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A665 traffic and collisions
The A665 is an A-road of 11.9 miles, from Manchester to Bury. This page covers its traffic at 21 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 71m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 16,277 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,961 A56 to A667
- HGV share 1.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −7.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 189 54.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A665?
On an average day in 2025, 16,277 vehicles passed each point on the A665, counting both directions. The busiest section is A56 to A667 (Bury), with 22,961 a day; the quietest listed is A6053 to A58, with 8,609.
Busiest sections, 2025
A56 to A667 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A56 to A667 Bury · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 22,961 |
| At A6053 Bury · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 18,503 |
| A667 Ringley Road to A6053 Spring Lane Bury · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 17,229 |
| A6042 to A6010 Manchester · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 16,821 |
| A556 to A56 Salford, Bury · 2.9 mi · HGVs 0.4% | 16,395 |
| A6010 to A576 Manchester, Salford · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 14,206 |
| A6053 to A58 Bury · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 8,609 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Manchester to Bury · 11.9 miles
A665 traffic and collisions by section
17 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.2 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A6 to A57Manchester | 12,215 | 4 |
| 2 | A57 Hyde Road to A665 Midland StreetManchester | 14,887 | 7 |
| 3 | A665 Midland Street to A635 Fairfield StreetManchester | 19,988 | 3 |
| 4 | Ashton Old Road to Mancunian WayManchester | 19,859 | 4 |
| 5 | Pin Mill Brow to A662Manchester | 25,975 | 5 |
| 6 | A662 to A62Manchester | 27,731 | 21 |
| 7 | Rochdale Rd to Oldham RdManchester | 13,070 | 4 |
| 8 | Oldham Rd to Rochdale RdManchester | 14,056 | 3 |
| 9 | A664 to A6042Manchester | 13,561 | 4 |
| 10 | At A6042Manchester | 28,459 | 5 |
| 11 | A6042 to A6010Manchester | 16,821 | 23 |
| 12 | A6010 to A576Manchester, Salford | 14,206 | 35 |
| 13 | A556 to A56Salford, Bury | 16,395 | 37 |
| 14 | A56 to A667Bury | 22,961 | 7 |
| 15 | A667 Ringley Road to A6053 Spring LaneBury | 17,229 | 9 |
| 16 | At A6053Bury | 18,503 | 15 |
| 17 | A6053 to A58Bury | 8,609 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A665 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.
A665 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 85.8% of the vehicle miles on the A665. HGVs account for 1.3%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.8% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 1.4% |
| 2025 | 1.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A665 traffic trend
Traffic on the A665 came to 70.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 7.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.2% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 17.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 82m |
| 2001 | 82m |
| 2002 | 79m |
| 2003 | 80m |
| 2004 | 79m |
| 2005 | 78m |
| 2006 | 79m |
| 2007 | 77m |
| 2008 | 75m |
| 2009 | 76m |
| 2010 | 75m |
| 2011 | 76m |
| 2012 | 76m |
| 2013 | 75m |
| 2014 | 77m |
| 2015 | 78m |
| 2016 | 79m |
| 2017 | 77m |
| 2018 | 75m |
| 2019 | 76m |
| 2020 | 60m |
| 2021 | 65m |
| 2022 | 70m |
| 2023 | 70m |
| 2024 | 71m |
| 2025 | 71m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19,200 |
| 2001 | 19,300 |
| 2002 | 18,559 |
| 2003 | 18,696 |
| 2004 | 18,464 |
| 2005 | 18,218 |
| 2006 | 18,461 |
| 2007 | 18,069 |
| 2008 | 17,581 |
| 2009 | 17,735 |
| 2010 | 17,646 |
| 2011 | 17,794 |
| 2012 | 17,674 |
| 2013 | 17,598 |
| 2014 | 18,134 |
| 2015 | 18,195 |
| 2016 | 18,550 |
| 2017 | 17,992 |
| 2018 | 17,628 |
| 2019 | 17,738 |
| 2020 | 13,984 |
| 2021 | 15,097 |
| 2022 | 16,001 |
| 2023 | 16,184 |
| 2024 | 16,276 |
| 2025 | 16,277 |
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 (79.8% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 7 of the 21 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A665 collisions
Police recorded 189 collisions with the A665 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 63 of them fatal or serious. That is 54.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 3.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 23.8% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | 8 |
| 2022 | 23 | 15 |
| 2023 | 24 | 11 |
| 2024 | 25 | 17 |
| 2025 | 20 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6010 to A576 Manchester, Salford · 35 collisions | 117.5 |
| A6042 to A6010 Manchester · 23 collisions | 109.1 |
| At A6053 Bury · 15 collisions | 45.9 |
| A556 to A56 Salford, Bury · 37 collisions | 42.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 58 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A665 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 A665
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Manchester
- Salford
- Bury
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 | 21 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 189 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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