Trunk A-road
A64 traffic and collisions
The A64 is a trunk A-road of 70.5 miles, from Leeds to North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 36 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 682m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 26,505 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 64,890 A1036 spur to A19
- HGV share 5.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 424 12.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A64?
On an average day in 2025, 26,505 vehicles passed each point on the A64, counting both directions. The busiest section is A1036 spur to A19 (York), with 64,890 a day; the quietest listed is B1258 to A64, with 10,023.
Busiest sections, 2025
A1036 spur to A19 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A1036 spur to A19 York · 2.0 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 64,890 |
| A659 to A1237 North Yorkshire, York · 4.1 mi · HGVs 4.7% | 58,113 |
| A1237 mid-junction to A1036 spur York · 0.7 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 56,892 |
| A162 to A659 North Yorkshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 56,046 |
| A1(M) spur to A659 North Yorkshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 5.5% | 55,464 |
| A19 to A1079/A166 York · 3.4 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 52,140 |
| A659 to A162 North Yorkshire · 2.2 mi · HGVs 5.7% | 50,456 |
| A1079/A166 to A1237 York · 2.6 mi · HGVs 4.6% | 43,509 |
| At A64 Leeds · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 28,078 |
| A1237 to B1248 mid-junction York, North Yorkshire · 12.8 mi · HGVs 6.8% | 24,319 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Leeds to North Yorkshire · 70.5 miles
A64 traffic and collisions by section
24 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 9 short link roads and spurs (3.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A64(M) slips to A6120Leeds | 21,375 | 106 |
| 2 | At A64Leeds | 28,078 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A6120 Ring Road (Seacroft) to A6120 Ring Road (Shadwell)Leeds | 17,638 | 6 |
| 4 | A6120 Ring Road (Shadwell) to A1MLeeds, North Yorkshire | 19,588 | 31 |
| 5 | A1(M) roundabout to A1(M) spurNorth Yorkshire | 18,303 | 7 |
| 6 | A1(M) spur to A659North Yorkshire | 55,464 | 6 |
| 7 | A659 to A162North Yorkshire | 50,456 | 7 |
| 8 | A162 to A659North Yorkshire | 56,046 | 3 |
| 9 | A659 to A1237North Yorkshire, York | 58,113 | 19 |
| 10 | A1237 mid-junction to A1036 spurYork | 56,892 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | At A1036 spurYork | 51,203 | fewer than 3 |
| 12 | At A1036 spurYork | 39,825 | 0 |
| 13 | At A1036 spurYork | 58,401 | 0 |
| 14 | A1036 spur to A19York | 64,890 | 11 |
| 15 | A19 to A1079/A166York | 52,140 | 10 |
| 16 | A1079/A166 to A1237York | 43,509 | 13 |
| 17 | A1237 to B1248 mid-junctionYork, North Yorkshire | 24,319 | 86 |
| 18 | B1248 mid-junction to A169North Yorkshire | 14,901 | 7 |
| 19 | A169 to B1258North Yorkshire | 18,301 | 6 |
| 20 | B1258 to A64North Yorkshire | 10,023 | 41 |
| 21 | A1039 to Musham Bank roundaboutNorth Yorkshire | 16,434 | 11 |
| 22 | Musham Bank roundabout to B1427 Queen Margaret's RdNorth Yorkshire | 20,008 | 16 |
| 23 | B1427 Queen Margaret's Rd to A171 Falsgrave RdNorth Yorkshire | 21,457 | 15 |
| 24 | A171 to A165North Yorkshire | 11,820 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A64 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.
