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A610 traffic and collisions
The A610 is an A-road of 20.0 miles, from Nottingham to Derbyshire. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 170m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 23,240 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 59,669 A6002 to M1 Junction 26
- HGV share 4.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 354 43.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A610?
On an average day in 2025, 23,240 vehicles passed each point on the A610, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6002 to M1 Junction 26 (Nottinghamshire), with 59,669 a day; the quietest listed is A6 to A38, with 11,918.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6002 to M1 Junction 26 carries 2.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6002 to M1 Junction 26 Nottinghamshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 59,669 |
| A6514 to B6008 Nottingham · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 39,919 |
| B6008 to A6002 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 38,968 |
| M1 Junction 26 to A6096 Nottinghamshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 5.2% | 33,091 |
| A6096 to A608 Nottinghamshire · 2.3 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 28,644 |
| A6130 to A6514 Nottingham · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 25,825 |
| A6007 to B6441 Nottingham Rd Derbyshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 17,975 |
| B6441 Nottingham Rd to A38(T) Derbyshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 17,695 |
| A608 to A6007 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 4.0 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 15,145 |
| A609 to A6130 Nottingham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 14,091 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottingham to Derbyshire · 20.0 miles
A610 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A609/A6200 to A6008Nottingham | 9,823 | 9 |
| 2 | A609 to A6130Nottingham | 14,091 | 75 |
| 3 | A6130 to A6514Nottingham | 25,825 | 52 |
| 4 | A6514 to B6008Nottingham | 39,919 | 62 |
| 5 | B6008 to A6002Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | 38,968 | 29 |
| 6 | A6002 to M1 Junction 26Nottinghamshire | 59,669 | 22 |
| 7 | M1 Junction 26 to A6096Nottinghamshire | 33,091 | 10 |
| 8 | A6096 to A608Nottinghamshire | 28,644 | 10 |
| 9 | A608 to A6007Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire | 15,145 | 11 |
| 10 | A6007 to B6441 Nottingham RdDerbyshire | 17,975 | 19 |
| 11 | B6441 Nottingham Rd to A38(T)Derbyshire | 17,695 | 15 |
| 12 | A6 to A38Derbyshire | 11,918 | 19 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A610 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.
A610 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.3% of the vehicle miles on the A610. HGVs account for 4.3%, rising to 8.6% on A6 to A38.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.0% |
| 2001 | 5.8% |
| 2002 | 5.5% |
| 2003 | 5.5% |
| 2004 | 5.6% |
| 2005 | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.2% |
| 2007 | 5.4% |
| 2008 | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 4.7% |
| 2010 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.8% |
| 2012 | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.6% |
| 2014 | 4.6% |
| 2015 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 4.7% |
| 2019 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 5.0% |
| 2021 | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 4.6% |
| 2023 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 4.4% |
| 2025 | 4.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A610 traffic trend
Traffic on the A610 came to 170 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 0.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 2.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 152m |
| 2001 | 151m |
| 2002 | 150m |
| 2003 | 145m |
| 2004 | 150m |
| 2005 | 153m |
| 2006 | 155m |
| 2007 | 155m |
| 2008 | 149m |
| 2009 | 151m |
| 2010 | 150m |
| 2011 | 152m |
| 2012 | 150m |
| 2013 | 147m |
| 2014 | 152m |
| 2015 | 153m |
| 2016 | 157m |
| 2017 | 156m |
| 2018 | 168m |
| 2019 | 167m |
| 2020 | 133m |
| 2021 | 147m |
| 2022 | 162m |
| 2023 | 166m |
| 2024 | 164m |
| 2025 | 170m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 21,960 |
| 2001 | 21,889 |
| 2002 | 21,712 |
| 2003 | 21,304 |
| 2004 | 21,960 |
| 2005 | 22,369 |
| 2006 | 22,738 |
| 2007 | 22,685 |
| 2008 | 21,757 |
| 2009 | 22,133 |
| 2010 | 21,968 |
| 2011 | 22,218 |
| 2012 | 21,999 |
| 2013 | 21,599 |
| 2014 | 22,243 |
| 2015 | 22,337 |
| 2016 | 22,989 |
| 2017 | 22,835 |
| 2018 | 23,445 |
| 2019 | 23,367 |
| 2020 | 18,583 |
| 2021 | 20,523 |
| 2022 | 22,690 |
| 2023 | 23,238 |
| 2024 | 22,984 |
| 2025 | 23,240 |
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 (81.0% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A610 collisions
Police recorded 354 collisions with the A610 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 81 of them fatal or serious. That is 43.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | 21 |
| 2022 | 46 | 18 |
| 2023 | 66 | 13 |
| 2024 | 53 | 7 |
| 2025 | 55 | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A609 to A6130 Nottingham · 75 collisions | 320.4 |
| B6441 Nottingham Rd to A38(T) Derbyshire · 15 collisions | 165.9 |
| A6130 to A6514 Nottingham · 52 collisions | 163.1 |
| A6514 to B6008 Nottingham · 62 collisions | 63.7 |
| A6007 to B6441 Nottingham Rd Derbyshire · 19 collisions | 42.7 |
| B6008 to A6002 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · 29 collisions | 38.3 |
| A6002 to M1 Junction 26 Nottinghamshire · 22 collisions | 35.4 |
| M1 Junction 26 to A6096 Nottinghamshire · 10 collisions | 34.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 75 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A610 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 94.1% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A610
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 | 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 | 354 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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