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A6119 traffic and collisions
The A6119 is an A-road of 4.6 miles, in Blackburn with Darwen. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 24m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 14,285 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 23,706 M65 to Philips Rd
- HGV share 2.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 50 45.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6119?
On an average day in 2025, 14,285 vehicles passed each point on the A6119, counting both directions. The busiest section is M65 to Philips Rd (Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen), with 23,706 a day; the quietest listed is A666 to Whinney Lane, with 9,451.
Busiest sections, 2025
M65 to Philips Rd carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M65 to Philips Rd Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 23,706 |
| Philips Rd to A666 Blackburn with Darwen · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 15,682 |
| Whinney Lane to A677 Blackburn with Darwen · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 10,804 |
| A666 to Whinney Lane Blackburn with Darwen · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 9,451 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Blackburn with Darwen · 4.6 miles
A6119 traffic and collisions by section
5 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 | A679(T) to A678Blackburn with Darwen | 11,226 | 4 |
| 2 | M65 to Philips RdLancashire, Blackburn with Darwen | 23,706 | 15 |
| 3 | Philips Rd to A666Blackburn with Darwen | 15,682 | 6 |
| 4 | A666 to Whinney LaneBlackburn with Darwen | 9,451 | 17 |
| 5 | Whinney Lane to A677Blackburn with Darwen | 10,804 | 8 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6119 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.
A6119 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.2% of the vehicle miles on the A6119. HGVs account for 2.6%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 3.7% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 4.7% |
| 2004 | 5.0% |
| 2005 | 4.5% |
| 2006 | 4.5% |
| 2007 | 4.5% |
| 2008 | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 3.0% |
| 2020 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 3.3% |
| 2023 | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 2.6% |
| 2025 | 2.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6119 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6119 came to 24 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 18.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 15.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 28m |
| 2001 | 29m |
| 2002 | 31m |
| 2003 | 29m |
| 2004 | 30m |
| 2005 | 30m |
| 2006 | 29m |
| 2007 | 29m |
| 2008 | 29m |
| 2009 | 28m |
| 2010 | 31m |
| 2011 | 31m |
| 2012 | 30m |
| 2013 | 30m |
| 2014 | 31m |
| 2015 | 29m |
| 2016 | 29m |
| 2017 | 29m |
| 2018 | 29m |
| 2019 | 24m |
| 2020 | 18m |
| 2021 | 20m |
| 2022 | 21m |
| 2023 | 22m |
| 2024 | 24m |
| 2025 | 24m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,082 |
| 2001 | 17,504 |
| 2002 | 18,697 |
| 2003 | 17,723 |
| 2004 | 18,143 |
| 2005 | 18,119 |
| 2006 | 17,635 |
| 2007 | 17,642 |
| 2008 | 17,445 |
| 2009 | 17,065 |
| 2010 | 18,750 |
| 2011 | 18,623 |
| 2012 | 18,495 |
| 2013 | 18,444 |
| 2014 | 18,922 |
| 2015 | 17,677 |
| 2016 | 17,494 |
| 2017 | 17,503 |
| 2018 | 17,318 |
| 2019 | 14,220 |
| 2020 | 10,700 |
| 2021 | 11,876 |
| 2022 | 12,602 |
| 2023 | 13,307 |
| 2024 | 14,146 |
| 2025 | 14,285 |
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 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6119 collisions
Police recorded 50 collisions with the A6119 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 10 of them fatal or serious. That is 45.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 33.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A666 to Whinney Lane Blackburn with Darwen · 17 collisions | 84.8 |
| M65 to Philips Rd Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen · 15 collisions | 42.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 21 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6119 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 A6119
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Lancashire
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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 50 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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