A-road
A680 traffic and collisions
The A680 is an A-road of 17.1 miles, from Rochdale to Lancashire. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 65m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,345 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,753 A58 to A6060
- HGV share 1.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 148 48.3 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A680?
On an average day in 2025, 10,345 vehicles passed each point on the A680, counting both directions. The busiest section is A58 to A6060 (Rochdale), with 15,753 a day; the quietest listed is Wolstenholme Lane to B6527, with 6,127.
Busiest sections, 2025
A58 to A6060 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A58 to A6060 Rochdale · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 15,753 |
| Langford St, Baxenden to A679 Lancashire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 13,694 |
| B6535 to A671 Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 13,286 |
| A6060 to Wolstenholme Lane Rochdale · 2.3 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 12,344 |
| A681 to A6177 mid-junction Lancashire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 0.6% | 12,223 |
| A678 to B6535 Lancashire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 12,223 |
| A56(T) to Langford St, Baxenden Lancashire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 10,219 |
| A6177 (mid-junction) to B6236 Hud Hey Road Lancashire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 9,412 |
| A679 to A678 Lancashire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 8,463 |
| B6236 Hud Hey Road to A56 Lancashire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 7,046 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Rochdale to Lancashire · 17.1 miles
A680 traffic and collisions by section
14 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 to A6060Rochdale | 15,753 | 12 |
| 2 | A6060 to Wolstenholme LaneRochdale | 12,344 | 12 |
| 3 | Wolstenholme Lane to B6527Rochdale, Lancashire | 6,127 | 11 |
| 4 | B6527 to A56(T)Lancashire | 9,226 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A56(T) to A681Lancashire | 19,725 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | A681 to A6177 mid-junctionLancashire | 12,223 | 15 |
| 7 | A6177 (mid-junction) to B6236 Hud Hey RoadLancashire | 9,412 | 6 |
| 8 | B6236 Hud Hey Road to A56Lancashire | 7,046 | 5 |
| 9 | A56(T) to Langford St, BaxendenLancashire | 10,219 | 3 |
| 10 | Langford St, Baxenden to A679Lancashire | 13,694 | 18 |
| 11 | A679 Burnley Road to A680 Whalley RoadLancashire | 17,863 | 3 |
| 12 | A679 to A678Lancashire | 8,463 | 29 |
| 13 | A678 to B6535Lancashire | 12,223 | 19 |
| 14 | B6535 to A671Lancashire | 13,286 | 11 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A680 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.
A680 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.8% of the vehicle miles on the A680. HGVs account for 1.6%, rising to 3.0% on B6535 to A671.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 3.5% |
| 2008 | 3.5% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 3.1% |
| 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2012 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.4% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A680 traffic trend
Traffic on the A680 came to 64.6 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 4.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 66m |
| 2001 | 66m |
| 2002 | 67m |
| 2003 | 68m |
| 2004 | 67m |
| 2005 | 68m |
| 2006 | 70m |
| 2007 | 69m |
| 2008 | 67m |
| 2009 | 69m |
| 2010 | 69m |
| 2011 | 69m |
| 2012 | 69m |
| 2013 | 67m |
| 2014 | 68m |
| 2015 | 70m |
| 2016 | 68m |
| 2017 | 67m |
| 2018 | 64m |
| 2019 | 66m |
| 2020 | 50m |
| 2021 | 56m |
| 2022 | 61m |
| 2023 | 62m |
| 2024 | 63m |
| 2025 | 65m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,863 |
| 2001 | 10,897 |
| 2002 | 11,004 |
| 2003 | 11,154 |
| 2004 | 11,025 |
| 2005 | 11,156 |
| 2006 | 11,605 |
| 2007 | 11,448 |
| 2008 | 11,085 |
| 2009 | 11,323 |
| 2010 | 11,313 |
| 2011 | 11,435 |
| 2012 | 11,309 |
| 2013 | 11,132 |
| 2014 | 11,282 |
| 2015 | 11,467 |
| 2016 | 11,164 |
| 2017 | 10,975 |
| 2018 | 10,527 |
| 2019 | 10,516 |
| 2020 | 8,083 |
| 2021 | 8,969 |
| 2022 | 9,748 |
| 2023 | 9,932 |
| 2024 | 10,118 |
| 2025 | 10,345 |
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, 3 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A680 collisions
Police recorded 148 collisions with the A680 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 53 of them fatal or serious, including 4 fatal. That is 48.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.7 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 11.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | 7 |
| 2022 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 24 | 11 |
| 2025 | 14 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A679 to A678 Lancashire · 29 collisions | 161.5 |
| A681 to A6177 mid-junction Lancashire · 15 collisions | 106.8 |
| A58 to A6060 Rochdale · 12 collisions | 73.2 |
| A678 to B6535 Lancashire · 19 collisions | 53.2 |
| Langford St, Baxenden to A679 Lancashire · 18 collisions | 47.9 |
| B6535 to A671 Lancashire · 11 collisions | 34.3 |
| A6060 to Wolstenholme Lane Rochdale · 12 collisions | 24.3 |
| Wolstenholme Lane to B6527 Rochdale, Lancashire · 11 collisions | 22.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 21 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A680 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 A680
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Rochdale
- 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 | 148 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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