnshire · 10 collisions 88.8
A153 to Tinker's Lane, Waddington Lincolnshire · 30 collisions 80.9
A52 to Low Rd Lincolnshire · 27 collisions 79.3
Melton Spinney Rd, Melton Mowbray to A607 spur Leicestershire, Lincolnshire · 28 collisions 45.3
Low Rd, Grantham to A153 Lincolnshire · 26 collisions 41.1
A563 to B667 Leicester, Leicestershire · 25 collisions 34.0
A46(T) to Edendale Road Leicestershire · 36 collisions 22.8

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 45 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A607 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 A607

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Leicester
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 24 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 323 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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