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A609 traffic and collisions
The A609 is an A-road of 16.8 miles, from Nottingham to Derbyshire. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 75m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,178 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 17,968 A6514 to A6002
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 200 58.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A609?
On an average day in 2025, 12,178 vehicles passed each point on the A609, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6514 to A6002 (Nottingham), with 17,968 a day; the quietest listed is Cheapside to Kilburn Rd, with 5,372.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6514 to A6002 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6514 to A6002 Nottingham · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 17,968 |
| A6130 to A6514 Nottingham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 16,626 |
| A6007 to A6096 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 15,836 |
| A6002 to A6007 Nottinghamshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 13,864 |
| Kniveton Park, Ilkeston to A608 Derbyshire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 12,682 |
| Kniveton Park to A1000 Derbyshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 12,056 |
| A608 to Over Lane, Belper Derbyshire · 4.1 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 8,576 |
| A610/A6200 to A6130 Nottingham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 7,013 |
| Cheapside to Kilburn Rd Derbyshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 5,372 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottingham to Derbyshire · 16.8 miles
A609 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A610/A6200 to A6130Nottingham | 7,013 | 35 |
| 2 | A6130 to A6514Nottingham | 16,626 | 39 |
| 3 | A6514 to A6002Nottingham | 17,968 | 32 |
| 4 | A6002 to A6007Nottinghamshire | 13,864 | 8 |
| 5 | A6007 to A6096Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire | 15,836 | 24 |
| 6 | Kniveton Park to A1000Derbyshire | 12,056 | 11 |
| 7 | Kniveton Park, Ilkeston to A608Derbyshire | 12,682 | 20 |
| 8 | A608 to Over Lane, BelperDerbyshire | 8,576 | 17 |
| 9 | Cheapside to Kilburn RdDerbyshire | 5,372 | 6 |
| 10 | A6 to High StDerbyshire | 11,688 | 7 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A609 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.
A609 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.2% of the vehicle miles on the A609. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 4.0% on A6002 to A6007.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% |
| 2001 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A609 traffic trend
Traffic on the A609 came to 74.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 4.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 9.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 78m |
| 2001 | 85m |
| 2002 | 78m |
| 2003 | 76m |
| 2004 | 77m |
| 2005 | 77m |
| 2006 | 77m |
| 2007 | 76m |
| 2008 | 79m |
| 2009 | 79m |
| 2010 | 78m |
| 2011 | 77m |
| 2012 | 73m |
| 2013 | 73m |
| 2014 | 75m |
| 2015 | 75m |
| 2016 | 75m |
| 2017 | 73m |
| 2018 | 71m |
| 2019 | 72m |
| 2020 | 56m |
| 2021 | 61m |
| 2022 | 68m |
| 2023 | 70m |
| 2024 | 71m |
| 2025 | 75m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,757 |
| 2001 | 13,816 |
| 2002 | 12,721 |
| 2003 | 12,418 |
| 2004 | 12,629 |
| 2005 | 12,539 |
| 2006 | 12,517 |
| 2007 | 12,418 |
| 2008 | 12,845 |
| 2009 | 12,838 |
| 2010 | 12,654 |
| 2011 | 12,571 |
| 2012 | 11,931 |
| 2013 | 11,891 |
| 2014 | 12,161 |
| 2015 | 12,234 |
| 2016 | 12,219 |
| 2017 | 11,870 |
| 2018 | 11,601 |
| 2019 | 11,704 |
| 2020 | 9,109 |
| 2021 | 9,913 |
| 2022 | 11,031 |
| 2023 | 11,349 |
| 2024 | 11,560 |
| 2025 | 12,178 |
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 (68.5% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 3 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A609 collisions
Police recorded 200 collisions with the A609 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 48 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 58.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 23.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2023 | 47 |
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2025 | 48 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A610/A6200 to A6130 Nottingham · 35 collisions | 469.9 |
| A6130 to A6514 Nottingham · 39 collisions | 189.6 |
| Kniveton Park to A1000 Derbyshire · 11 collisions | 73.8 |
| A6007 to A6096 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 24 collisions | 55.7 |
| A6514 to A6002 Nottingham · 32 collisions | 47.1 |
| A608 to Over Lane, Belper Derbyshire · 17 collisions | 28.9 |
| Kniveton Park, Ilkeston to A608 Derbyshire · 20 collisions | 27.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 40 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A609 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.5% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A609
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
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 | 12 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 200 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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