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A6144 traffic and collisions
The A6144 is an A-road of 12.8 miles, from Trafford to Warrington. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 59m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,536 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,867 A6144(M) to B5158
- HGV share 2.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 69 26.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6144?
On an average day in 2025, 12,536 vehicles passed each point on the A6144, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6144(M) to B5158 (Trafford), with 16,867 a day; the quietest listed is A56 to Sandy Lane, with 8,004.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6144(M) to B5158 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6144(M) to B5158 Trafford · 1.2 mi · HGVs 6.8% | 16,867 |
| B5158 to Oak Rd Trafford · 3.0 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 14,106 |
| M60 to A56 Trafford · 2.1 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 9,707 |
| Oak Rd to Sandy Lane, Lymm Trafford, Warrington · 2.1 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 8,667 |
| A56 to A6144(M) Trafford · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 8,501 |
| A56 to Sandy Lane Warrington · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 8,004 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Trafford to Warrington · 12.8 miles
A6144 traffic and collisions by section
6 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (1.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M60 to A56Trafford | 9,707 | 24 |
| 2 | A56 to A6144(M)Trafford | 8,501 | 5 |
| 3 | A6144(M) to B5158Trafford | 16,867 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | B5158 to Oak RdTrafford | 14,106 | 16 |
| 5 | Oak Rd to Sandy Lane, LymmTrafford, Warrington | 8,667 | 12 |
| 6 | A56 to Sandy LaneWarrington | 8,004 | 4 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6144 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.
A6144 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.0% of the vehicle miles on the A6144. HGVs account for 2.8%, rising to 6.8% on A6144(M) to B5158.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2.6% |
| 2002 | 2.6% |
| 2003 | 3.0% |
| 2004 | 3.1% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.1% |
| 2021 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 2.8% |
| 2024 | 2.7% |
| 2025 | 2.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6144 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6144 came to 58.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 7.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 70m |
| 2001 | 70m |
| 2002 | 70m |
| 2003 | 59m |
| 2004 | 61m |
| 2005 | 59m |
| 2006 | 59m |
| 2007 | 59m |
| 2008 | 58m |
| 2009 | 57m |
| 2010 | 58m |
| 2011 | 58m |
| 2012 | 58m |
| 2013 | 57m |
| 2014 | 57m |
| 2015 | 58m |
| 2016 | 57m |
| 2017 | 55m |
| 2018 | 52m |
| 2019 | 53m |
| 2020 | 40m |
| 2021 | 46m |
| 2022 | 52m |
| 2023 | 53m |
| 2024 | 56m |
| 2025 | 59m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 15,352 |
| 2001 | 15,398 |
| 2002 | 15,514 |
| 2003 | 13,041 |
| 2004 | 13,439 |
| 2005 | 13,069 |
| 2006 | 12,920 |
| 2007 | 12,923 |
| 2008 | 12,810 |
| 2009 | 12,533 |
| 2010 | 12,733 |
| 2011 | 12,808 |
| 2012 | 12,700 |
| 2013 | 12,644 |
| 2014 | 12,536 |
| 2015 | 12,848 |
| 2016 | 12,556 |
| 2017 | 12,240 |
| 2018 | 11,455 |
| 2019 | 11,532 |
| 2020 | 8,831 |
| 2021 | 10,005 |
| 2022 | 11,338 |
| 2023 | 11,550 |
| 2024 | 12,190 |
| 2025 | 12,536 |
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 (88.3% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6144 collisions
Police recorded 69 collisions with the A6144 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 24 of them fatal or serious. That is 26.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 42.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 10 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| M60 to A56 Trafford · 24 collisions | 66.6 |
| Oak Rd to Sandy Lane, Lymm Trafford, Warrington · 12 collisions | 37.4 |
| B5158 to Oak Rd Trafford · 16 collisions | 23.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 27 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A6144 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 A6144
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Trafford
- Warrington
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 69 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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