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A692 traffic and collisions
The A692 is an A-road of 14.0 miles, from Durham to Gateshead. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 57m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,138 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,414 Brooms Lane roundabout to A693
- HGV share 2.1% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 40 14.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A692?
On an average day in 2025, 11,138 vehicles passed each point on the A692, counting both directions. The busiest section is Brooms Lane roundabout to A693 (Durham), with 22,414 a day; the quietest listed is A693 to A6076, with 7,602.
Busiest sections, 2025
Brooms Lane roundabout to A693 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Brooms Lane roundabout to A693 Durham · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 22,414 |
| A691 to B6309 Durham · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 19,883 |
| Castleside to A691/A692 Junction Durham · 3.4 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 13,696 |
| Alwinton Gardens to A1 Gateshead · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 11,971 |
| A6076 to Alwinton Gardens Gateshead · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 10,785 |
| B6309 to Brooms Lane roundabout Durham · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 10,368 |
| A693 to A6076 Durham, Gateshead · 6.1 mi · HGVs 2.4% | 7,602 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Durham to Gateshead · 14.0 miles
A692 traffic and collisions by section
7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castleside to A691/A692 JunctionDurham | 13,696 | 13 |
| 2 | A691 to B6309Durham | 19,883 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | B6309 to Brooms Lane roundaboutDurham | 10,368 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | Brooms Lane roundabout to A693Durham | 22,414 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A693 to A6076Durham, Gateshead | 7,602 | 8 |
| 6 | A6076 to Alwinton GardensGateshead | 10,785 | 8 |
| 7 | Alwinton Gardens to A1Gateshead | 11,971 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A692 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.
A692 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 82.1% of the vehicle miles on the A692. HGVs account for 2.1%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% |
| 2001 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 4.1% |
| 2003 | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 3.9% |
| 2006 | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 3.0% |
| 2021 | 3.0% |
| 2022 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 2.1% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A692 traffic trend
Traffic on the A692 came to 56.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 9.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 1.1% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 52m |
| 2001 | 54m |
| 2002 | 54m |
| 2003 | 56m |
| 2004 | 57m |
| 2005 | 56m |
| 2006 | 59m |
| 2007 | 59m |
| 2008 | 58m |
| 2009 | 57m |
| 2010 | 59m |
| 2011 | 59m |
| 2012 | 58m |
| 2013 | 58m |
| 2014 | 61m |
| 2015 | 62m |
| 2016 | 61m |
| 2017 | 62m |
| 2018 | 58m |
| 2019 | 57m |
| 2020 | 44m |
| 2021 | 49m |
| 2022 | 55m |
| 2023 | 54m |
| 2024 | 56m |
| 2025 | 57m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10,306 |
| 2001 | 10,598 |
| 2002 | 10,581 |
| 2003 | 11,015 |
| 2004 | 11,149 |
| 2005 | 11,115 |
| 2006 | 11,606 |
| 2007 | 11,522 |
| 2008 | 11,357 |
| 2009 | 11,249 |
| 2010 | 11,562 |
| 2011 | 11,567 |
| 2012 | 11,451 |
| 2013 | 11,420 |
| 2014 | 12,100 |
| 2015 | 12,208 |
| 2016 | 12,015 |
| 2017 | 12,120 |
| 2018 | 11,294 |
| 2019 | 11,322 |
| 2020 | 8,675 |
| 2021 | 9,552 |
| 2022 | 10,846 |
| 2023 | 10,630 |
| 2024 | 11,007 |
| 2025 | 11,138 |
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 (75.7% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A692 collisions
Police recorded 40 collisions with the A692 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 14.7 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
Up 12.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Castleside to A691/A692 Junction Durham · 13 collisions | 19.0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 13 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A692 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 A692
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Durham
- Gateshead
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 40 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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