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A706 traffic and collisions
The A706 is an A-road of 23.8 miles, from Falkirk to South Lanarkshire. This page covers its traffic at 14 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 44m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 5,103 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 13,474 A801 to B8084
- HGV share 5.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 42 19.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A706?
On an average day in 2025, 5,103 vehicles passed each point on the A706, counting both directions. The busiest section is A801 to B8084 (West Lothian), with 13,474 a day; the quietest listed is B8029 to A801, with 3,289.
Busiest sections, 2025
A801 to B8084 carries 2.6 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A801 to B8084 West Lothian · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 13,474 |
| A705 to Blaeberry Hill Rd West Lothian · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 9,037 |
| A993 to Crawfield Lane Falkirk · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 6,321 |
| Blaeberry Hill Rd, Whitburn to A71 West Lothian · 2.2 mi · HGVs 6.2% | 5,845 |
| Crawfield Lane to A803 Falkirk, West Lothian · 2.1 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 5,221 |
| A803 to B8029 West Lothian · 0.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 5,137 |
| A704 to A721 West Lothian, South Lanarkshire · 7.6 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 4,486 |
| A721 to A73 South Lanarkshire · 3.4 mi · HGVs 10.5% | 3,906 |
| A71 to A704 West Lothian · 1.4 mi · HGVs 16.8% | 3,509 |
| B8029 to A801 West Lothian · 3.1 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 3,289 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Falkirk to South Lanarkshire · 23.8 miles
A706 traffic and collisions by section
12 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 | A904 to A993Falkirk | 3,537 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A993 to Crawfield LaneFalkirk | 6,321 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | Crawfield Lane to A803Falkirk, West Lothian | 5,221 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | A803 to B8029West Lothian | 5,137 | 0 |
| 5 | B8029 to A801West Lothian | 3,289 | 8 |
| 6 | A801 to B8084West Lothian | 13,474 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | B8084 to A705West Lothian | 10,036 | 4 |
| 8 | A705 to Blaeberry Hill RdWest Lothian | 9,037 | 5 |
| 9 | Blaeberry Hill Rd, Whitburn to A71West Lothian | 5,845 | 8 |
| 10 | A71 to A704West Lothian | 3,509 | fewer than 3 |
| 11 | A704 to A721West Lothian, South Lanarkshire | 4,486 | 5 |
| 12 | A721 to A73South Lanarkshire | 3,906 | 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A706 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.
A706 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 73.5% of the vehicle miles on the A706. HGVs account for 5.4%, rising to 16.8% on A71 to A704.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% |
| 2001 | 7.4% |
| 2002 | 7.6% |
| 2003 | 7.0% |
| 2004 | 7.1% |
| 2005 | 7.1% |
| 2006 | 7.8% |
| 2007 | 8.6% |
| 2008 | 8.2% |
| 2009 | 8.3% |
| 2010 | 8.3% |
| 2011 | 8.1% |
| 2012 | 7.5% |
| 2013 | 7.5% |
| 2014 | 7.5% |
| 2015 | 7.6% |
| 2016 | 7.6% |
| 2017 | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 7.8% |
| 2019 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 6.6% |
| 2022 | 5.9% |
| 2023 | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | 5.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A706 traffic trend
Traffic on the A706 came to 44.3 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 12.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 45m |
| 2001 | 45m |
| 2002 | 45m |
| 2003 | 45m |
| 2004 | 46m |
| 2005 | 46m |
| 2006 | 48m |
| 2007 | 48m |
| 2008 | 47m |
| 2009 | 48m |
| 2010 | 48m |
| 2011 | 51m |
| 2012 | 50m |
| 2013 | 50m |
| 2014 | 52m |
| 2015 | 52m |
| 2016 | 53m |
| 2017 | 54m |
| 2018 | 54m |
| 2019 | 46m |
| 2020 | 36m |
| 2021 | 40m |
| 2022 | 43m |
| 2023 | 43m |
| 2024 | 44m |
| 2025 | 44m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4,848 |
| 2001 | 4,847 |
| 2002 | 4,899 |
| 2003 | 4,838 |
| 2004 | 4,976 |
| 2005 | 4,990 |
| 2006 | 5,128 |
| 2007 | 5,150 |
| 2008 | 5,061 |
| 2009 | 5,185 |
| 2010 | 5,143 |
| 2011 | 5,456 |
| 2012 | 5,419 |
| 2013 | 5,408 |
| 2014 | 5,553 |
| 2015 | 5,599 |
| 2016 | 5,747 |
| 2017 | 5,811 |
| 2018 | 5,844 |
| 2019 | 5,269 |
| 2020 | 4,144 |
| 2021 | 4,568 |
| 2022 | 4,895 |
| 2023 | 4,989 |
| 2024 | 5,048 |
| 2025 | 5,103 |
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, 0 of the 14 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A706 collisions
Police recorded 42 collisions with the A706 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 19.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 40.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 14 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 19 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A706 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 A706
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Falkirk
- West Lothian
- South Lanarkshire
Roadworks on the A706 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 9 sets of roadworks on the A706 in Scotland, 5 of them under way. 2 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A706 From Lanark To Forth, Cleghorn
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A706 From Lanark To Forth, Cleghorn
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A706 - Whitdale Roundabout To Boghead Roundabout, Whitburn
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A706 - Whitdale Roundabout To Boghead Roundabout, Whitburn
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A706 - Whitdale Roundabout To Boghead Roundabout, Whitburn
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A706 - U20 To C23, Whitburn
Works in Scotland only, and only where the register records them against the road number. The register publishes one extract a day, so works can start, finish or change after it is taken. Roadworks across Scotland
Source:SRWR Extract of 2026-09-16 Updated
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 | 14 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 42 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Roadworks | Scottish Road Works Register open data Scottish Road Works Commissioner | Extract of 2026-09-16 | 22,074 sets of roadworks recorded in Scotland | 16 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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