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A728 traffic and collisions
The A728 is an A-road of 4.0 miles, in Glasgow City. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 17m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,659 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,949 B768 Prospecthill Road to B762/B766
- HGV share 2.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 42 50.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A728?
On an average day in 2025, 11,659 vehicles passed each point on the A728, counting both directions. The busiest section is B768 Prospecthill Road to B762/B766 (Glasgow City), with 15,949 a day; the quietest listed is A749 to A74, with 7,315.
Busiest sections, 2025
B768 Prospecthill Road to B762/B766 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B768 Prospecthill Road to B762/B766 Glasgow City · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 15,949 |
| A730 to A8/A74 Glasgow City · 0.5 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 12,526 |
| A749 to A730 Glasgow City · 0.7 mi · HGVs 5.2% | 10,483 |
| A730 Caledonia Road to A728 Polmadie Road Glasgow City · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 10,460 |
| A749 to A74 Glasgow City · 0.5 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 7,315 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Glasgow City · 4.0 miles
A728 traffic and collisions by section
7 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 | B763 Dunn Street to A749Glasgow City | 8,727 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | A749 to A74Glasgow City | 7,315 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | A749 to A730Glasgow City | 10,483 | 12 |
| 4 | A730 to A8/A74Glasgow City | 12,526 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | A730 Caledonia Road to A728 Polmadie RoadGlasgow City | 10,460 | 14 |
| 6 | A728 Polmadie Road to B768 Prospecthill RoadGlasgow City | 24,053 | 6 |
| 7 | B768 Prospecthill Road to B762/B766Glasgow City | 15,949 | 6 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A728 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.
A728 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.2% of the vehicle miles on the A728. HGVs account for 2.5%, rising to 5.2% on A749 to A730.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% |
| 2001 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 4.1% |
| 2006 | 4.0% |
| 2007 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.8% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.8% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.6% |
| 2025 | 2.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A728 traffic trend
Traffic on the A728 came to 17 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 6.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 8.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 13m |
| 2001 | 13m |
| 2002 | 13m |
| 2003 | 12m |
| 2004 | 12m |
| 2005 | 12m |
| 2006 | 12m |
| 2007 | 13m |
| 2008 | 13m |
| 2009 | 14m |
| 2010 | 14m |
| 2011 | 14m |
| 2012 | 19m |
| 2013 | 28m |
| 2014 | 23m |
| 2015 | 20m |
| 2016 | 19m |
| 2017 | 19m |
| 2018 | 18m |
| 2019 | 18m |
| 2020 | 14m |
| 2021 | 15m |
| 2022 | 16m |
| 2023 | 17m |
| 2024 | 17m |
| 2025 | 17m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 14,571 |
| 2001 | 13,894 |
| 2002 | 13,789 |
| 2003 | 13,453 |
| 2004 | 13,463 |
| 2005 | 13,006 |
| 2006 | 12,754 |
| 2007 | 14,153 |
| 2008 | 13,872 |
| 2009 | 15,146 |
| 2010 | 15,237 |
| 2011 | 15,594 |
| 2012 | 14,974 |
| 2013 | 16,155 |
| 2014 | 15,283 |
| 2015 | 12,820 |
| 2016 | 12,709 |
| 2017 | 12,711 |
| 2018 | 12,203 |
| 2019 | 12,313 |
| 2020 | 9,569 |
| 2021 | 10,511 |
| 2022 | 11,244 |
| 2023 | 11,441 |
| 2024 | 11,614 |
| 2025 | 11,659 |
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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A728 collisions
Police recorded 42 collisions with the A728 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 14 of them fatal or serious. That is 50.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 2.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 60.0% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2025 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A749 to A730 Glasgow City · 12 collisions | 92.6 |
| A730 Caledonia Road to A728 Polmadie Road Glasgow City · 14 collisions | 68.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 18 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A728 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 A728
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- 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 | 2000 to 2025 | 7 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 |
- 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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