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A682 traffic and collisions
The A682 is an A-road of 28.5 miles, from Lancashire to North Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 98m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,420 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,841 At A671
- HGV share 2.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +8.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 242 53.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A682?
On an average day in 2025, 9,420 vehicles passed each point on the A682, counting both directions. The busiest section is At A671 (Lancashire), with 22,841 a day; the quietest listed is Barnoldswick Rd, Higherford to A59, with 3,638.
Busiest sections, 2025
At A671 carries 2.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| At A671 Lancashire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 22,841 |
| A6114 to A682 Churchill Way Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 20,483 |
| A56 to A681 Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 16,204 |
| M65 jn12 to A56 Lancashire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 15,563 |
| A681 to Goodshawe Avenue North Lancashire · 2.7 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 15,365 |
| A646(T) to A671 Lancashire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 14,764 |
| A679 to A6114 Lancashire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 13,901 |
| M65 to B6247 Lancashire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 13,875 |
| A56 to M65 Lancashire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 10,526 |
| Goodshawe Avenue North to A646 Lancashire · 3.1 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 7,189 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lancashire to North Yorkshire · 28.5 miles
A682 traffic and collisions by section
14 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.3 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A56 to A681Lancashire | 16,204 | 7 |
| 2 | A681 to Goodshawe Avenue NorthLancashire | 15,365 | 26 |
| 3 | Goodshawe Avenue North to A646Lancashire | 7,189 | 12 |
| 4 | A646(T) to A671Lancashire | 14,764 | 13 |
| 5 | At A671Lancashire | 22,841 | 11 |
| 6 | A671 to A679Lancashire | 15,785 | 18 |
| 7 | A679 to A6114Lancashire | 13,901 | 49 |
| 8 | A6114 to A682 Churchill WayLancashire | 20,483 | 30 |
| 9 | M65 jn12 to A56Lancashire | 15,563 | 29 |
| 10 | A56 to M65Lancashire | 10,526 | 12 |
| 11 | M65 to B6247Lancashire | 13,875 | 10 |
| 12 | B6247 to Barnoldswick RdLancashire | 4,038 | fewer than 3 |
| 13 | Barnoldswick Rd, Higherford to A59Lancashire | 3,638 | 8 |
| 14 | A59(T) to A65Lancashire, North Yorkshire | 5,039 | 12 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A682 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.
A682 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 83.0% of the vehicle miles on the A682. HGVs account for 2.2%, rising to 6.3% on A59(T) to A65.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% |
| 2001 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 4.4% |
| 2005 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.7% |
| 2007 | 4.5% |
| 2008 | 4.3% |
| 2009 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 3.8% |
| 2011 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.8% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.2% |
| 2025 | 2.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A682 traffic trend
Traffic on the A682 came to 98 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 8.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 6.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 100m |
| 2001 | 106m |
| 2002 | 93m |
| 2003 | 93m |
| 2004 | 93m |
| 2005 | 91m |
| 2006 | 87m |
| 2007 | 88m |
| 2008 | 85m |
| 2009 | 86m |
| 2010 | 85m |
| 2011 | 84m |
| 2012 | 82m |
| 2013 | 84m |
| 2014 | 87m |
| 2015 | 87m |
| 2016 | 89m |
| 2017 | 88m |
| 2018 | 88m |
| 2019 | 89m |
| 2020 | 68m |
| 2021 | 82m |
| 2022 | 88m |
| 2023 | 92m |
| 2024 | 95m |
| 2025 | 98m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,806 |
| 2001 | 10,361 |
| 2002 | 9,103 |
| 2003 | 9,114 |
| 2004 | 9,128 |
| 2005 | 8,951 |
| 2006 | 8,547 |
| 2007 | 8,612 |
| 2008 | 8,365 |
| 2009 | 8,403 |
| 2010 | 8,358 |
| 2011 | 8,232 |
| 2012 | 8,069 |
| 2013 | 8,221 |
| 2014 | 8,533 |
| 2015 | 8,546 |
| 2016 | 8,740 |
| 2017 | 8,642 |
| 2018 | 8,591 |
| 2019 | 8,647 |
| 2020 | 6,645 |
| 2021 | 7,952 |
| 2022 | 8,535 |
| 2023 | 8,956 |
| 2024 | 9,228 |
| 2025 | 9,420 |
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 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A682 collisions
Police recorded 242 collisions with the A682 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 69 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 53.4 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 29.4% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | 15 |
| 2022 | 27 | 14 |
| 2023 | 46 | 12 |
| 2024 | 40 | 16 |
| 2025 | 25 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|
| At A671 Lancashire · 11 collisions | 219.9 |
| A679 to A6114 Lancashire · 49 collisions | 153.2 |
| M65 jn12 to A56 Lancashire · 29 collisions | 127.0 |
| A56 to M65 Lancashire · 12 collisions | 107.5 |
| A6114 to A682 Churchill Way Lancashire · 30 collisions | 67.7 |
| A646(T) to A671 Lancashire · 13 collisions | 49.8 |
| M65 to B6247 Lancashire · 10 collisions | 40.8 |
| A681 to Goodshawe Avenue North Lancashire · 26 collisions | 38.1 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 30 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A682 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 A682
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lancashire
- 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 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 242 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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