A-road

A625 traffic and collisions

The A625 is an A-road of 11.3 miles, from Derbyshire to Sheffield. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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  • Traffic in 2025 52m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 12,522 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 29,214 B6375 to A61
  • HGV share 1.0% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +15.4% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 112 44.9 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A625?

On an average day in 2025, 12,522 vehicles passed each point on the A625, counting both directions. The busiest section is B6375 to A61 (Sheffield), with 29,214 a day; the quietest listed is Owler Bar Rd to Hathersage Rd, with 3,316.

Busiest sections, 2025

B6375 to A61 carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A625 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
B6375 to A61 Sheffield · 3.6 mi · HGVs 0.6% 29,214
old A625/new A625 to B6068 Sheffield · 2.8 mi · HGVs 1.9% 6,422
A623 to B6054 Derbyshire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 2.4% 3,525
Owler Bar Rd to Hathersage Rd Sheffield · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.2% 3,316

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Derbyshire to Sheffield · 11.3 miles

Derbyshire Sheffield
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A625 traffic and collisions by section

5 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.

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Sections of the A625 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A623 to B6054Derbyshire3.73,5252.4%−7.3%9
2B6054 to new A625Derbyshire0.37,7461.1%+20.3%3
3Owler Bar Rd to Hathersage RdSheffield0.93,3162.2%−7.1%fewer than 3
4old A625/new A625 to B6068Sheffield2.86,4221.9%+4.8%1756.3
5B6375 to A61Sheffield3.629,2140.6%+22.0%8243.7

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A625 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.

A625 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 88.1% of the vehicle miles on the A625. HGVs account for 1.0%, rising to 2.4% on A623 to B6054.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A625, by year
Year HGV share
2000 1.9%
2001 1.9%
2002 1.8%
2003 2.0%
2004 2.1%
2005 2.3%
2006 2.3%
2007 2.6%
2008 2.7%
2009 2.6%
2010 2.1%
2011 2.2%
2012 2.5%
2013 2.5%
2014 2.6%
2015 2.0%
2016 1.8%
2017 1.7%
2018 1.8%
2019 1.6%
2020 1.5%
2021 1.5%
2022 1.4%
2023 1.1%
2024 1.0%
2025 1.0%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A625 traffic trend

Traffic on the A625 came to 51.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 15.4% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 56.0% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 6.2% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A625 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 51m
2001 50m
2002 52m
2003 51m
2004 51m
2005 44m
2006 47m
2007 46m
2008 42m
2009 42m
2010 41m
2011 41m
2012 29m
2013 29m
2014 30m
2015 33m
2016 42m
2017 42m
2018 43m
2019 45m
2020 42m
2021 46m
2022 49m
2023 51m
2024 51m
2025 52m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A625, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 11,888
2001 11,579
2002 12,002
2003 11,766
2004 11,837
2005 10,255
2006 11,011
2007 10,588
2008 10,330
2009 10,228
2010 10,006
2011 10,024
2012 7,156
2013 7,129
2014 7,322
2015 7,952
2016 10,310
2017 10,326
2018 10,380
2019 10,848
2020 10,166
2021 11,176
2022 11,972
2023 12,376
2024 12,415
2025 12,522

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 5 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A625 collisions

Police recorded 112 collisions with the A625 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 50 of them fatal or serious. That is 44.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.0 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

About the same in 2025 as in 2021.

Police-reported collisions on the A625 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 812
2022 1110
2023 1510
2024 179
2025 119

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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A625, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
old A625/new A625 to B6068 Sheffield · 17 collisions 56.3
B6375 to A61 Sheffield · 82 collisions 43.7

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 20 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A625 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 A625

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Derbyshire
  • Sheffield

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
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 5 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 112 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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