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A647 traffic and collisions
The A647 is an A-road of 16.6 miles, from Leeds to Calderdale. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 141m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 23,343 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 55,532 A6110 to A6120
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 425 62.0 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A647?
On an average day in 2025, 23,343 vehicles passed each point on the A647, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6110 to A6120 (Leeds), with 55,532 a day; the quietest listed is A6177 to A647 Little Horton Lane, with 8,115.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6110 to A6120 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6110 to A6120 Leeds · 2.3 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 55,532 |
| A6120 to A6177 Leeds, Bradford · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 28,144 |
| Armley Rd to A657 Leeds · 2.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 24,720 |
| A657 to A6110 Leeds · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 19,878 |
| A6177 to A650 Bradford · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 17,809 |
| Queensbury to A6177 Cross Lane Bradford · 2.8 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 13,108 |
| A644 to A58 Bradford, Calderdale · 3.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 12,988 |
| A6177 to A647 Little Horton Lane Bradford · 1.3 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 8,115 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Leeds to Calderdale · 16.6 miles
A647 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A58 roundabout to Armley RdLeeds | 26,158 | 8 |
| 2 | Armley Rd to A657Leeds | 24,720 | 56 |
| 3 | A657 to A6110Leeds | 19,878 | 5 |
| 4 | A6110 to A6120Leeds | 55,532 | 23 |
| 5 | A6120 to A6177Leeds, Bradford | 28,144 | 86 |
| 6 | A6177 to A650Bradford | 17,809 | 73 |
| 7 | A650 to A641Bradford | 36,867 | 30 |
| 8 | A6177 to A647 Little Horton LaneBradford | 8,115 | 34 |
| 9 | Queensbury to A6177 Cross LaneBradford | 13,108 | 57 |
| 10 | A644 to A58Bradford, Calderdale | 12,988 | 53 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A647 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.
A647 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.0% of the vehicle miles on the A647. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 3.6% on A6110 to A6120.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 2.4% |
| 2016 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A647 traffic trend
Traffic on the A647 came to 141 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 1.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 149m |
| 2001 | 143m |
| 2002 | 145m |
| 2003 | 144m |
| 2004 | 146m |
| 2005 | 145m |
| 2006 | 145m |
| 2007 | 145m |
| 2008 | 147m |
| 2009 | 146m |
| 2010 | 144m |
| 2011 | 144m |
| 2012 | 142m |
| 2013 | 140m |
| 2014 | 136m |
| 2015 | 137m |
| 2016 | 139m |
| 2017 | 146m |
| 2018 | 145m |
| 2019 | 144m |
| 2020 | 113m |
| 2021 | 125m |
| 2022 | 138m |
| 2023 | 142m |
| 2024 | 140m |
| 2025 | 141m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 24,142 |
| 2001 | 23,245 |
| 2002 | 23,743 |
| 2003 | 23,627 |
| 2004 | 23,947 |
| 2005 | 23,986 |
| 2006 | 23,885 |
| 2007 | 23,915 |
| 2008 | 24,201 |
| 2009 | 24,143 |
| 2010 | 23,701 |
| 2011 | 23,684 |
| 2012 | 23,454 |
| 2013 | 23,060 |
| 2014 | 22,505 |
| 2015 | 22,640 |
| 2016 | 22,861 |
| 2017 | 24,149 |
| 2018 | 23,935 |
| 2019 | 24,336 |
| 2020 | 19,169 |
| 2021 | 21,178 |
| 2022 | 23,346 |
| 2023 | 23,982 |
| 2024 | 23,597 |
| 2025 | 23,343 |
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 (67.5% 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.
A647 collisions
Police recorded 425 collisions with the A647 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 114 of them fatal or serious, including 10 fatal. That is 62.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 5.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 7.9% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | 24 |
| 2022 | 76 | 25 |
| 2023 | 57 | 32 |
| 2024 | 66 | 11 |
| 2025 | 60 | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6177 to A647 Little Horton Lane Bradford · 34 collisions | 882.9 |
| A6177 to A650 Bradford · 73 collisions | 220.6 |
| A6120 to A6177 Leeds, Bradford · 86 collisions | 114.9 |
| Queensbury to A6177 Cross Lane Bradford · 57 collisions | 110.6 |
| A644 to A58 Bradford, Calderdale · 53 collisions | 61.2 |
| Armley Rd to A657 Leeds · 56 collisions | 54.7 |
| A6110 to A6120 Leeds · 23 collisions | 10.4 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 88 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A647 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A647
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Leeds
- Bradford
- Calderdale
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 | 425 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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