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A633 traffic and collisions
The A633 is an A-road of 13.9 miles, from Rotherham to Barnsley. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 87m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 17,137 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 23,352 A630 to A633
- HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +4.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 190 47.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A633?
On an average day in 2025, 17,137 vehicles passed each point on the A633, counting both directions. The busiest section is A630 to A633 (Rotherham), with 23,352 a day; the quietest listed is A628 to A61, with 9,218.
Busiest sections, 2025
A630 to A633 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A630 to A633 Rotherham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 23,352 |
| B6090 to A6022 Rotherham · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 21,718 |
| A6213 to B6090 Rotherham · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 20,277 |
| A635 to A628 Barnsley · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.8% | 19,834 |
| A6023 to A6195 Rotherham, Barnsley · 1.7 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 17,700 |
| B6096 to A635 Barnsley · 2.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 17,494 |
| A6195 to B6096 Barnsley · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 16,473 |
| A6022 to A6023 Rotherham · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 14,635 |
| A628 to A61 Barnsley · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 9,218 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Rotherham to Barnsley · 13.9 miles
A633 traffic and collisions by section
11 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 | A630 to A633Rotherham | 23,352 | 16 |
| 2 | A6213 to B6090Rotherham | 20,277 | 57 |
| 3 | B6090 to A6022Rotherham | 21,718 | 17 |
| 4 | A6022 to A6023Rotherham | 14,635 | 11 |
| 5 | A6023 to Recreation RdRotherham | 15,660 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | Recreation Rd to A633Rotherham | 14,108 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A6023 to A6195Rotherham, Barnsley | 17,700 | 15 |
| 8 | A6195 to B6096Barnsley | 16,473 | 5 |
| 9 | B6096 to A635Barnsley | 17,494 | 32 |
| 10 | A635 to A628Barnsley | 19,834 | 11 |
| 11 | A628 to A61Barnsley | 9,218 | 23 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A633 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.
A633 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.6% of the vehicle miles on the A633. HGVs account for 2.1%, rising to 4.8% on A6023 to A6195.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 3.7% |
| 2006 | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.5% |
| 2015 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 2.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A633 traffic trend
Traffic on the A633 came to 86.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 4.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 21.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 70m |
| 2001 | 70m |
| 2002 | 72m |
| 2003 | 70m |
| 2004 | 72m |
| 2005 | 73m |
| 2006 | 72m |
| 2007 | 73m |
| 2008 | 74m |
| 2009 | 75m |
| 2010 | 76m |
| 2011 | 76m |
| 2012 | 74m |
| 2013 | 75m |
| 2014 | 77m |
| 2015 | 78m |
| 2016 | 80m |
| 2017 | 80m |
| 2018 | 84m |
| 2019 | 83m |
| 2020 | 64m |
| 2021 | 70m |
| 2022 | 78m |
| 2023 | 81m |
| 2024 | 84m |
| 2025 | 87m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,781 |
| 2001 | 14,760 |
| 2002 | 15,228 |
| 2003 | 14,720 |
| 2004 | 15,120 |
| 2005 | 15,299 |
| 2006 | 15,088 |
| 2007 | 15,326 |
| 2008 | 15,595 |
| 2009 | 15,864 |
| 2010 | 15,945 |
| 2011 | 16,085 |
| 2012 | 15,468 |
| 2013 | 15,577 |
| 2014 | 16,089 |
| 2015 | 16,255 |
| 2016 | 16,636 |
| 2017 | 16,675 |
| 2018 | 16,839 |
| 2019 | 16,739 |
| 2020 | 12,844 |
| 2021 | 14,141 |
| 2022 | 15,633 |
| 2023 | 16,396 |
| 2024 | 17,003 |
| 2025 | 17,137 |
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 (80.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 1 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A633 collisions
Police recorded 190 collisions with the A633 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 67 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 47.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.7 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 48.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 13 |
| 2022 | 17 | 9 |
| 2023 | 26 | 13 |
| 2024 | 27 | 16 |
| 2025 | 33 | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|
| B6096 to A635 Barnsley · 32 collisions | 185.6 |
| A6213 to B6090 Rotherham · 57 collisions | 105.8 |
| A628 to A61 Barnsley · 23 collisions | 70.4 |
| A635 to A628 Barnsley · 11 collisions | 48.3 |
| B6090 to A6022 Rotherham · 17 collisions | 38.4 |
| A630 to A633 Rotherham · 16 collisions | 33.3 |
| A6022 to A6023 Rotherham · 11 collisions | 30.8 |
| A6023 to A6195 Rotherham, Barnsley · 15 collisions | 28.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 31 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A633 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 A633
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Rotherham
- Barnsley
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 | 12 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 190 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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