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A6187 traffic and collisions
The A6187 is an A-road of 10.2 miles, from Sheffield to Derbyshire. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 26m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 7,086 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 8,706 B6001 to A6013
- HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +6.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 39 32.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A6187?
On an average day in 2025, 7,086 vehicles passed each point on the A6187, counting both directions. The busiest section is B6001 to A6013 (Derbyshire), with 8,706 a day; the quietest listed is A625 Stony Ridge Road to A6187 split, with 4,082.
Busiest sections, 2025
B6001 to A6013 carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B6001 to A6013 Derbyshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 8,706 |
| Castleton to Junction A6013/A6187 Derbyshire · 4.4 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 8,323 |
| Toad's Mouth to B6001 Derbyshire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 5,637 |
| A625 Stony Ridge Road to A6187 split Sheffield · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 4,082 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Sheffield to Derbyshire · 10.2 miles
A6187 traffic and collisions by section
5 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A625 Stony Ridge Road to A6187 splitSheffield | 4,082 | 4 |
| 2 | A6187 split to Toad's MouthSheffield | 5,637 | 3 |
| 3 | Toad's Mouth to B6001Derbyshire | 5,637 | 17 |
| 4 | B6001 to A6013Derbyshire | 8,706 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Castleton to Junction A6013/A6187Derbyshire | 8,323 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A6187 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.
A6187 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.7% of the vehicle miles on the A6187. HGVs account for 2.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.3% |
| 2001 | 4.3% |
| 2002 | 4.1% |
| 2003 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A6187 traffic trend
Traffic on the A6187 came to 26.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 6.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 6.4% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 10.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 25m |
| 2001 | 25m |
| 2002 | 24m |
| 2003 | 25m |
| 2004 | 25m |
| 2005 | 25m |
| 2006 | 26m |
| 2007 | 26m |
| 2008 | 27m |
| 2009 | 26m |
| 2010 | 25m |
| 2011 | 26m |
| 2012 | 25m |
| 2013 | 25m |
| 2014 | 26m |
| 2015 | 26m |
| 2016 | 24m |
| 2017 | 24m |
| 2018 | 24m |
| 2019 | 24m |
| 2020 | 18m |
| 2021 | 20m |
| 2022 | 24m |
| 2023 | 24m |
| 2024 | 26m |
| 2025 | 26m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,516 |
| 2001 | 6,446 |
| 2002 | 6,357 |
| 2003 | 6,487 |
| 2004 | 6,638 |
| 2005 | 6,648 |
| 2006 | 6,827 |
| 2007 | 6,909 |
| 2008 | 6,754 |
| 2009 | 6,741 |
| 2010 | 6,658 |
| 2011 | 6,744 |
| 2012 | 6,618 |
| 2013 | 6,588 |
| 2014 | 6,742 |
| 2015 | 6,755 |
| 2016 | 6,313 |
| 2017 | 6,361 |
| 2018 | 6,381 |
| 2019 | 6,394 |
| 2020 | 4,804 |
| 2021 | 5,232 |
| 2022 | 6,431 |
| 2023 | 6,563 |
| 2024 | 7,000 |
| 2025 | 7,086 |
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 (56.9% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A6187 collisions
Police recorded 39 collisions with the A6187 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 13 of them fatal or serious. That is 32.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 33.3% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Toad's Mouth to B6001 Derbyshire · 17 collisions | 75.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A6187
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Sheffield
- 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 | 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 | 39 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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