A-road
A736 traffic and collisions
The A736 is an A-road of 24.7 miles, from Renfrewshire to North Ayrshire. This page covers its traffic at 17 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 73m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 8,144 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 16,449 M8 to A761
- HGV share 3.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 70 19.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A736?
On an average day in 2025, 8,144 vehicles passed each point on the A736, counting both directions. The busiest section is M8 to A761 (Renfrewshire, Glasgow City), with 16,449 a day; the quietest listed is B776 to A735, with 3,843.
Busiest sections, 2025
M8 to A761 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M8 to A761 Renfrewshire, Glasgow City · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.4% | 16,449 |
| B773 to B771 Cross Arthurlie Street East Renfrewshire · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 16,441 |
| B771 Cross Arthurlie Street to Gateside Rd East Renfrewshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 4.1% | 14,511 |
| A726 to B773 East Renfrewshire · 1.2 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 11,975 |
| B7080 to B7081 North Ayrshire · 1.9 mi · HGVs 2.9% | 11,648 |
| A761 to B762 Barrhead Road Glasgow City · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.0% | 9,590 |
| Gateside Rd to B776 East Renfrewshire · 4.2 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 6,271 |
| B785 to Cairnmount Rd North Ayrshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 5,037 |
| B778 to B785 East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire · 3.2 mi · HGVs 9.0% | 4,761 |
| A735 to B778 North Ayrshire · 5.3 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 4,162 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Renfrewshire to North Ayrshire · 24.7 miles
A736 traffic and collisions by section
15 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 | A8 to M8Renfrewshire | 35,212 | 3 |
| 2 | M8 to A761Renfrewshire, Glasgow City | 16,449 | 8 |
| 3 | A761 to B762 Barrhead RoadGlasgow City | 9,590 | 10 |
| 4 | B762 Barrhead Road to A726Glasgow City | 22,055 | 3 |
| 5 | A726 to B773East Renfrewshire | 11,975 | 11 |
| 6 | B773 to B771 Cross Arthurlie StreetEast Renfrewshire | 16,441 | 5 |
| 7 | B771 Cross Arthurlie Street to Gateside RdEast Renfrewshire | 14,511 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | Gateside Rd to B776East Renfrewshire | 6,271 | 10 |
| 9 | B776 to A735East Ayrshire | 3,843 | 3 |
| 10 | A735 to B778North Ayrshire | 4,162 | 5 |
| 11 | B778 to B785East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire | 4,761 | fewer than 3 |
| 12 | B785 to Cairnmount RdNorth Ayrshire | 5,037 | 0 |
| 13 | Lochlibo Road roundabout to B7080North Ayrshire | 4,091 | 0 |
| 14 | B7080 to B7081North Ayrshire | 11,648 | 7 |
| 15 | B7081 to A736North Ayrshire | 10,733 | fewer than 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A736 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.
A736 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 78.6% of the vehicle miles on the A736. HGVs account for 3.6%, rising to 9.0% on B778 to B785.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.8% |
| 2001 | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 5.0% |
| 2003 | 5.1% |
| 2004 | 5.6% |
| 2005 | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 5.6% |
| 2007 | 5.8% |
| 2008 | 5.7% |
| 2009 | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 4.9% |
| 2013 | 4.9% |
| 2014 | 5.0% |
| 2015 | 4.9% |
| 2016 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 5.0% |
| 2018 | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 5.2% |
| 2021 | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 3.6% |
| 2025 | 3.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A736 traffic trend
Traffic on the A736 came to 73.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 16.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 85m |
| 2001 | 79m |
| 2002 | 78m |
| 2003 | 76m |
| 2004 | 78m |
| 2005 | 79m |
| 2006 | 80m |
| 2007 | 78m |
| 2008 | 78m |
| 2009 | 78m |
| 2010 | 77m |
| 2011 | 77m |
| 2012 | 70m |
| 2013 | 69m |
| 2014 | 71m |
| 2015 | 72m |
| 2016 | 74m |
| 2017 | 74m |
| 2018 | 75m |
| 2019 | 75m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 65m |
| 2022 | 70m |
| 2023 | 71m |
| 2024 | 73m |
| 2025 | 73m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,655 |
| 2001 | 9,001 |
| 2002 | 8,862 |
| 2003 | 8,693 |
| 2004 | 8,861 |
| 2005 | 9,031 |
| 2006 | 9,114 |
| 2007 | 8,927 |
| 2008 | 8,842 |
| 2009 | 8,891 |
| 2010 | 8,743 |
| 2011 | 8,797 |
| 2012 | 8,008 |
| 2013 | 7,886 |
| 2014 | 8,106 |
| 2015 | 8,223 |
| 2016 | 8,427 |
| 2017 | 8,466 |
| 2018 | 8,440 |
| 2019 | 8,323 |
| 2020 | 6,374 |
| 2021 | 7,255 |
| 2022 | 7,804 |
| 2023 | 7,923 |
| 2024 | 8,095 |
| 2025 | 8,144 |
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, 2 of the 17 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A736 collisions
Police recorded 70 collisions with the A736 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 23 of them fatal or serious. That is 19.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.6 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 185.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 14 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A726 to B773 East Renfrewshire · 11 collisions | 43.3 |
| A761 to B762 Barrhead Road Glasgow City · 10 collisions | 34.7 |
| Gateside Rd to B776 East Renfrewshire · 10 collisions | 21.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 8 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A736 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 A736
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Renfrewshire
- Glasgow City
- East Renfrewshire
- East Ayrshire
- North Ayrshire
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 | 17 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 70 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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