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A689 traffic and collisions
The A689 is an A-road of 92.2 miles, from Hartlepool to Cumberland. This page covers its traffic at 19 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 325m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,644 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 32,218 A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T)
- HGV share 5.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +5.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 269 17.6 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A689?
On an average day in 2025, 9,644 vehicles passed each point on the A689, counting both directions. The busiest section is A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T) (Stockton-on-Tees), with 32,218 a day; the quietest listed is A686 to Council boundary, with 471.
Busiest sections, 2025
A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T) carries 3.3 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T) Stockton-on-Tees · 0.7 mi · HGVs 7.9% | 32,218 |
| Near Hartlepool Rail Station to A689 Wolviston Roundabout Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees · 6.3 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 30,886 |
| At A177 Durham · 1.1 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 24,335 |
| A177 to A1(M) Durham · 2.1 mi · HGVs 5.3% | 22,774 |
| A596 to M6 Cumberland · 5.9 mi · HGVs 6.0% | 21,969 |
| A1(M) to A167 Durham · 2.2 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 21,520 |
| A19 to A177 Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Durham · 6.5 mi · HGVs 8.0% | 20,336 |
| Roundabout connecting A689 South Church Road and A688 to Crook, County Durham Durham · 6.3 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 14,644 |
| A167 to A688 Durham · 3.7 mi · HGVs 3.9% | 12,961 |
| A69 to M6 J44 Cumberland · 8.6 mi · HGVs 6.7% | 12,549 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Hartlepool to Cumberland · 92.2 miles
A689 traffic and collisions by section
15 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 | Near Hartlepool Rail Station to A689 Wolviston RoundaboutHartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees | 30,886 | 92 |
| 2 | A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T)Stockton-on-Tees | 32,218 | 14 |
| 3 | A19 to A177Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Durham | 20,336 | 18 |
| 4 | At A177Durham | 24,335 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A177 to A1(M)Durham | 22,774 | 4 |
| 6 | A1(M) to A167Durham | 21,520 | 13 |
| 7 | A167 to A688Durham | 12,961 | 19 |
| 8 | Roundabout connecting A689 South Church Road and A688 to Crook, County DurhamDurham | 14,644 | 22 |
| 9 | A68 to A690Durham | 3,626 | 3 |
| 10 | A690 to Roundabout where A689 and A68 meet (near Cloc Knot Belt Plantation)Durham | 471 | 25 |
| 11 | A686 to Council boundaryWestmorland and Furness | 471 | fewer than 3 |
| 12 | Council boundary to A686Westmorland and Furness | 1,016 | fewer than 3 |
| 13 | A686 to A69Northumberland, Cumberland | 1,158 | 4 |
| 14 | A69 to M6 J44Cumberland | 12,549 | 32 |
| 15 | A596 to M6Cumberland | 21,969 | 16 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A689 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.
A689 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.7% of the vehicle miles on the A689. HGVs account for 5.2%, rising to 8.0% on A19 to A177.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.9% |
| 2001 | 8.7% |
| 2002 | 7.7% |
| 2003 | 7.8% |
| 2004 | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 7.1% |
| 2006 | 6.7% |
| 2007 | 7.0% |
| 2008 | 7.1% |
| 2009 | 6.3% |
| 2010 | 6.6% |
| 2011 | 6.5% |
| 2012 | 6.6% |
| 2013 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 6.7% |
| 2015 | 6.8% |
| 2016 | 6.8% |
| 2017 | 6.6% |
| 2018 | 6.7% |
| 2019 | 6.5% |
| 2020 | 7.4% |
| 2021 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 6.0% |
| 2023 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 5.3% |
| 2025 | 5.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A689 traffic trend
Traffic on the A689 came to 325 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 5.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and about the same as in 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 37.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 214m |
| 2001 | 218m |
| 2002 | 227m |
| 2003 | 232m |
| 2004 | 240m |
| 2005 | 238m |
| 2006 | 251m |
| 2007 | 245m |
| 2008 | 249m |
| 2009 | 248m |
| 2010 | 238m |
| 2011 | 246m |
| 2012 | 277m |
| 2013 | 272m |
| 2014 | 277m |
| 2015 | 284m |
| 2016 | 283m |
| 2017 | 294m |
| 2018 | 308m |
| 2019 | 301m |
| 2020 | 233m |
| 2021 | 271m |
| 2022 | 299m |
| 2023 | 315m |
| 2024 | 318m |
| 2025 | 325m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,849 |
| 2001 | 7,001 |
| 2002 | 7,279 |
| 2003 | 7,445 |
| 2004 | 7,683 |
| 2005 | 7,722 |
| 2006 | 8,121 |
| 2007 | 7,939 |
| 2008 | 8,063 |
| 2009 | 8,043 |
| 2010 | 7,727 |
| 2011 | 7,982 |
| 2012 | 8,451 |
| 2013 | 8,273 |
| 2014 | 8,432 |
| 2015 | 8,652 |
| 2016 | 8,636 |
| 2017 | 8,959 |
| 2018 | 9,274 |
| 2019 | 8,973 |
| 2020 | 6,939 |
| 2021 | 8,082 |
| 2022 | 8,870 |
| 2023 | 9,344 |
| 2024 | 9,457 |
| 2025 | 9,644 |
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 (84.1% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 6 of the 19 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A689 collisions
Police recorded 269 collisions with the A689 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 103 of them fatal or serious. That is 17.6 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 32.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | 19 |
| 2022 | 34 | 26 |
| 2023 | 37 | 24 |
| 2024 | 30 | 24 |
| 2025 | 27 | 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 |
|---|---|
| A690 to Roundabout where A689 and A68 meet (near Cloc Knot Belt Plantation) Durham · 25 collisions | 118.5 |
| A689 Wolviston Roundabout to A19(T) Stockton-on-Tees · 14 collisions | 35.5 |
| Near Hartlepool Rail Station to A689 Wolviston Roundabout Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees · 92 collisions | 33.7 |
| A167 to A688 Durham · 19 collisions | 23.3 |
| A69 to M6 J44 Cumberland · 32 collisions | 21.2 |
| A1(M) to A167 Durham · 13 collisions | 15.7 |
| Roundabout connecting A689 South Church Road and A688 to Crook, County Durham Durham · 22 collisions | 13.6 |
| A19 to A177 Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Durham · 18 collisions | 7.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 26 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A689 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 A689
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Hartlepool
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Durham
- Westmorland and Furness
- Northumberland
- Cumberland
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 | 19 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 269 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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