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A664 traffic and collisions
The A664 is an A-road of 14.0 miles, from Manchester to Rochdale. This page covers its traffic at 18 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 95m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 18,629 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 24,551 A664 Edinburgh Way to A671
- HGV share 1.8% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 168 36.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A664?
On an average day in 2025, 18,629 vehicles passed each point on the A664, counting both directions. The busiest section is A664 Edinburgh Way to A671 (Rochdale), with 24,551 a day; the quietest listed is A664 Manchester Rd to A664 Edinburgh Way, with 11,438.
Busiest sections, 2025
A664 Edinburgh Way to A671 carries 1.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A664 Edinburgh Way to A671 Rochdale · 0.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 24,551 |
| A640 to A58 Rochdale · 1.1 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 22,309 |
| A6193 to A640 Rochdale · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 20,082 |
| A6046 Hollin Lane to A627(M)/A664 Roundabout Rochdale · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 19,468 |
| A6010 to A6104 Manchester · 2.3 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 19,149 |
| A671 to A6193 Rochdale · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 18,826 |
| M60 to A576 Rochdale · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 18,039 |
| A669 to A6046 Rochdale · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 17,489 |
| Addington St to A6010 Manchester · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 17,089 |
| A627M to A664 Queensway Rochdale · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 14,893 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Manchester to Rochdale · 14.0 miles
A664 traffic and collisions by section
15 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (1.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A6 to A665Manchester | 7,528 | 6 |
| 2 | Swan St to Addington StManchester | 9,742 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | Addington St to A6010Manchester | 17,089 | 8 |
| 4 | A6010 to A6104Manchester | 19,149 | 47 |
| 5 | A6104 to M60Manchester | 28,725 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | M60 to A576Rochdale | 18,039 | 12 |
| 7 | A576 Middleton Way to A669 Oldham RdRochdale | 25,774 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A669 to A6046Rochdale | 17,489 | 13 |
| 9 | A6046 Hollin Lane to A627(M)/A664 RoundaboutRochdale | 19,468 | 9 |
| 10 | A627M to A664 QueenswayRochdale | 14,893 | 10 |
| 11 | A664 Manchester Rd to A664 Edinburgh WayRochdale | 11,438 | 3 |
| 12 | A664 Edinburgh Way to A671Rochdale | 24,551 | 18 |
| 13 | A671 to A6193Rochdale | 18,826 | 3 |
| 14 | A6193 to A640Rochdale | 20,082 | 9 |
| 15 | A640 to A58Rochdale | 22,309 | 14 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A664 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.
A664 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.8% of the vehicle miles on the A664. HGVs account for 1.8%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 2.8% |
| 2002 | 2.9% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 3.0% |
| 2005 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.0% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2025 | 1.8% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A664 traffic trend
Traffic on the A664 came to 95.2 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 3.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 88m |
| 2001 | 84m |
| 2002 | 91m |
| 2003 | 90m |
| 2004 | 94m |
| 2005 | 90m |
| 2006 | 92m |
| 2007 | 92m |
| 2008 | 89m |
| 2009 | 90m |
| 2010 | 84m |
| 2011 | 91m |
| 2012 | 89m |
| 2013 | 88m |
| 2014 | 89m |
| 2015 | 91m |
| 2016 | 90m |
| 2017 | 90m |
| 2018 | 91m |
| 2019 | 92m |
| 2020 | 78m |
| 2021 | 87m |
| 2022 | 93m |
| 2023 | 96m |
| 2024 | 95m |
| 2025 | 95m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18,101 |
| 2001 | 17,355 |
| 2002 | 18,221 |
| 2003 | 17,962 |
| 2004 | 18,768 |
| 2005 | 17,891 |
| 2006 | 18,393 |
| 2007 | 18,338 |
| 2008 | 17,779 |
| 2009 | 17,963 |
| 2010 | 18,339 |
| 2011 | 18,272 |
| 2012 | 17,855 |
| 2013 | 17,542 |
| 2014 | 17,791 |
| 2015 | 18,107 |
| 2016 | 17,982 |
| 2017 | 18,003 |
| 2018 | 17,824 |
| 2019 | 17,980 |
| 2020 | 15,209 |
| 2021 | 16,949 |
| 2022 | 18,187 |
| 2023 | 18,784 |
| 2024 | 18,655 |
| 2025 | 18,629 |
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, 2 of the 18 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A664 collisions
Police recorded 168 collisions with the A664 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 54 of them fatal or serious. That is 36.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 22.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | 6 |
| 2022 | 24 | 13 |
| 2023 | 15 | 10 |
| 2024 | 24 | 11 |
| 2025 | 17 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A669 to A6046 Rochdale · 13 collisions | 60.1 |
| A6010 to A6104 Manchester · 47 collisions | 55.9 |
| A664 Edinburgh Way to A671 Rochdale · 18 collisions | 50.8 |
| M60 to A576 Rochdale · 12 collisions | 33.5 |
| A640 to A58 Rochdale · 14 collisions | 32.3 |
| A627M to A664 Queensway Rochdale · 10 collisions | 26.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 32 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A664 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 A664
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Manchester
- Rochdale
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 | 18 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 168 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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