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A608 traffic and collisions
The A608 is an A-road of 16.3 miles, from Derby to Nottinghamshire. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,797 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,922 M1 to A611
- HGV share 2.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 153 43.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A608?
On an average day in 2025, 12,797 vehicles passed each point on the A608, counting both directions. The busiest section is M1 to A611 (Nottinghamshire), with 27,922 a day; the quietest listed is Coach Drive, Eastwood to B600, with 8,297.
Busiest sections, 2025
M1 to A611 carries 2.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M1 to A611 Nottinghamshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 27,922 |
| A610 to Coach Drive Nottinghamshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 18,061 |
| A6007 to A610 Derbyshire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 13,421 |
| Adale Rd to A6007 Derbyshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 13,004 |
| Brickkiln Lane to A609 Derbyshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 12,819 |
| A609 to Adale Rd, Heanor Derbyshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 12,598 |
| B600 to M1 Nottinghamshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 10,246 |
| At A609 Derbyshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 9,517 |
| A61 to Brickkiln Lane Derby, Derbyshire · 3.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 9,121 |
| Coach Drive, Eastwood to B600 Nottinghamshire · 2.3 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 8,297 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Derby to Nottinghamshire · 16.3 miles
A608 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A61 to Brickkiln LaneDerby, Derbyshire | 9,121 | 32 |
| 2 | Brickkiln Lane to A609Derbyshire | 12,819 | 7 |
| 3 | At A609Derbyshire | 9,517 | 9 |
| 4 | A609 to Adale Rd, HeanorDerbyshire | 12,598 | 5 |
| 5 | Adale Rd to A6007Derbyshire | 13,004 | 16 |
| 6 | A6007 to A610Derbyshire | 13,421 | 42 |
| 7 | A610 to Coach DriveNottinghamshire | 18,061 | 11 |
| 8 | Coach Drive, Eastwood to B600Nottinghamshire | 8,297 | 9 |
| 9 | B600 to M1Nottinghamshire | 10,246 | 10 |
| 10 | M1 to A611Nottinghamshire | 27,922 | 12 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A608 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.
A608 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.2% of the vehicle miles on the A608. HGVs account for 2.5%, rising to 4.2% on B600 to M1.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.5% |
| 2001 | 4.8% |
| 2002 | 4.4% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 3.3% |
| 2010 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.8% |
| 2020 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.0% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.5% |
| 2025 | 2.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A608 traffic trend
Traffic on the A608 came to 76.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 6.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 65m |
| 2001 | 67m |
| 2002 | 72m |
| 2003 | 75m |
| 2004 | 76m |
| 2005 | 75m |
| 2006 | 75m |
| 2007 | 75m |
| 2008 | 73m |
| 2009 | 75m |
| 2010 | 75m |
| 2011 | 75m |
| 2012 | 74m |
| 2013 | 72m |
| 2014 | 74m |
| 2015 | 75m |
| 2016 | 74m |
| 2017 | 75m |
| 2018 | 78m |
| 2019 | 76m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 64m |
| 2022 | 69m |
| 2023 | 70m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 76m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,052 |
| 2001 | 11,322 |
| 2002 | 12,188 |
| 2003 | 12,701 |
| 2004 | 12,873 |
| 2005 | 12,725 |
| 2006 | 12,720 |
| 2007 | 12,713 |
| 2008 | 12,457 |
| 2009 | 12,698 |
| 2010 | 12,717 |
| 2011 | 12,741 |
| 2012 | 12,503 |
| 2013 | 12,253 |
| 2014 | 12,597 |
| 2015 | 12,802 |
| 2016 | 12,655 |
| 2017 | 12,733 |
| 2018 | 12,827 |
| 2019 | 12,782 |
| 2020 | 9,707 |
| 2021 | 10,721 |
| 2022 | 11,514 |
| 2023 | 11,744 |
| 2024 | 12,228 |
| 2025 | 12,797 |
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, 2 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A608 collisions
Police recorded 153 collisions with the A608 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 45 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 43.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | 8 |
| 2022 | 24 | 9 |
| 2023 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 16 | 11 |
| 2025 | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A6007 to A610 Derbyshire · 42 collisions | 96.7 |
| Adale Rd to A6007 Derbyshire · 16 collisions | 77.3 |
| A61 to Brickkiln Lane Derby, Derbyshire · 32 collisions | 57.9 |
| A610 to Coach Drive Nottinghamshire · 11 collisions | 43.8 |
| B600 to M1 Nottinghamshire · 10 collisions | 34.8 |
| M1 to A611 Nottinghamshire · 12 collisions | 15.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A608 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A608
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Nottinghamshire
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 | 153 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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