A-road
A695 traffic and collisions
The A695 is an A-road of 22.6 miles, from Newcastle upon Tyne to Northumberland. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 104m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 12,545 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 35,017 A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge St
- HGV share 3.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.4% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 105 22.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A695?
On an average day in 2025, 12,545 vehicles passed each point on the A695, counting both directions. The busiest section is A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge St (Gateshead), with 35,017 a day; the quietest listed is A68 to Eastwood Grange Road, with 4,255.
Busiest sections, 2025
A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge St carries 2.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge St Gateshead · 1.3 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 35,017 |
| Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Just south of Newcastle Coach Station Newcastle upon Tyne · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 18,206 |
| B6317 Bridge St to A68 Gateshead, Northumberland · 11.2 mi · HGVs 4.8% | 11,153 |
| Eastwood Grange Road to B6305 Northumberland · 0.8 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 6,876 |
| A68 to Eastwood Grange Road Northumberland · 5.4 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 4,255 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Newcastle upon Tyne to Northumberland · 22.6 miles
A695 traffic and collisions by section
8 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 | A186/A696 to A695Newcastle upon Tyne | 11,019 | 6 |
| 2 | At A189Newcastle upon Tyne | 11,019 | 0 |
| 3 | Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Just south of Newcastle Coach StationNewcastle upon Tyne | 18,206 | 29 |
| 4 | A69 to A69 Derwenthaugh RdNewcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead | 46,970 | 10 |
| 5 | A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge StGateshead | 35,017 | 10 |
| 6 | B6317 Bridge St to A68Gateshead, Northumberland | 11,153 | 38 |
| 7 | A68 to Eastwood Grange RoadNorthumberland | 4,255 | 9 |
| 8 | Eastwood Grange Road to B6305Northumberland | 6,876 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A695 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.
A695 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.2% of the vehicle miles on the A695. HGVs account for 3.2%, rising to 4.8% on B6317 Bridge St to A68.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 4.2% |
| 2003 | 3.9% |
| 2004 | 4.5% |
| 2005 | 4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 3.7% |
| 2010 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 3.5% |
| 2018 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 3.9% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2023 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.5% |
| 2025 | 3.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A695 traffic trend
Traffic on the A695 came to 104 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 3.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 97m |
| 2001 | 96m |
| 2002 | 101m |
| 2003 | 102m |
| 2004 | 104m |
| 2005 | 99m |
| 2006 | 100m |
| 2007 | 103m |
| 2008 | 105m |
| 2009 | 100m |
| 2010 | 102m |
| 2011 | 102m |
| 2012 | 102m |
| 2013 | 102m |
| 2014 | 104m |
| 2015 | 108m |
| 2016 | 111m |
| 2017 | 110m |
| 2018 | 108m |
| 2019 | 106m |
| 2020 | 75m |
| 2021 | 83m |
| 2022 | 90m |
| 2023 | 96m |
| 2024 | 103m |
| 2025 | 104m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 11,887 |
| 2001 | 11,793 |
| 2002 | 12,250 |
| 2003 | 12,372 |
| 2004 | 12,576 |
| 2005 | 12,004 |
| 2006 | 12,081 |
| 2007 | 12,449 |
| 2008 | 12,671 |
| 2009 | 12,105 |
| 2010 | 12,351 |
| 2011 | 12,366 |
| 2012 | 12,341 |
| 2013 | 12,364 |
| 2014 | 12,600 |
| 2015 | 13,099 |
| 2016 | 13,465 |
| 2017 | 13,424 |
| 2018 | 13,160 |
| 2019 | 12,864 |
| 2020 | 9,182 |
| 2021 | 10,118 |
| 2022 | 10,959 |
| 2023 | 11,596 |
| 2024 | 12,452 |
| 2025 | 12,545 |
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 (87.2% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 4 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A695 collisions
Police recorded 105 collisions with the A695 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 26 of them fatal or serious. That is 22.1 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.9 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 24.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | 8 |
| 2022 | 13 | 3 |
| 2023 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 14 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Scotswood, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Just south of Newcastle Coach Station Newcastle upon Tyne · 29 collisions | 44.9 |
| B6317 Bridge St to A68 Gateshead, Northumberland · 38 collisions | 17.9 |
| A695 spur to A191 to B6317 Bridge St Gateshead · 10 collisions | 12.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 5 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A695 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 A695
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Gateshead
- Northumberland
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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 105 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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