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A621 traffic and collisions
The A621 is an A-road of 11.6 miles, from Derbyshire to Sheffield. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 38m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,010 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,265 At A61
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −8.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 124 66.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A621?
On an average day in 2025, 9,010 vehicles passed each point on the A621, counting both directions. The busiest section is At A61 (Sheffield), with 16,265 a day; the quietest listed is B6054 to Hillfoot Rd, Totley, with 3,732.
Busiest sections, 2025
At A61 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| At A61 Sheffield · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 16,265 |
| B6068 to A61 Sheffield · 2.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 14,095 |
| Hillfoot Rd, Totley to B6068 Sheffield · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 12,555 |
| A619 to B6051 Derbyshire · 4.5 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 5,371 |
| B6054 to Hillfoot Rd, Totley Derbyshire, Sheffield · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 3,732 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Derbyshire to Sheffield · 11.6 miles
A621 traffic and collisions by section
6 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 | A619 to B6051Derbyshire | 5,371 | 19 |
| 2 | B6051 to B6054Derbyshire | 9,845 | 3 |
| 3 | B6054 to Hillfoot Rd, TotleyDerbyshire, Sheffield | 3,732 | 0 |
| 4 | Hillfoot Rd, Totley to B6068Sheffield | 12,555 | 19 |
| 5 | B6068 to A61Sheffield | 14,095 | 63 |
| 6 | At A61Sheffield | 16,265 | 20 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A621 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.
A621 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 85.0% of the vehicle miles on the A621. HGVs account for 1.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.0% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.0% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A621 traffic trend
Traffic on the A621 came to 38.1 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 13.8% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 5.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 46m |
| 2001 | 47m |
| 2002 | 48m |
| 2003 | 47m |
| 2004 | 46m |
| 2005 | 43m |
| 2006 | 45m |
| 2007 | 43m |
| 2008 | 42m |
| 2009 | 42m |
| 2010 | 42m |
| 2011 | 43m |
| 2012 | 42m |
| 2013 | 42m |
| 2014 | 43m |
| 2015 | 44m |
| 2016 | 45m |
| 2017 | 43m |
| 2018 | 42m |
| 2019 | 42m |
| 2020 | 32m |
| 2021 | 35m |
| 2022 | 38m |
| 2023 | 38m |
| 2024 | 38m |
| 2025 | 38m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,161 |
| 2001 | 10,548 |
| 2002 | 10,640 |
| 2003 | 10,472 |
| 2004 | 10,174 |
| 2005 | 9,755 |
| 2006 | 10,214 |
| 2007 | 9,666 |
| 2008 | 10,162 |
| 2009 | 10,269 |
| 2010 | 10,252 |
| 2011 | 10,335 |
| 2012 | 10,126 |
| 2013 | 10,099 |
| 2014 | 10,375 |
| 2015 | 10,544 |
| 2016 | 10,901 |
| 2017 | 10,466 |
| 2018 | 9,870 |
| 2019 | 9,843 |
| 2020 | 7,562 |
| 2021 | 8,306 |
| 2022 | 8,905 |
| 2023 | 9,073 |
| 2024 | 9,071 |
| 2025 | 9,010 |
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, 2 of the 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A621 collisions
Police recorded 124 collisions with the A621 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 47 of them fatal or serious. That is 66.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | 6 |
| 2022 | 15 | 10 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6 |
| 2024 | 14 | 10 |
| 2025 | 14 | 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 |
|---|---|
| At A61 Sheffield · 20 collisions | 145.9 |
| B6068 to A61 Sheffield · 63 collisions | 93.5 |
| A619 to B6051 Derbyshire · 19 collisions | 43.2 |
| Hillfoot Rd, Totley to B6068 Sheffield · 19 collisions | 38.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 17 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A621 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 A621
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Derbyshire
- Sheffield
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 | 7 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 124 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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