Trunk A-road
A616 traffic and collisions
The A616 is a trunk A-road of 50.5 miles, from Nottinghamshire to Kirklees. This page covers its traffic at 22 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 176m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,524 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 26,590 A629 to A6102
- HGV share 5.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 251 29.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A616?
On an average day in 2025, 9,524 vehicles passed each point on the A616, counting both directions. The busiest section is A629 to A6102 (Barnsley, Sheffield), with 26,590 a day; the quietest listed is A628 to A635, with 3,514.
Busiest sections, 2025
A629 to A6102 carries 2.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A629 to A6102 Barnsley, Sheffield · 1.2 mi · HGVs 6.0% | 26,590 |
| A61 to A629 Barnsley · 1.9 mi · HGVs 6.6% | 25,405 |
| M1 to A61 Barnsley · 1.4 mi · HGVs 10.3% | 17,468 |
| A6024 to B6110/Waingate Kirklees · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 16,030 |
| B6110/Waingate to A62 Kirklees · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 14,042 |
| A6102 to A628 Sheffield, Barnsley · 6.4 mi · HGVs 9.9% | 13,864 |
| Luke Lane to A6024 Kirklees · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 10,942 |
| A614 to B6034 Nottinghamshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 10,632 |
| A618 to A619 Derbyshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 9,441 |
| A635 to Luke Lane Kirklees · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 7,619 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottinghamshire to Kirklees · 50.5 miles in 2 stretches
A616 traffic and collisions by section
16 sections between junctions, in route order (2 separate stretches). Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roundabout where A6075 and A616 meet (in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meeNottinghamshire · stretch 1 | 5,669 | 38 |
| 2 | A614(T) to A6075Nottinghamshire · stretch 1 | 22,152 | 4 |
| 3 | A614 to B6034Nottinghamshire · stretch 1 | 10,632 | 8 |
| 4 | B6034 to A60/A632Nottinghamshire · stretch 1 | 4,603 | 10 |
| 5 | A632/A60 to A618Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · stretch 1 | 6,536 | 39 |
| 6 | A618 to A619Derbyshire · stretch 1 | 9,441 | 9 |
| 7 | A616 to M1Derbyshire · stretch 1 | 25,829 | 6 |
| 8 | M1 to A61Barnsley · stretch 2 | 17,468 | 16 |
| 9 | A61 to A629Barnsley · stretch 2 | 25,405 | 16 |
| 10 | A629 to A6102Barnsley, Sheffield · stretch 2 | 26,590 | 8 |
| 11 | A6102 to A628Sheffield, Barnsley · stretch 2 | 13,864 | 16 |
| 12 | A628 to A635Barnsley, Kirklees · stretch 2 | 3,514 | 14 |
| 13 | A635 to Luke LaneKirklees · stretch 2 | 7,619 | fewer than 3 |
| 14 | Luke Lane to A6024Kirklees · stretch 2 | 10,942 | 11 |
| 15 | A6024 to B6110/WaingateKirklees · stretch 2 | 16,030 | 11 |
| 16 | B6110/Waingate to A62Kirklees · stretch 2 | 14,042 | 39 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A616 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.
A616 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 76.1% of the vehicle miles on the A616. HGVs account for 5.3%, rising to 10.3% on M1 to A61.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.6% |
| 2001 | 8.6% |
| 2002 | 7.9% |
| 2003 | 8.5% |
| 2004 | 8.6% |
| 2005 | 8.2% |
| 2006 | 8.1% |
| 2007 | 8.4% |
| 2008 | 8.0% |
| 2009 | 7.0% |
| 2010 | 7.2% |
| 2011 | 7.0% |
| 2012 | 7.0% |
| 2013 | 6.7% |
| 2014 | 6.6% |
| 2015 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 6.9% |
| 2017 | 7.1% |
| 2018 | 6.8% |
| 2019 | 6.6% |
| 2020 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 7.4% |
| 2022 | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.0% |
| 2025 | 5.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A616 traffic trend
Traffic on the A616 came to 176 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 3.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 15.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 150m |
| 2001 | 152m |
| 2002 | 153m |
| 2003 | 153m |
| 2004 | 158m |
| 2005 | 163m |
| 2006 | 168m |
| 2007 | 166m |
| 2008 | 163m |
| 2009 | 161m |
| 2010 | 159m |
| 2011 | 161m |
| 2012 | 160m |
| 2013 | 160m |
| 2014 | 164m |
| 2015 | 169m |
| 2016 | 173m |
| 2017 | 179m |
| 2018 | 179m |
| 2019 | 178m |
| 2020 | 133m |
| 2021 | 153m |
| 2022 | 168m |
| 2023 | 170m |
| 2024 | 173m |
| 2025 | 176m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,265 |
| 2001 | 8,376 |
| 2002 | 8,409 |
| 2003 | 8,429 |
| 2004 | 8,696 |
| 2005 | 8,988 |
| 2006 | 9,241 |
| 2007 | 9,123 |
| 2008 | 8,981 |
| 2009 | 8,863 |
| 2010 | 8,743 |
| 2011 | 8,871 |
| 2012 | 8,792 |
| 2013 | 8,795 |
| 2014 | 9,031 |
| 2015 | 9,298 |
| 2016 | 9,495 |
| 2017 | 9,751 |
| 2018 | 9,713 |
| 2019 | 9,650 |
| 2020 | 7,213 |
| 2021 | 8,274 |
| 2022 | 9,120 |
| 2023 | 9,238 |
| 2024 | 9,384 |
| 2025 | 9,524 |
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, 6 of the 22 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A616 collisions
Police recorded 251 collisions with the A616 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 92 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 29.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to 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
Down 11.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35 | 16 |
| 2022 | 30 | 17 |
| 2023 | 31 | 24 |
| 2024 | 33 | 20 |
| 2025 | 31 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B6110/Waingate to A62 Kirklees · 39 collisions | 76.6 |
| A632/A60 to A618 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 39 collisions | 55.8 |
| Luke Lane to A6024 Kirklees · 11 collisions | 38.8 |
| B6034 to A60/A632 Nottinghamshire · 10 collisions | 38.6 |
| A628 to A635 Barnsley, Kirklees · 14 collisions | 37.9 |
| M1 to A61 Barnsley · 16 collisions | 34.9 |
| Roundabout where A6075 and A616 meet (in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 mee Nottinghamshire · 38 collisions | 30.1 |
| A6024 to B6110/Waingate Kirklees · 11 collisions | 29.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 52 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A616 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 A616
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Nottinghamshire
- Derbyshire
- Barnsley
- Sheffield
- Kirklees
Planned closures on the A616 in England
National Highways has 5 planned closures on the A616 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 5 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 5 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Carriageway A628 eastbound and westbound Flouch to Tintwistle carriageway closure
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Carriageway A628 eastbound and westbound Flouch to Tintwistle carriageway closure
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Carriageway A616 westbound Deepcar entry slip road closure
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Carriageway A616 eastbound Deepcar entry slip road closure
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Carriageway A628 eastbound and westbound Flouch to Tintwistle carriageway closure
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
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 | 22 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 251 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 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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