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A727 traffic and collisions
The A727 is an A-road of 5.5 miles, from South Lanarkshire to Glasgow City. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2005 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 41m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 20,615 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 24,533 Stewartfield Way to Kippen Drive
- HGV share 1.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −1.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 33 16.5 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A727?
On an average day in 2025, 20,615 vehicles passed each point on the A727, counting both directions. The busiest section is Stewartfield Way to Kippen Drive (South Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire), with 24,533 a day; the quietest listed is Kippen Drive to A77, with 16,739.
Busiest sections, 2025
Stewartfield Way to Kippen Drive carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Stewartfield Way to Kippen Drive South Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire · 1.6 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 24,533 |
| A77 to M77 East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City · 1.5 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 22,636 |
| Kippen Drive to A77 East Renfrewshire · 2.4 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 16,739 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2005 to 2025 Updated
Route
South Lanarkshire to Glasgow City · 5.5 miles
A727 traffic and collisions by section
3 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 | Stewartfield Way to Kippen DriveSouth Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire | 24,533 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | Kippen Drive to A77East Renfrewshire | 16,739 | 16 |
| 3 | A77 to M77East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City | 22,636 | 15 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A727 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.
A727 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 84.7% of the vehicle miles on the A727. HGVs account for 1.5%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2005 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.3% |
| 2007 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 3.0% |
| 2010 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 2.1% |
| 2015 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 1.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2005 to 2025 Updated
A727 traffic trend
Traffic on the A727 came to 41.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 1.6% on 2019, before the pandemic.
Vehicle miles a year
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 14m |
| 2006 | 14m |
| 2007 | 8.5m |
| 2008 | 8.5m |
| 2009 | 8.4m |
| 2010 | 8.3m |
| 2011 | 8.2m |
| 2012 | 8.2m |
| 2013 | 8.1m |
| 2014 | 8.4m |
| 2015 | 8.7m |
| 2016 | 8.9m |
| 2017 | 34m |
| 2018 | 34m |
| 2019 | 42m |
| 2020 | 34m |
| 2021 | 37m |
| 2022 | 40m |
| 2023 | 41m |
| 2024 | 41m |
| 2025 | 41m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2005 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 36,858 |
| 2006 | 37,609 |
| 2007 | 23,353 |
| 2008 | 23,220 |
| 2009 | 23,021 |
| 2010 | 22,646 |
| 2011 | 22,591 |
| 2012 | 22,346 |
| 2013 | 22,272 |
| 2014 | 22,897 |
| 2015 | 23,782 |
| 2016 | 24,265 |
| 2017 | 20,275 |
| 2018 | 20,093 |
| 2019 | 20,940 |
| 2020 | 16,695 |
| 2021 | 18,362 |
| 2022 | 19,802 |
| 2023 | 20,195 |
| 2024 | 20,485 |
| 2025 | 20,615 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2005 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 5 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A727 collisions
Police recorded 33 collisions with the A727 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 10 of them fatal or serious. That is 16.5 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.2 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 12.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A77 to M77 East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City · 15 collisions | 25.0 |
| Kippen Drive to A77 East Renfrewshire · 16 collisions | 22.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A727
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- South Lanarkshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow City
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 | 2005 to 2025 | 5 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 33 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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