Trunk A-road

A629 traffic and collisions

The A629 is a trunk A-road of 54.9 miles, from Rotherham to North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 39 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

Last updated: 15 September 2026
Data source: Department for Transport
Records analysed: 39 count points in 2025
Methodology: View methodology

Traffic in 2025 341m vehicle miles
Average daily traffic 17,013 vehicles a day, both directions
Busiest section 35,765 A6034 Rnbt to A650 Rnbt
HGV share 3.5% of vehicle miles
Traffic since 2019 −1.1% same count points
Collisions, 2021 to 2025 509 31.2 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A629?

On an average day in 2025, 17,013 vehicles passed each point on the A629, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6034 Rnbt to A650 Rnbt (Bradford), with 35,765 a day; the quietest listed is A61 to A616, with 5,461.

Busiest sections, 2025

A6034 Rnbt to A650 Rnbt carries 2.1 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A629 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section	Vehicles a day
A6034 Rnbt to A650 Rnbt Bradford · 2.4 mi · HGVs 3.8%	35,765
A642 to A62 Kirklees · 1.8 mi · HGVs 1.8%	34,463
A646 to A6026 Calderdale · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2%	31,319
A643 to A6025 Kirklees, Calderdale · 2.4 mi · HGVs 4.8%	29,368
A6034 to A6068 Bradford, North Yorkshire · 1.8 mi · HGVs 4.5%	28,264
A6068 to A6131 North Yorkshire · 2.7 mi · HGVs 3.6%	28,056
A630 to A6109 Rotherham · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.2%	24,374
A6035 to A650 Bradford · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.2%	22,839
At A6035 Bradford · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.5%	22,174
A646 to A58 Calderdale · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.1%	19,953

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Route

Rotherham to North Yorkshire · 54.9 miles

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

A629 traffic and collisions by section

33 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 2 short link roads and spurs (0.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the A629 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1	A630 to A6109Rotherham	0.8	24,374	3.2%	+18.4%	7	–
2	A6109 to Oaks LaneRotherham	1.4	14,416	1.5%	+2.4%	10	29.7
3	Oaks Lane to M1Rotherham	1.7	16,674	3.4%	+3.7%	20	40.3
4	M1 to Woodburn DriveSheffield	0.7	10,836	1.6%	−0.1%	4	–
5	Woodburn Drive to A6135Sheffield	0.5	9,762	1.6%	−0.1%	3	–
6	A61 to A616Barnsley	1.5	5,461	2.7%	−6.6%	6	–
7	At A629 spurBarnsley	0.2	8,655	2.0%	−5.8%	3	–
8	A629 spur to A628Barnsley	4.8	8,184	3.0%	−7.8%	12	17.4
9	A628 to A635Barnsley, Kirklees	5.1	7,960	4.3%	+3.3%	16	23.7
10	A635 to A642B6433 Rowley LaneKirklees	4.4	9,426	4.2%	−6.8%	32	44.0
11	B6433 Rowley Lane to A642Kirklees	1.4	19,194	1.7%	−8.7%	13	24.9
12	A642 to A62Kirklees	1.8	34,463	1.8%	−4.4%	47	42.6
13	A62 to Fitzwilliam StKirklees	0.1	8,709	4.0%	−5.7%	5	–
14	Fitzwilliam St to Castlegate SlipKirklees	0.1	10,097	2.0%	−14.6%	5	–
15	A62 Castlegate slip to A643 roundaboutKirklees	2.1	16,771	4.0%	−5.6%	26	41.7
16	A643 to A6025Kirklees, Calderdale	2.4	29,368	4.8%	+7.9%	8	–
17	A6025 to A6026Calderdale	0.4	38,309	3.2%	–	0	–
18	A6026 to A646Calderdale	0.4	34,478	3.2%	–	3	–
19	A646 to A6026Calderdale	0.7	31,319	2.2%	–	12	150.0
20	A646 to A58Calderdale	1.6	19,953	2.1%	−9.9%	40	68.4
21	A58 to Pavement Lane, IllingworthCalderdale	3.1	14,066	2.0%	+1.9%	52	70.5
22	Pavement Lane, Illingworth to A644 Thornton RdCalderdale, Bradford	1.6	8,996	2.7%	−2.7%	12	49.0
23	A44 Thornton Rd to A644 Brighouse RdBradford	0.6	10,750	3.2%	−0.5%	5	–
24	A629 to B6144Bradford	3.3	12,437	4.8%	−6.6%	31	43.0
25	B6144 to A6033Bradford	0.9	9,656	4.8%	–	4	–
26	A6033 to Haincliffe RdBradford	1.4	13,230	2.8%	−12.3%	9	–
27	Haincliffe Rd to A6035Bradford	0.7	16,134	2.3%	−8.9%	15	72.7
28	At A6035Bradford	0.5	22,174	2.5%	+3.4%	27	140.0
29	A6035 to A650Bradford	0.7	22,839	2.2%	+10.8%	22	82.6
30	A6034 Rnbt to A650 RnbtBradford	2.4	35,765	3.8%	+1.9%	23	15.3
31	A6034 to A6068Bradford, North Yorkshire	1.8	28,264	4.5%	−2.1%	10	11.2
32	A6068 to A6131North Yorkshire	2.7	28,056	3.6%	−3.5%	18	13.6
33	A6131 to A65North Yorkshire	2.5	15,411	6.5%	+11.2%	5	–

