Trunk A-road
A6106 traffic and collisions
The A6106 is a trunk A-road of 8.1 miles, from Midlothian to City of Edinburgh. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 23m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 7,765 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 14,506 A6095 to A1
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 41 36.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6106?
On an average day in 2025, 7,765 vehicles passed each point on the A6106, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6095 to A1 (City of Edinburgh), with 14,506 a day; the quietest listed is A68 to B6482 Easthouses Road, with 3,306.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6095 to A1 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6095 to A1 City of Edinburgh · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 14,506 |
| B6373 Old Edinburgh Rd to Melville Gate Rd Midlothian · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 10,729 |
| B6482 Easthouses Road to B6373 Midlothian · 0.9 mi · HGVs 4.9% | 9,785 |
| A720 to B6415 Midlothian · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 8,779 |
| A1 to A199 City of Edinburgh · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 7,684 |
| B6415 to A6095 Midlothian, City of Edinburgh · 2.0 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 7,063 |
| A68 to B6482 Easthouses Road Midlothian · 1.9 mi · HGVs 5.3% | 3,306 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Midlothian to City of Edinburgh · 8.1 miles
A6106 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 | A68 to B6482 Easthouses RoadMidlothian | 3,306 | 3 |
| 2 | B6482 Easthouses Road to B6373Midlothian | 9,785 | 5 |
| 3 | B6373 to A6094Midlothian | 7,469 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A6094 to B6373 Old Edinburgh RdMidlothian | 8,636 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | B6373 Old Edinburgh Rd to Melville Gate RdMidlothian | 10,729 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Melville Gate Rd to A7/A720Midlothian | 11,176 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A720 to B6415Midlothian | 8,779 | 5 |
| 8 | B6415 to A6095Midlothian, City of Edinburgh | 7,063 | 12 |
| 9 | A6095 to A1City of Edinburgh | 14,506 | 9 |
| 10 | A1 to A199City of Edinburgh | 7,684 | 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 A6106 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.
A6106 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.8% of the vehicle miles on the A6106. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 5.3% on A68 to B6482 Easthouses Road.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.0% |
| 2001 | 5.0% |
| 2002 | 5.0% |
| 2003 | 4.9% |
| 2004 | 5.3% |
| 2005 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.7% |
| 2007 | 4.9% |
| 2008 | 4.9% |
| 2009 | 3.7% |
| 2010 | 3.8% |
| 2011 | 3.9% |
| 2012 | 3.2% |
| 2013 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 3.5% |
| 2019 | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 3.9% |
| 2022 | 3.7% |
| 2023 | 3.6% |
| 2024 | 3.5% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6106 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6106 came to 23 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.5% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 16.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11m |
| 2001 | 11m |
| 2002 | 12m |
| 2003 | 12m |
| 2004 | 12m |
| 2005 | 13m |
| 2006 | 13m |
| 2007 | 13m |
| 2008 | 13m |
| 2009 | 13m |
| 2010 | 13m |
| 2011 | 13m |
| 2012 | 13m |
| 2013 | 13m |
| 2014 | 13m |
| 2015 | 16m |
| 2016 | 16m |
| 2017 | 25m |
| 2018 | 24m |
| 2019 | 25m |
| 2020 | 19m |
| 2021 | 21m |
| 2022 | 22m |
| 2023 | 23m |
| 2024 | 23m |
| 2025 | 23m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7,514 |
| 2001 | 7,488 |
| 2002 | 7,662 |
| 2003 | 7,770 |
| 2004 | 7,877 |
| 2005 | 8,771 |
| 2006 | 8,888 |
| 2007 | 8,869 |
| 2008 | 8,719 |
| 2009 | 8,745 |
| 2010 | 8,719 |
| 2011 | 8,829 |
| 2012 | 8,571 |
| 2013 | 8,558 |
| 2014 | 8,793 |
| 2015 | 7,129 |
| 2016 | 7,327 |
| 2017 | 8,372 |
| 2018 | 8,249 |
| 2019 | 8,286 |
| 2020 | 6,308 |
| 2021 | 6,949 |
| 2022 | 7,479 |
| 2023 | 7,621 |
| 2024 | 7,726 |
| 2025 | 7,765 |
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, 1 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6106 collisions
Police recorded 41 collisions with the A6106 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 12 of them fatal or serious. That is 36.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 12.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B6415 to A6095 Midlothian, City of Edinburgh · 12 collisions | 48.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 15 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6106 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 A6106
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Midlothian
- City of Edinburgh
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 | 41 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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