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A658 traffic and collisions
The A658 is an A-road of 21.5 miles, from Bradford to North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 12 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 125m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 15,918 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 21,846 A6176 to A657
- HGV share 3.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 208 34.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A658?
On an average day in 2025, 15,918 vehicles passed each point on the A658, counting both directions. The busiest section is A6176 to A657 (Bradford), with 21,846 a day; the quietest listed is A65 to Glenmere Mount, with 10,149.
Busiest sections, 2025
A6176 to A657 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A6176 to A657 Bradford · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 21,846 |
| A661 to A59 North Yorkshire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 19,797 |
| A660(T) to A659 Leeds · 1.0 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 19,202 |
| A650 to A6177 Bradford · 1.5 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 17,382 |
| A657 to A65 Bradford, Leeds · 2.1 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 15,971 |
| Glenmere Mount,Yeadon to A660 Leeds · 2.4 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 15,658 |
| A61 to A661 North Yorkshire · 3.8 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 14,372 |
| A659 to A61 North Yorkshire · 5.0 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 14,228 |
| A6177 to A6176 Bradford · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 13,965 |
| A65 to Glenmere Mount Leeds · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 10,149 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Bradford to North Yorkshire · 21.5 miles
A658 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 | A650 to A6177Bradford | 17,382 | 37 |
| 2 | A6177 to A6176Bradford | 13,965 | 24 |
| 3 | A6176 to A657Bradford | 21,846 | 23 |
| 4 | A657 to A65Bradford, Leeds | 15,971 | 23 |
| 5 | A65 to Glenmere MountLeeds | 10,149 | 14 |
| 6 | Glenmere Mount,Yeadon to A660Leeds | 15,658 | 18 |
| 7 | A660(T) to A659Leeds | 19,202 | 10 |
| 8 | At A659Leeds | 18,248 | 5 |
| 9 | A659 to A61North Yorkshire | 14,228 | 36 |
| 10 | A61 to A661North Yorkshire | 14,372 | 8 |
| 11 | A661 to A59North Yorkshire | 19,797 | 10 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A658 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.
A658 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.4% of the vehicle miles on the A658. HGVs account for 3.0%, rising to 5.4% on A661 to A59.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 3.5% |
| 2009 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 3.5% |
| 2017 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 3.1% |
| 2024 | 3.0% |
| 2025 | 3.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A658 traffic trend
Traffic on the A658 came to 125 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 5.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 15.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 117m |
| 2001 | 119m |
| 2002 | 124m |
| 2003 | 120m |
| 2004 | 121m |
| 2005 | 113m |
| 2006 | 134m |
| 2007 | 132m |
| 2008 | 129m |
| 2009 | 127m |
| 2010 | 128m |
| 2011 | 128m |
| 2012 | 127m |
| 2013 | 127m |
| 2014 | 129m |
| 2015 | 131m |
| 2016 | 133m |
| 2017 | 131m |
| 2018 | 128m |
| 2019 | 127m |
| 2020 | 97m |
| 2021 | 109m |
| 2022 | 117m |
| 2023 | 121m |
| 2024 | 124m |
| 2025 | 125m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,753 |
| 2001 | 14,979 |
| 2002 | 15,672 |
| 2003 | 15,148 |
| 2004 | 15,294 |
| 2005 | 14,480 |
| 2006 | 17,158 |
| 2007 | 16,949 |
| 2008 | 16,476 |
| 2009 | 16,255 |
| 2010 | 16,390 |
| 2011 | 16,382 |
| 2012 | 16,297 |
| 2013 | 16,260 |
| 2014 | 16,489 |
| 2015 | 16,730 |
| 2016 | 17,026 |
| 2017 | 16,798 |
| 2018 | 16,313 |
| 2019 | 16,200 |
| 2020 | 12,337 |
| 2021 | 13,862 |
| 2022 | 14,962 |
| 2023 | 15,449 |
| 2024 | 15,737 |
| 2025 | 15,918 |
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, 1 of the 12 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A658 collisions
Police recorded 208 collisions with the A658 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 63 of them fatal or serious. That is 34.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than 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 15.6% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | 9 |
| 2022 | 27 | 14 |
| 2023 | 28 | 17 |
| 2024 | 38 | 15 |
| 2025 | 29 | 8 |
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 A6176 Bradford · 24 collisions | 151.0 |
| A650 to A6177 Bradford · 37 collisions | 83.2 |
| A65 to Glenmere Mount Leeds · 14 collisions | 72.3 |
| A6176 to A657 Bradford · 23 collisions | 56.4 |
| A657 to A65 Bradford, Leeds · 23 collisions | 38.8 |
| A660(T) to A659 Leeds · 10 collisions | 30.0 |
| A659 to A61 North Yorkshire · 36 collisions | 28.8 |
| Glenmere Mount,Yeadon to A660 Leeds · 18 collisions | 27.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 44 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A658 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 A658
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Bradford
- Leeds
- North Yorkshire
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 | 208 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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