A-road
A683 traffic and collisions
The A683 is an A-road of 45.1 miles, from Lancashire to Westmorland and Furness. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 93m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 5,649 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 29,714 A589 to Green Lane
- HGV share 6.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 116 26.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A683?
On an average day in 2025, 5,649 vehicles passed each point on the A683, counting both directions. The busiest section is A589 to Green Lane (Lancashire), with 29,714 a day; the quietest listed is A684 to A685, with 681.
Busiest sections, 2025
A589 to Green Lane carries 5.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A589 to Green Lane Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 29,714 |
| Green Lane to A589 Lancashire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 6.5% | 29,227 |
| A589 to Green Lane Lancashire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 6.6% | 27,138 |
| B5273 Mellishaw Lane to A589 Torrisholme Lancashire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 7.3% | 18,435 |
| A589 Heysham to B5273 Mellishaw Lane Lancashire · 3.0 mi · HGVs 10.5% | 12,919 |
| end to A683 Lancashire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 12.2% | 6,456 |
| M6 spur to A687 Lancashire · 10.0 mi · HGVs 7.2% | 3,322 |
| A687 to A65 Lancashire · 3.7 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 2,070 |
| A65 to B6256 Westmorland and Furness · 8.0 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 1,961 |
| B6256 to A684 Westmorland and Furness · 1.8 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 1,212 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Lancashire to Westmorland and Furness · 45.1 miles
A683 traffic and collisions by section
12 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 3 short link roads and spurs (1.9 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end to A683Lancashire | 6,456 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A589 Heysham to B5273 Mellishaw LaneLancashire | 12,919 | 13 |
| 3 | B5273 Mellishaw Lane to A589 TorrisholmeLancashire | 18,435 | 14 |
| 4 | A589 to Green LaneLancashire | 29,714 | 9 |
| 5 | Green Lane to A589Lancashire | 29,227 | 9 |
| 6 | A589 to Green LaneLancashire | 27,138 | 3 |
| 7 | M6 western spur to M6 eastern spurLancashire | 21,454 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | M6 spur to A687Lancashire | 3,322 | 22 |
| 9 | A687 to A65Lancashire | 2,070 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | A65 to B6256Westmorland and Furness | 1,961 | 8 |
| 11 | B6256 to A684Westmorland and Furness | 1,212 | fewer than 3 |
| 12 | A684 to A685Westmorland and Furness | 681 | 10 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A683 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.
A683 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.1% of the vehicle miles on the A683. HGVs account for 6.3%, rising to 12.2% on end to A683.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.9% |
| 2001 | 7.8% |
| 2002 | 7.6% |
| 2003 | 7.4% |
| 2004 | 7.9% |
| 2005 | 7.9% |
| 2006 | 7.7% |
| 2007 | 8.0% |
| 2008 | 7.5% |
| 2009 | 6.6% |
| 2010 | 6.6% |
| 2011 | 6.4% |
| 2012 | 6.5% |
| 2013 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 6.8% |
| 2015 | 6.9% |
| 2016 | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 6.3% |
| 2018 | 6.5% |
| 2019 | 6.8% |
| 2020 | 7.8% |
| 2021 | 7.6% |
| 2022 | 6.7% |
| 2023 | 6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.5% |
| 2025 | 6.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A683 traffic trend
Traffic on the A683 came to 93 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 8.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 20.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 45m |
| 2001 | 46m |
| 2002 | 44m |
| 2003 | 46m |
| 2004 | 47m |
| 2005 | 46m |
| 2006 | 46m |
| 2007 | 46m |
| 2008 | 47m |
| 2009 | 48m |
| 2010 | 47m |
| 2011 | 48m |
| 2012 | 47m |
| 2013 | 47m |
| 2014 | 48m |
| 2015 | 49m |
| 2016 | 52m |
| 2017 | 61m |
| 2018 | 86m |
| 2019 | 89m |
| 2020 | 69m |
| 2021 | 76m |
| 2022 | 86m |
| 2023 | 89m |
| 2024 | 92m |
| 2025 | 93m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 3,080 |
| 2002 | 2,973 |
| 2003 | 3,079 |
| 2004 | 3,154 |
| 2005 | 3,112 |
| 2006 | 3,095 |
| 2007 | 3,084 |
| 2008 | 3,183 |
| 2009 | 3,258 |
| 2010 | 3,189 |
| 2011 | 3,263 |
| 2012 | 3,181 |
| 2013 | 3,168 |
| 2014 | 3,251 |
| 2015 | 3,291 |
| 2016 | 3,511 |
| 2017 | 3,775 |
| 2018 | 5,273 |
| 2019 | 5,518 |
| 2020 | 4,254 |
| 2021 | 4,676 |
| 2022 | 5,280 |
| 2023 | 5,502 |
| 2024 | 5,577 |
| 2025 | 5,649 |
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, 1 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A683 collisions
Police recorded 116 collisions with the A683 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 40 of them fatal or serious, including 7 fatal. That is 26.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 16.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | 7 |
| 2022 | 21 | 11 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A684 to A685 Westmorland and Furness · 10 collisions | 71.4 |
| B5273 Mellishaw Lane to A589 Torrisholme Lancashire · 14 collisions | 64.1 |
| M6 spur to A687 Lancashire · 22 collisions | 37.7 |
| A589 Heysham to B5273 Mellishaw Lane Lancashire · 13 collisions | 19.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A683 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 A683
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Lancashire
- Westmorland and Furness
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 | 116 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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