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A629 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.

A629 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 80.8% of the vehicle miles on the A629. HGVs account for 3.5%, rising to 6.5% on A6131 to A65.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Share of vehicle miles on the A629 by vehicle type
Category	Share
Cars and taxis	80.8%
Vans (LGVs)	14.6%
HGVs	3.5%
Buses and coaches	0.6%
Motorcycles	0.5%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A629, by year
Year	HGV share
2000	4.9%
2001	4.9%
2002	4.9%
2003	4.8%
2004	4.7%
2005	4.7%
2006	4.7%
2007	4.7%
2008	4.6%
2009	4.0%
2010	4.0%
2011	4.0%
2012	4.0%
2013	3.9%
2014	4.0%
2015	4.0%
2016	4.1%
2017	4.2%
2018	4.1%
2019	4.0%
2020	4.6%
2021	4.5%
2022	4.3%
2023	4.1%
2024	3.8%
2025	3.5%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A629 traffic trend

Traffic on the A629 came to 341 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 0.7% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 4.1% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A629 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year	Vehicle miles
2000	326m
2001	333m
2002	337m
2003	340m
2004	338m
2005	342m
2006	341m
2007	341m
2008	333m
2009	337m
2010	326m
2011	319m
2012	308m
2013	313m
2014	318m
2015	325m
2016	334m
2017	337m
2018	343m
2019	345m
2020	268m
2021	299m
2022	323m
2023	332m
2024	339m
2025	341m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A629, weighted by link length, by year
Year	Vehicles a day
2000	15,979
2001	16,314
2002	16,507
2003	16,663
2004	16,582
2005	16,780
2006	17,034
2007	16,992
2008	16,792
2009	16,684
2010	16,437
2011	16,111
2012	15,548
2013	15,774
2014	16,059
2015	16,399
2016	16,850
2017	17,079
2018	16,995
2019	17,153
2020	13,308
2021	14,847
2022	16,131
2023	16,544
2024	16,900
2025	17,013

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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, 12 of the 39 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A629 collisions

Police recorded 509 collisions with the A629 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 183 of them fatal or serious, including 6 fatal. That is 31.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 12.0% from 2021 to 2025.

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

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 A629, 2021 to 2025
Section	Per 100m vehicle miles
A646 to A6026 Calderdale · 12 collisions	150.0
At A6035 Bradford · 27 collisions	140.0
A6035 to A650 Bradford · 22 collisions	82.6
Haincliffe Rd to A6035 Bradford · 15 collisions	72.7
A58 to Pavement Lane, Illingworth Calderdale · 52 collisions	70.5
A646 to A58 Calderdale · 40 collisions	68.4
Pavement Lane, Illingworth to A644 Thornton Rd Calderdale, Bradford · 12 collisions	49.0
A635 to A642B6433 Rowley Lane Kirklees · 32 collisions	44.0

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated 15 Sept 2026

A further 86 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A629 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.2% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions

Council areas on the A629

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

Rotherham
Sheffield
Barnsley
Kirklees
Calderdale
Bradford
North Yorkshire

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	39 count points in 2025	15 September 2026
Reported collisions	Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring	2021 to 2025	509 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”.

How we calculate these figures All data sources

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How busy is the A629?

Route

A629 traffic and collisions by section

A629 traffic by vehicle type

A629 traffic trend

A629 collisions

Council areas on the A629

Roads that meet the A629

Data sources and methodology

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