Motorway
A627(M) traffic and collisions
The A627(M) is a motorway of 4.5 miles, from Oldham to Rochdale. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2015 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 46,036 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 58,438 A663 to A627M spur
- HGV share 5.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +5.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 28 7.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A627(M)?
On an average day in 2025, 46,036 vehicles passed each point on the A627(M), counting both directions. The busiest section is A663 to A627M spur (Oldham, Rochdale), with 58,438 a day; the quietest listed is M62 (20) to A664, with 39,851.
Busiest sections, 2025
A663 to A627M spur carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A663 to A627M spur Oldham, Rochdale · 1.5 mi · HGVs 5.5% | 58,438 |
| SPUR to M62 (20) Rochdale · 1.1 mi · HGVs 4.5% | 56,543 |
| M62 (20) to A664 Rochdale · 1.1 mi · HGVs 6.3% | 39,851 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2015 to 2025 Updated
Route
Oldham to Rochdale · 4.5 miles
A627(M) traffic and collisions by section
4 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.7 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At A663Oldham | 25,058 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A663 to A627M spurOldham, Rochdale | 58,438 | 6 |
| 3 | SPUR to M62 (20)Rochdale | 56,543 | 8 |
| 4 | M62 (20) to A664Rochdale | 39,851 | 12 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A627(M) 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.
A627(M) traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.6% of the vehicle miles on the A627(M). HGVs account for 5.4%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2015 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 6.5% |
| 2016 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 6.1% |
| 2018 | 6.2% |
| 2019 | 6.1% |
| 2020 | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 6.1% |
| 2022 | 5.7% |
| 2023 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | 5.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2015 to 2025 Updated
A627(M) traffic trend
Traffic on the A627(M) came to 75.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 5.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 64m |
| 2016 | 65m |
| 2017 | 63m |
| 2018 | 70m |
| 2019 | 71m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 71m |
| 2022 | 70m |
| 2023 | 70m |
| 2024 | 76m |
| 2025 | 76m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2015 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 41,493 |
| 2016 | 42,229 |
| 2017 | 41,372 |
| 2018 | 42,621 |
| 2019 | 43,484 |
| 2020 | 35,098 |
| 2021 | 43,322 |
| 2022 | 42,769 |
| 2023 | 42,674 |
| 2024 | 46,535 |
| 2025 | 46,036 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2015 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, 5 of the 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A627(M) collisions
Police recorded 28 collisions with the A627(M) as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 5 of them fatal or serious. That is 7.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 20.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| M62 (20) to A664 Rochdale · 12 collisions | 15.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A627(M) 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 A627(M)
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Oldham
- Rochdale
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 | 2015 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 | 28 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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