Trunk A-road
A725 traffic and collisions
The A725 is a trunk A-road of 11.5 miles, from North Lanarkshire to South Lanarkshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 206m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 49,017 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 67,310 A721 to M74
- HGV share 5.4% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +6.7% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 84 8.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A725?
On an average day in 2025, 49,017 vehicles passed each point on the A725, counting both directions. The busiest section is A721 to M74 (North Lanarkshire), with 67,310 a day; the quietest listed is A89 to A8, with 26,612.
Busiest sections, 2025
A721 to M74 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A721 to M74 North Lanarkshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 67,310 |
| A724 to B758 South Lanarkshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 60,211 |
| M74 to A724 South Lanarkshire · 1.7 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 54,637 |
| A8 to A721 North Lanarkshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 8.3% | 54,575 |
| B758 to A749 South Lanarkshire · 2.0 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 54,244 |
| At A749 South Lanarkshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 34,206 |
| A749 to A726 South Lanarkshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 4.2% | 30,019 |
| A89 to A8 North Lanarkshire · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 26,612 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
North Lanarkshire to South Lanarkshire · 11.5 miles
A725 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 | A89 to A8North Lanarkshire | 26,612 | 13 |
| 2 | A8 to M8North Lanarkshire | 25,192 | 7 |
| 3 | A8 to A721North Lanarkshire | 54,575 | 7 |
| 4 | A721 to M74North Lanarkshire | 67,310 | 21 |
| 5 | M74 to A724South Lanarkshire | 54,637 | 8 |
| 6 | A724 to B758South Lanarkshire | 60,211 | 5 |
| 7 | B758 to A749South Lanarkshire | 54,244 | 8 |
| 8 | At A749South Lanarkshire | 34,206 | 6 |
| 9 | A749 to A726South Lanarkshire | 30,019 | 9 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A725 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.
A725 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 74.0% of the vehicle miles on the A725. HGVs account for 5.4%, rising to 8.3% on A8 to A721.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.8% |
| 2001 | 7.4% |
| 2002 | 7.8% |
| 2003 | 8.2% |
| 2004 | 8.1% |
| 2005 | 7.3% |
| 2006 | 7.5% |
| 2007 | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 7.0% |
| 2009 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 6.9% |
| 2011 | 6.9% |
| 2012 | 6.8% |
| 2013 | 6.9% |
| 2014 | 6.1% |
| 2015 | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 5.9% |
| 2017 | 6.1% |
| 2018 | 6.0% |
| 2019 | 5.9% |
| 2020 | 6.1% |
| 2021 | 6.0% |
| 2022 | 5.6% |
| 2023 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 5.4% |
| 2025 | 5.4% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A725 traffic trend
Traffic on the A725 came to 206 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 6.7% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 9.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 36.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 144m |
| 2001 | 146m |
| 2002 | 154m |
| 2003 | 160m |
| 2004 | 162m |
| 2005 | 158m |
| 2006 | 169m |
| 2007 | 166m |
| 2008 | 162m |
| 2009 | 180m |
| 2010 | 176m |
| 2011 | 176m |
| 2012 | 175m |
| 2013 | 175m |
| 2014 | 173m |
| 2015 | 172m |
| 2016 | 178m |
| 2017 | 188m |
| 2018 | 190m |
| 2019 | 193m |
| 2020 | 145m |
| 2021 | 167m |
| 2022 | 193m |
| 2023 | 190m |
| 2024 | 212m |
| 2025 | 206m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 36,180 |
| 2001 | 36,792 |
| 2002 | 38,576 |
| 2003 | 40,110 |
| 2004 | 40,676 |
| 2005 | 39,816 |
| 2006 | 42,542 |
| 2007 | 41,720 |
| 2008 | 40,680 |
| 2009 | 45,243 |
| 2010 | 44,149 |
| 2011 | 44,216 |
| 2012 | 43,999 |
| 2013 | 43,943 |
| 2014 | 43,395 |
| 2015 | 43,132 |
| 2016 | 44,697 |
| 2017 | 47,334 |
| 2018 | 45,301 |
| 2019 | 45,940 |
| 2020 | 34,449 |
| 2021 | 39,863 |
| 2022 | 45,977 |
| 2023 | 45,261 |
| 2024 | 50,439 |
| 2025 | 49,017 |
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, 4 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A725 collisions
Police recorded 84 collisions with the A725 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 36 of them fatal or serious, including 6 fatal. That is 8.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 18.2% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 3 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A89 to A8 North Lanarkshire · 13 collisions | 19.7 |
| A721 to M74 North Lanarkshire · 21 collisions | 11.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 8 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A725 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A725
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkshire
Roadworks on the A725 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 80 sets of roadworks on the A725 in Scotland, 13 of them under way. 79 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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A725t East Kilbride To Coatbridge Trunk Road, Bellshill
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 84 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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