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A735 traffic and collisions
The A735 is an A-road of 12.8 miles, in East Ayrshire. This page covers its traffic at 16 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 27m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 5,760 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 15,595 B7038 Armour Street to A735 High St
- HGV share 2.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 31 23.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A735?
On an average day in 2025, 5,760 vehicles passed each point on the A735, counting both directions. The busiest section is B7038 Armour Street to A735 High St (East Ayrshire), with 15,595 a day; the quietest listed is A736 to B769, with 2,151.
Busiest sections, 2025
B7038 Armour Street to A735 High St carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B7038 Armour Street to A735 High St East Ayrshire · 0.5 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 15,595 |
| B7038 to B7072 Hurlford Rd East Ayrshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 13,970 |
| Tourhill Rd to B7038 East Ayrshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 11,149 |
| B751 to C-road crossroads, Altonhill East Ayrshire · 1.0 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 5,685 |
| B769 to B751 East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 3,829 |
| A736 to B769 East Ayrshire · 4.8 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 2,151 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In East Ayrshire · 12.8 miles
A735 traffic and collisions by section
10 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 4 short link roads and spurs (0.8 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A736 to B769East Ayrshire | 2,151 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | B769 to B751East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire | 3,829 | 8 |
| 3 | B751 to C-road crossroads, AltonhillEast Ayrshire | 5,685 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | C-road crossroads, Altonhill to Tourhill RdEast Ayrshire | 5,742 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | Tourhill Rd to B7038East Ayrshire | 11,149 | 3 |
| 6 | B7038 Dean Street to B7082 High StreetEast Ayrshire | 8,015 | 0 |
| 7 | B7082 High Street to A735 Green StEast Ayrshire | 11,861 | 0 |
| 8 | B7038 Armour Street to A735 High StEast Ayrshire | 15,595 | 4 |
| 9 | B7038 to B7072 Hurlford RdEast Ayrshire | 13,970 | fewer than 3 |
| 10 | B7072 Hurlford Rd to A77East Ayrshire | 14,110 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A735 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.
A735 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.9% of the vehicle miles on the A735. HGVs account for 2.3%, rising to 3.5% on B769 to B751.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 3.5% |
| 2002 | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.7% |
| 2013 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.5% |
| 2022 | 2.4% |
| 2023 | 2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 2.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A735 traffic trend
Traffic on the A735 came to 26.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 10.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 6.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 29m |
| 2001 | 29m |
| 2002 | 30m |
| 2003 | 30m |
| 2004 | 30m |
| 2005 | 30m |
| 2006 | 30m |
| 2007 | 30m |
| 2008 | 29m |
| 2009 | 28m |
| 2010 | 30m |
| 2011 | 30m |
| 2012 | 29m |
| 2013 | 29m |
| 2014 | 29m |
| 2015 | 30m |
| 2016 | 31m |
| 2017 | 31m |
| 2018 | 29m |
| 2019 | 29m |
| 2020 | 22m |
| 2021 | 24m |
| 2022 | 26m |
| 2023 | 26m |
| 2024 | 27m |
| 2025 | 27m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,145 |
| 2001 | 6,114 |
| 2002 | 6,454 |
| 2003 | 6,435 |
| 2004 | 6,452 |
| 2005 | 6,345 |
| 2006 | 6,463 |
| 2007 | 6,395 |
| 2008 | 6,231 |
| 2009 | 6,026 |
| 2010 | 6,316 |
| 2011 | 6,455 |
| 2012 | 6,145 |
| 2013 | 6,130 |
| 2014 | 6,296 |
| 2015 | 6,398 |
| 2016 | 6,541 |
| 2017 | 6,559 |
| 2018 | 6,116 |
| 2019 | 6,135 |
| 2020 | 4,690 |
| 2021 | 5,165 |
| 2022 | 5,536 |
| 2023 | 5,641 |
| 2024 | 5,721 |
| 2025 | 5,760 |
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 16 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A735 collisions
Police recorded 31 collisions with the A735 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 23.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 16.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 5 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A735 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 A735
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- East Ayrshire
- North Ayrshire
Roadworks on the A735 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 2 sets of roadworks on the A735 in Scotland, 0 of them under way. 1 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A735 From B769 At Stewarton To North Ayrshire Boundary
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A735 From East Ayrshire Boundary At Brackenburn Bridge To East Ayrshire Boundary, Irvine
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 | 16 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 31 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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