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A676 traffic and collisions
The A676 is an A-road of 11.5 miles, from Bolton to Lancashire. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 57m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 13,590 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 25,995 A673 to A58
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +1.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 133 48.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A676?
On an average day in 2025, 13,590 vehicles passed each point on the A676, counting both directions. The busiest section is A673 to A58 (Bolton), with 25,995 a day; the quietest listed is road to Tottington Rd to B6215 Holcombe Rd, with 7,162.
Busiest sections, 2025
A673 to A58 carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A673 to A58 Bolton · 1.1 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 25,995 |
| A6145 to A676 Moor Lane Bolton · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 19,572 |
| A58 to A6145 Bolton · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 19,551 |
| A58 to B6472 Bolton · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 17,239 |
| B6215 Holcombe Rd to M66 Bury, Lancashire · 2.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 13,841 |
| B6472 to road to Tottington Rd Bolton · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 8,961 |
| road to Tottington Rd to B6215 Holcombe Rd Bolton, Bury · 3.3 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 7,162 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Bolton to Lancashire · 11.5 miles
A676 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.1 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A58 to A6145Bolton | 19,551 | 5 |
| 2 | A6145 to A676 Moor LaneBolton | 19,572 | 44 |
| 3 | A676 Deane Rd to A676 DeansgateBolton | 16,792 | 7 |
| 4 | B6203 to B6204Bolton | 4,758 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A6172 to A666/A676Bolton | 8,988 | 5 |
| 6 | A666 to A673Bolton | 13,680 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | At A673Bolton | 13,680 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A673 to A58Bolton | 25,995 | 19 |
| 9 | A58 to B6472Bolton | 17,239 | 11 |
| 10 | B6472 to road to Tottington RdBolton | 8,961 | 5 |
| 11 | road to Tottington Rd to B6215 Holcombe RdBolton, Bury | 7,162 | 12 |
| 12 | B6215 Holcombe Rd to M66Bury, Lancashire | 13,841 | 18 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A676 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.
A676 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.6% of the vehicle miles on the A676. HGVs account for 1.6%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 2.3% |
| 2008 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 1.8% |
| 2014 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 2.0% |
| 2021 | 2.0% |
| 2022 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A676 traffic trend
Traffic on the A676 came to 57 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 7.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 61m |
| 2001 | 60m |
| 2002 | 62m |
| 2003 | 62m |
| 2004 | 63m |
| 2005 | 61m |
| 2006 | 61m |
| 2007 | 61m |
| 2008 | 60m |
| 2009 | 61m |
| 2010 | 60m |
| 2011 | 61m |
| 2012 | 60m |
| 2013 | 59m |
| 2014 | 60m |
| 2015 | 61m |
| 2016 | 60m |
| 2017 | 58m |
| 2018 | 57m |
| 2019 | 57m |
| 2020 | 46m |
| 2021 | 50m |
| 2022 | 54m |
| 2023 | 55m |
| 2024 | 56m |
| 2025 | 57m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,591 |
| 2001 | 14,268 |
| 2002 | 14,701 |
| 2003 | 14,773 |
| 2004 | 15,026 |
| 2005 | 14,591 |
| 2006 | 14,434 |
| 2007 | 14,403 |
| 2008 | 14,374 |
| 2009 | 14,480 |
| 2010 | 14,288 |
| 2011 | 14,528 |
| 2012 | 14,370 |
| 2013 | 14,112 |
| 2014 | 14,379 |
| 2015 | 14,548 |
| 2016 | 14,238 |
| 2017 | 13,823 |
| 2018 | 13,516 |
| 2019 | 13,505 |
| 2020 | 10,933 |
| 2021 | 12,018 |
| 2022 | 12,871 |
| 2023 | 13,109 |
| 2024 | 13,289 |
| 2025 | 13,590 |
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 (85.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A676 collisions
Police recorded 133 collisions with the A676 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 36 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 48.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.3 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 7.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | 7 |
| 2022 | 18 | 4 |
| 2023 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 18 | 7 |
| 2025 | 19 | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A6145 to A676 Moor Lane Bolton · 44 collisions | 90.8 |
| A58 to B6472 Bolton · 11 collisions | 72.2 |
| A673 to A58 Bolton · 19 collisions | 37.5 |
| road to Tottington Rd to B6215 Holcombe Rd Bolton, Bury · 12 collisions | 31.9 |
| B6215 Holcombe Rd to M66 Bury, Lancashire · 18 collisions | 29.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 30 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A676 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 A676
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Bolton
- Bury
- Lancashire
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 | 15 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 133 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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