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A618 traffic and collisions
The A618 is an A-road of 12.3 miles, from Derbyshire to Rotherham. This page covers its traffic at 10 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 45m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,056 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 14,504 A631 to A6021
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 91 43.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A618?
On an average day in 2025, 10,056 vehicles passed each point on the A618, counting both directions. The busiest section is A631 to A6021 (Rotherham), with 14,504 a day; the quietest listed is A619 to B6058 Sheffield Rd, with 4,670.
Busiest sections, 2025
A631 to A6021 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A631 to A6021 Rotherham · 1.7 mi · HGVs 0.3% | 14,504 |
| Worksop Rd to B6067 Treeton Lane Rotherham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 14,122 |
| B6058 Sheffield Rd to A57 Derbyshire, Rotherham · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 12,730 |
| B6067 Treeton Lane to Whiston Vale Rotherham · 1.9 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 12,355 |
| A57 to Lodge Lane Rotherham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.8% | 7,281 |
| B6417 to A619 Derbyshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 5,199 |
| A619 to B6058 Sheffield Rd Derbyshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 4,670 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Derbyshire to Rotherham · 12.3 miles
A618 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 | B6417 to A619Derbyshire | 5,199 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A619 to B6058 Sheffield RdDerbyshire | 4,670 | 12 |
| 3 | B6058 Sheffield Rd to A57Derbyshire, Rotherham | 12,730 | 12 |
| 4 | A57 to Lodge LaneRotherham | 7,281 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Lodge Lane to Worksop RdRotherham | 8,082 | 5 |
| 6 | Worksop Rd to B6067 Treeton LaneRotherham | 14,122 | 15 |
| 7 | B6067 Treeton Lane to Whiston ValeRotherham | 12,355 | 15 |
| 8 | Whiston Vale to A631Rotherham | 13,714 | fewer than 3 |
| 9 | A631 to A6021Rotherham | 14,504 | 26 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A618 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.
A618 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.7% of the vehicle miles on the A618. HGVs account for 1.5%, rising to 3.8% on A57 to Lodge Lane.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.4% |
| 2002 | 2.4% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.1% |
| 2011 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.6% |
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A618 traffic trend
Traffic on the A618 came to 45.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 0.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 6.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 20.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 38m |
| 2001 | 38m |
| 2002 | 41m |
| 2003 | 40m |
| 2004 | 41m |
| 2005 | 45m |
| 2006 | 43m |
| 2007 | 43m |
| 2008 | 42m |
| 2009 | 42m |
| 2010 | 41m |
| 2011 | 41m |
| 2012 | 41m |
| 2013 | 41m |
| 2014 | 42m |
| 2015 | 43m |
| 2016 | 44m |
| 2017 | 44m |
| 2018 | 43m |
| 2019 | 45m |
| 2020 | 34m |
| 2021 | 38m |
| 2022 | 42m |
| 2023 | 43m |
| 2024 | 44m |
| 2025 | 45m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,289 |
| 2001 | 8,495 |
| 2002 | 8,967 |
| 2003 | 8,745 |
| 2004 | 9,029 |
| 2005 | 9,880 |
| 2006 | 9,448 |
| 2007 | 9,486 |
| 2008 | 9,283 |
| 2009 | 9,178 |
| 2010 | 9,106 |
| 2011 | 9,107 |
| 2012 | 9,051 |
| 2013 | 9,051 |
| 2014 | 9,255 |
| 2015 | 9,408 |
| 2016 | 9,727 |
| 2017 | 9,613 |
| 2018 | 9,597 |
| 2019 | 9,977 |
| 2020 | 7,634 |
| 2021 | 8,512 |
| 2022 | 9,271 |
| 2023 | 9,462 |
| 2024 | 9,829 |
| 2025 | 10,056 |
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 10 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A618 collisions
Police recorded 91 collisions with the A618 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 34 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 43.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 6.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 18 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A631 to A6021 Rotherham · 26 collisions | 64.1 |
| Worksop Rd to B6067 Treeton Lane Rotherham · 15 collisions | 50.9 |
| A619 to B6058 Sheffield Rd Derbyshire · 12 collisions | 43.1 |
| B6067 Treeton Lane to Whiston Vale Rotherham · 15 collisions | 36.4 |
| B6058 Sheffield Rd to A57 Derbyshire, Rotherham · 12 collisions | 25.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 15 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A618 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 A618
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derbyshire
- Rotherham
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 | 10 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 91 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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