A64 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 77.4% of the vehicle miles on the A64. HGVs account for 5.4%, rising to 10.4% on B1258 to A64.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.8% |
| 2001 | 6.7% |
| 2002 | 6.6% |
| 2003 | 5.9% |
| 2004 | 6.0% |
| 2005 | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 5.5% |
| 2007 | 6.0% |
| 2008 | 5.8% |
| 2009 | 5.3% |
| 2010 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 5.5% |
| 2013 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 5.7% |
| 2015 | 6.0% |
| 2016 | 6.0% |
| 2017 | 5.5% |
| 2018 | 5.5% |
| 2019 | 5.8% |
| 2020 | 7.4% |
| 2021 | 7.2% |
| 2022 | 6.3% |
| 2023 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 5.6% |
| 2025 | 5.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A64 traffic trend
Traffic on the A64 came to 682 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 26.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 577m |
| 2001 | 583m |
| 2002 | 586m |
| 2003 | 609m |
| 2004 | 619m |
| 2005 | 632m |
| 2006 | 630m |
| 2007 | 638m |
| 2008 | 628m |
| 2009 | 626m |
| 2010 | 618m |
| 2011 | 622m |
| 2012 | 605m |
| 2013 | 611m |
| 2014 | 622m |
| 2015 | 644m |
| 2016 | 667m |
| 2017 | 689m |
| 2018 | 691m |
| 2019 | 734m |
| 2020 | 540m |
| 2021 | 617m |
| 2022 | 657m |
| 2023 | 672m |
| 2024 | 665m |
| 2025 | 682m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,334 |
| 2001 | 23,553 |
| 2002 | 23,678 |
| 2003 | 24,602 |
| 2004 | 25,000 |
| 2005 | 25,203 |
| 2006 | 25,117 |
| 2007 | 25,559 |
| 2008 | 25,219 |
| 2009 | 25,142 |
| 2010 | 24,820 |
| 2011 | 25,282 |
| 2012 | 24,607 |
| 2013 | 24,825 |
| 2014 | 25,290 |
| 2015 | 25,905 |
| 2016 | 26,891 |
| 2017 | 27,498 |
| 2018 | 27,396 |
| 2019 | 28,801 |
| 2020 | 21,089 |
| 2021 | 24,116 |
| 2022 | 25,745 |
| 2023 | 26,333 |
| 2024 | 25,844 |
| 2025 | 26,505 |
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 (86.7% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 11 of the 36 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A64 collisions
Police recorded 424 collisions with the A64 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 134 of them fatal or serious. That is 12.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 10.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57 | 32 |
| 2022 | 56 | 22 |
| 2023 | 62 | 18 |
| 2024 | 63 | 34 |
| 2025 | 52 | 28 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A64(M) slips to A6120 Leeds · 106 collisions | 68.5 |
| B1427 Queen Margaret's Rd to A171 Falsgrave Rd North Yorkshire · 15 collisions | 45.0 |
| Musham Bank roundabout to B1427 Queen Margaret's Rd North Yorkshire · 16 collisions | 35.1 |
| A6120 Ring Road (Shadwell) to A1M Leeds, North Yorkshire · 31 collisions | 33.6 |
| A1237 to B1248 mid-junction York, North Yorkshire · 86 collisions | 15.7 |
| B1258 to A64 North Yorkshire · 41 collisions | 13.4 |
| A1039 to Musham Bank roundabout North Yorkshire · 11 collisions | 10.3 |
| A1079/A166 to A1237 York · 13 collisions | 7.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 35 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A64 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 A64
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Leeds
- North Yorkshire
- York
Planned closures on the A64 in England
National Highways has 17 planned closures on the A64 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 9 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 17 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Carriageway A64 eastbound Tadcaster entry slip road closure
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Lane or slip A64 eastbound Tadcaster to Askham Bryan lane 1 closure (8/0 - 15/5)
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Carriageway A64 westbound Askham Bryan exit slip road closure
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Carriageway A64 eastbound Bondhill loop exit slip closure
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Lane or slip A64 eastbound Askham Bar Lane 1 closure (15/0 - 19/6)
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Lane or slip A64 eastbound Tadcaster lane 1 closure (5/3 6/0)
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Carriageway A64 westbound Fulford exit slip road closure
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Carriageway A64 westbound Bondhill entry slip road closure
9 more planned closures in this period are not shown.
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated
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 | 36 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 424 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 16 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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