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A6094 traffic and collisions

The A6094 is an A-road of 14.6 miles, from Midlothian to East Lothian. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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16 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 35m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 6,480 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 11,808 A768 to B6373 Buccleuch Street
  • HGV share 2.8% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −6.2% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 41 25.5 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A6094?

On an average day in 2025, 6,480 vehicles passed each point on the A6094, counting both directions. The busiest section is A768 to B6373 Buccleuch Street (Midlothian), with 11,808 a day; the quietest listed is B7026 to Cockpen Place, Bonnyrigg, with 3,820.

Busiest sections, 2025

A768 to B6373 Buccleuch Street carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A6094 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
A768 to B6373 Buccleuch Street Midlothian · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.1% 11,808
B704 High Street to A7 Midlothian · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.1% 11,423
A1 to Fa'side Avenue North East Lothian · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.4% 9,587
At B6414 Midlothian · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.7% 9,491
Cockpen Place to B704 High Street Midlothian · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% 8,238
B6414 to A6124 East Lothian · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.1% 7,960
A68 to B6414 Salters Road Midlothian · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% 7,781
A7 to A768 Midlothian · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.4% 6,922
A6124 to A1 East Lothian · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.4% 5,403
A701A703 to B7026 Midlothian · 1.9 mi · HGVs 5.1% 5,290

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Midlothian to East Lothian · 14.6 miles

Midlothian East Lothian
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A6094 traffic and collisions by section

14 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.

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Sections of the A6094 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A701A703 to B7026Midlothian1.95,2905.1%−5.5%0
2B7026 to Cockpen Place, BonnyriggMidlothian5.53,8202.8%−4.5%1335.3
3Cockpen Place to B704 High StreetMidlothian0.68,2382.0%−5.1%3
4B704 High Street to A7Midlothian0.811,4233.1%−5.2%5
5A7 to A768Midlothian0.66,9220.4%−24.0%fewer than 3
6A768 to B6373 Buccleuch StreetMidlothian0.511,8082.1%−5.3%fewer than 3
7B6373 Buccleuch Street to A68Midlothian0.17,2891.6%−3.0%3
8A68 to B6414 Salters RoadMidlothian0.77,7811.0%−5.1%4
9At B6414Midlothian1.09,4911.7%0
10B6414 to A6124East Lothian1.27,9603.1%fewer than 3
11A6124 to A1East Lothian0.65,4034.4%−4.1%3
12A1 to Fa'side Avenue NorthEast Lothian0.59,5873.4%−4.5%0
13Fa'side Avenue North to The LoanEast Lothian0.49,9863.4%−4.5%4
14The Loan to B1361East Lothian0.210,8181.0%−5.6%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 A6094 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.

A6094 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 75.8% of the vehicle miles on the A6094. HGVs account for 2.8%, rising to 5.1% on A701A703 to B7026.

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 A6094, by year
Year HGV share
2000 3.9%
2001 4.0%
2002 3.8%
2003 3.8%
2004 4.2%
2005 4.7%
2006 4.5%
2007 4.8%
2008 4.8%
2009 4.5%
2010 4.1%
2011 4.2%
2012 3.0%
2013 2.9%
2014 2.9%
2015 2.8%
2016 2.9%
2017 2.9%
2018 3.0%
2019 3.0%
2020 3.4%
2021 3.3%
2022 3.2%
2023 3.0%
2024 2.8%
2025 2.8%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A6094 traffic trend

Traffic on the A6094 came to 34.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 3.0% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is down 8.5% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A6094 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 34m
2001 33m
2002 35m
2003 35m
2004 38m
2005 39m
2006 40m
2007 40m
2008 40m
2009 40m
2010 40m
2011 39m
2012 33m
2013 32m
2014 33m
2015 33m
2016 34m
2017 34m
2018 34m
2019 35m
2020 26m
2021 29m
2022 31m
2023 32m
2024 34m
2025 35m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A6094, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 6,288
2001 6,255
2002 6,510
2003 6,556
2004 7,174
2005 7,370
2006 7,587
2007 7,552
2008 7,503
2009 7,556
2010 7,545
2011 7,322
2012 6,234
2013 6,016
2014 6,179
2015 6,254
2016 6,409
2017 6,444
2018 6,440
2019 6,472
2020 4,919
2021 5,418
2022 5,855
2023 5,967
2024 6,421
2025 6,480

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 (84.9% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A6094 collisions

Police recorded 41 collisions with the A6094 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 25.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.6 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 33.3% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A6094 by year
Year Collisions
2021 9
2022 7
2023 10
2024 9
2025 6

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 A6094, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
B7026 to Cockpen Place, Bonnyrigg Midlothian · 13 collisions 35.3

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

A further 9 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6094 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 A6094

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

  • Midlothian
  • East Lothian

Roadworks on the A6094 in Scotland

The Scottish Road Works Register lists 8 sets of roadworks on the A6094 in Scotland, 0 of them under way. 2 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.

  • A6094 From Carnethie Street To Rosewell Road

    Road closed 18 Oct 2026 to 22 Nov 2026 Midlothian Council

  • A6094 From Carnethie Street To Rosewell Road

    Road closed 18 Oct 2026 to 22 Nov 2026 Midlothian Council

  • A6094 From Carnethie Street To Rosewell Road

    Temporary traffic lights 11 Oct 2026 to 18 Dec 2026 Last Mile Gas Limited

  • A6094 Salters Road From Midlothian Boundary To Smeaton Farm (U102), Whitecraig

    Temporary traffic lights 13 Oct 2026 to 15 Oct 2026 BT

  • A6094 From Leadburn To Howgate, Penicuik

    Temporary traffic lights 23 Oct 2026 to 6 Nov 2026 SP Energy Networks

  • A6094 From Carnethie Street To Rosewell Road

    Give and take On 17 Sept 2026 Midlothian Council

Works in Scotland only, and only where the register records them against the road number. The register publishes one extract a day, so works can start, finish or change after it is taken. Roadworks across Scotland

Source:SRWR Extract of 2026-09-16 Updated

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 16 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 41 reported collisions 15 September 2026
Roadworks Scottish Road Works Register open data Scottish Road Works Commissioner Extract of 2026-09-16 22,074 sets of roadworks recorded in Scotland 16 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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