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A632 traffic and collisions

The A632 is an A-road of 21.2 miles, from Nottinghamshire to Derbyshire. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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15 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 76m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 9,760 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 16,825 Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632
  • HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −1.5% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 166 46.3 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A632?

On an average day in 2025, 9,760 vehicles passed each point on the A632, counting both directions. The busiest section is Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632 (Derbyshire), with 16,825 a day; the quietest listed is A60 to Pit Hill, with 4,024.

Busiest sections, 2025

Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632 carries 1.7 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A632 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632 Derbyshire · 2.5 mi · HGVs 1.5% 16,825
Blacksmith Lane to Hady Lane Derbyshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 0.5% 16,371
Hady Lane to A61(T) Derbyshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 0.7% 16,111
Acorn Ridge, Chesterfield to B5057 Derbyshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.2% 13,352
A632 intersects Portland Avenue to Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) Derbyshire · 2.2 mi · HGVs 1.2% 12,835
Whitecotes Lane to Acorn Ridge Derbyshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% 10,299
A619 to Whitecotes Lane Derbyshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.1% 9,278
B6036 to Lumsdale, Matlock Derbyshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 1.6% 7,987
B5057 to B6036 Derbyshire · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% 7,486
Pit Hill to B6417 Derbyshire · 3.0 mi · HGVs 1.1% 5,993

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Nottinghamshire to Derbyshire · 21.2 miles

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

A632 traffic and collisions by section

15 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 A632 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A60 to Pit HillNottinghamshire2.44,0242.8%−5.8%9
2Pit Hill to B6417Derbyshire3.05,9931.1%+25.4%1754.0
3B6417 to St Lawrence AveDerbyshire0.34,5871.5%−5.3%fewer than 3
4Mansfield Rd/Portland Ave to St Lawrence AvenueDerbyshire0.35,0411.5%−5.3%6
5A632 intersects Portland Avenue to Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage)Derbyshire2.212,8351.2%+6.0%2146.0
6Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632Derbyshire2.516,8251.5%−13.2%2533.9
7Blacksmith Lane to Hady LaneDerbyshire1.016,3710.5%+3.0%1348.3
8Hady Lane to A61(T)Derbyshire0.716,1110.7%+3.9%1051.0
9A61 to A619Derbyshire0.119,2911.8%−7.9%fewer than 3
10A619 to Whitecotes LaneDerbyshire0.89,2781.1%+12.7%4
11Whitecotes Lane to Acorn RidgeDerbyshire0.610,2991.1%+12.7%fewer than 3
12Acorn Ridge, Chesterfield to B5057Derbyshire1.613,3522.2%−0.3%9
13B5057 to B6036Derbyshire2.17,4862.1%−3.2%1968.9
14B6036 to Lumsdale, MatlockDerbyshire2.47,9871.6%−11.8%2159.9
15A615 to LumsdaleDerbyshire1.25,5463.7%−5.5%9

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A632 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.

A632 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 82.3% of the vehicle miles on the A632. HGVs account for 1.5%, rising to 3.7% on A615 to Lumsdale.

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 A632, by year
Year HGV share
2000 3.7%
2001 3.0%
2002 2.8%
2003 2.8%
2004 2.6%
2005 2.7%
2006 2.7%
2007 2.7%
2008 2.7%
2009 2.4%
2010 2.4%
2011 2.1%
2012 2.1%
2013 2.1%
2014 2.1%
2015 2.1%
2016 2.0%
2017 1.9%
2018 1.9%
2019 1.9%
2020 2.1%
2021 1.9%
2022 1.8%
2023 1.7%
2024 1.7%
2025 1.5%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A632 traffic trend

Traffic on the A632 came to 75.5 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 6.7% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 5.5% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A632 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 65m
2001 64m
2002 64m
2003 67m
2004 67m
2005 69m
2006 71m
2007 69m
2008 68m
2009 68m
2010 68m
2011 69m
2012 67m
2013 65m
2014 66m
2015 67m
2016 69m
2017 75m
2018 75m
2019 77m
2020 58m
2021 65m
2022 71m
2023 73m
2024 74m
2025 76m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A632, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 8,475
2001 8,318
2002 8,356
2003 8,670
2004 8,733
2005 9,015
2006 9,194
2007 9,059
2008 8,893
2009 8,913
2010 8,838
2011 9,028
2012 8,741
2013 8,448
2014 8,648
2015 8,711
2016 8,947
2017 9,684
2018 9,764
2019 9,908
2020 7,534
2021 8,442
2022 9,198
2023 9,385
2024 9,512
2025 9,760

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, 3 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A632 collisions

Police recorded 166 collisions with the A632 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 57 of them fatal or serious. That is 46.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.6 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Up 8.6% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A632 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 2312
2022 2312
2023 1813
2024 1512
2025 299

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 A632, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
B5057 to B6036 Derbyshire · 19 collisions 68.9
B6036 to Lumsdale, Matlock Derbyshire · 21 collisions 59.9
Pit Hill to B6417 Derbyshire · 17 collisions 54.0
Hady Lane to A61(T) Derbyshire · 10 collisions 51.0
Blacksmith Lane to Hady Lane Derbyshire · 13 collisions 48.3
A632 intersects Portland Avenue to Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) Derbyshire · 21 collisions 46.0
Roundabout where A632, B6418, A6192 meet (near stonecroft cottage) to Where Blacksmith Lane intersects with A632 Derbyshire · 25 collisions 33.9

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

A further 6 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A632 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 A632

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

  • Nottinghamshire
  • Derbyshire

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 15 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 166 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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