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A617 traffic and collisions
The A617 is an A-road of 32.8 miles, from Nottinghamshire to Derbyshire. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 233m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 19,461 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 38,096 M1 to B6039
- HGV share 5.7% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 208 19.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A617?
On an average day in 2025, 19,461 vehicles passed each point on the A617, counting both directions. The busiest section is M1 to B6039 (Derbyshire), with 38,096 a day; the quietest listed is Junction with A617 and A614 (near Lockwell Hill, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meet, with 10,268.
Busiest sections, 2025
M1 to B6039 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M1 to B6039 Derbyshire · 5.1 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 38,096 |
| A6117 to A60 Nottinghamshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 27,497 |
| A611 to A38 Nottinghamshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 5.8% | 27,497 |
| A38 to A617 Nottinghamshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 27,110 |
| A617 to B6407 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 23,941 |
| A614 to B6020 Nottinghamshire · 3.9 mi · HGVs 6.9% | 19,012 |
| B6407/B6417 roundabout to M1 Derbyshire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 6.8% | 17,265 |
| B6020 to A6117 Nottinghamshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 7.1% | 15,892 |
| A617 to A6075 Nottinghamshire · 1.5 mi · HGVs 2.5% | 11,587 |
| Junction with A617 and A614 (near Lockwell Hill, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meet Nottinghamshire · 12.0 mi · HGVs 8.4% | 10,268 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Nottinghamshire to Derbyshire · 32.8 miles
A617 traffic and collisions by section
13 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 | Junction with A617 and A614 (near Lockwell Hill, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meetNottinghamshire | 10,268 | 50 |
| 2 | A614 to B6020Nottinghamshire | 19,012 | 13 |
| 3 | B6020 to A6117Nottinghamshire | 15,892 | 5 |
| 4 | A6117 to A60Nottinghamshire | 27,497 | 9 |
| 5 | A60 to A611Nottinghamshire | 27,497 | 4 |
| 6 | A611 to A38Nottinghamshire | 27,497 | 19 |
| 7 | A38 to A617Nottinghamshire | 27,110 | 3 |
| 8 | A617 to A6075Nottinghamshire | 11,587 | 3 |
| 9 | A617 to B6407Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire | 23,941 | 15 |
| 10 | B6407/B6417 roundabout to M1Derbyshire | 17,265 | 40 |
| 11 | M1 to B6039Derbyshire | 38,096 | 36 |
| 12 | B6039 to A61(T)Derbyshire | 48,324 | 6 |
| 13 | A619 to A61Derbyshire | 26,477 | 5 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A617 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.
A617 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 74.9% of the vehicle miles on the A617. HGVs account for 5.7%, rising to 8.4% on Junction with A617 and A614 (near Lockwell Hill, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meet.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.3% |
| 2001 | 7.9% |
| 2002 | 7.7% |
| 2003 | 7.1% |
| 2004 | 6.8% |
| 2005 | 6.8% |
| 2006 | 6.6% |
| 2007 | 7.2% |
| 2008 | 7.1% |
| 2009 | 6.3% |
| 2010 | 6.5% |
| 2011 | 6.5% |
| 2012 | 6.5% |
| 2013 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 6.1% |
| 2015 | 6.2% |
| 2016 | 6.2% |
| 2017 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 7.6% |
| 2021 | 7.4% |
| 2022 | 6.6% |
| 2023 | 6.1% |
| 2024 | 5.8% |
| 2025 | 5.7% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A617 traffic trend
Traffic on the A617 came to 233 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 40.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 159m |
| 2001 | 162m |
| 2002 | 168m |
| 2003 | 177m |
| 2004 | 181m |
| 2005 | 191m |
| 2006 | 216m |
| 2007 | 212m |
| 2008 | 214m |
| 2009 | 216m |
| 2010 | 214m |
| 2011 | 214m |
| 2012 | 212m |
| 2013 | 213m |
| 2014 | 222m |
| 2015 | 233m |
| 2016 | 239m |
| 2017 | 234m |
| 2018 | 237m |
| 2019 | 224m |
| 2020 | 175m |
| 2021 | 196m |
| 2022 | 214m |
| 2023 | 216m |
| 2024 | 229m |
| 2025 | 233m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,661 |
| 2001 | 14,973 |
| 2002 | 15,467 |
| 2003 | 16,289 |
| 2004 | 16,691 |
| 2005 | 16,364 |
| 2006 | 18,243 |
| 2007 | 17,901 |
| 2008 | 18,104 |
| 2009 | 18,287 |
| 2010 | 18,097 |
| 2011 | 18,132 |
| 2012 | 17,894 |
| 2013 | 17,969 |
| 2014 | 18,795 |
| 2015 | 19,731 |
| 2016 | 20,206 |
| 2017 | 19,818 |
| 2018 | 19,644 |
| 2019 | 19,443 |
| 2020 | 15,175 |
| 2021 | 16,976 |
| 2022 | 18,560 |
| 2023 | 18,690 |
| 2024 | 19,133 |
| 2025 | 19,461 |
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, 3 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A617 collisions
Police recorded 208 collisions with the A617 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 55 of them fatal or serious. That is 19.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 9.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | 8 |
| 2022 | 37 | 14 |
| 2023 | 26 | 14 |
| 2024 | 19 | 10 |
| 2025 | 38 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B6407/B6417 roundabout to M1 Derbyshire · 40 collisions | 35.9 |
| A617 to B6407 Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire · 15 collisions | 33.0 |
| A611 to A38 Nottinghamshire · 19 collisions | 23.3 |
| Junction with A617 and A614 (near Lockwell Hill, Nottinghamshire) to Roundabout where A617, A46 and A616 meet Nottinghamshire · 50 collisions | 23.2 |
| M1 to B6039 Derbyshire · 36 collisions | 10.6 |
| A614 to B6020 Nottinghamshire · 13 collisions | 10.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 51 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A617 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 A617
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- 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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 208 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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