Trunk A-road
A74 traffic and collisions
The A74 is a trunk A-road of 7.8 miles, from North Lanarkshire to Glasgow City. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 32m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 11,237 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 22,641 M74 / M73 to M74 jn3
- HGV share 3.3% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −6.1% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 44 28.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A74?
On an average day in 2025, 11,237 vehicles passed each point on the A74, counting both directions. The busiest section is M74 / M73 to M74 jn3 (North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City), with 22,641 a day; the quietest listed is B7058 Mount Vernon Avenue to A763, with 6,098.
Busiest sections, 2025
M74 / M73 to M74 jn3 carries 2.0 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M74 / M73 to M74 jn3 North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City · 0.6 mi · HGVs 3.6% | 22,641 |
| A752 to B7001 Old Edinburgh Rd North Lanarkshire · 0.6 mi · HGVs 2.7% | 17,939 |
| Fullarton Road roundabout to B763 Dunn Street Glasgow City · 1.8 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 11,594 |
| A763 to Fullarton Road roundabout Glasgow City · 0.5 mi · HGVs 2.1% | 9,973 |
| M74 to B7058 Mount Vernon Avenue Glasgow City · 1.0 mi · HGVs 6.5% | 9,545 |
| Junction A74 (Arcadia Road) / A749 to Junction A74/A8 Glasgow City · 0.8 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 9,101 |
| Junction A74/A728 to Junction A749 (London Road) /A74 Glasgow City · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.3% | 6,132 |
| B7058 Mount Vernon Avenue to A763 Glasgow City · 1.1 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 6,098 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
North Lanarkshire to Glasgow City · 7.8 miles
A74 traffic and collisions by section
10 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 | A752 to B7001 Old Edinburgh RdNorth Lanarkshire | 17,939 | fewer than 3 |
| 2 | B7001 Old Edinburgh Rd to M73 / M74North Lanarkshire | 19,015 | fewer than 3 |
| 3 | M74 / M73 to M74 jn3North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City | 22,641 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | M74 to B7058 Mount Vernon AvenueGlasgow City | 9,545 | fewer than 3 |
| 5 | B7058 Mount Vernon Avenue to A763Glasgow City | 6,098 | 5 |
| 6 | A763 to Fullarton Road roundaboutGlasgow City | 9,973 | 6 |
| 7 | Fullarton Road roundabout to B763 Dunn StreetGlasgow City | 11,594 | 12 |
| 8 | Junction A74/A728 to Junction A749 (London Road) /A74Glasgow City | 6,132 | 7 |
| 9 | Junction A749 (London Road) /A74 to Junction A74 (Arcadia Road) / A749Glasgow City | 13,439 | 0 |
| 10 | Junction A74 (Arcadia Road) / A749 to Junction A74/A8Glasgow City | 9,101 | 8 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A74 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.
A74 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.0% of the vehicle miles on the A74. HGVs account for 3.3%, rising to 6.5% on M74 to B7058 Mount Vernon Avenue.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.3% |
| 2001 | 21.0% |
| 2002 | 19.5% |
| 2003 | 18.8% |
| 2004 | 19.5% |
| 2005 | 19.7% |
| 2006 | 19.3% |
| 2007 | 22.0% |
| 2008 | 19.3% |
| 2009 | 18.2% |
| 2010 | 6.0% |
| 2011 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 4.4% |
| 2015 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 3.9% |
| 2019 | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 3.8% |
| 2022 | 3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.4% |
| 2024 | 3.3% |
| 2025 | 3.3% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A74 traffic trend
Traffic on the A74 came to 32 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 6.1% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 1.6% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 1.5% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 165m |
| 2001 | 149m |
| 2002 | 162m |
| 2003 | 161m |
| 2004 | 160m |
| 2005 | 154m |
| 2006 | 157m |
| 2007 | 157m |
| 2008 | 174m |
| 2009 | 83m |
| 2010 | 33m |
| 2011 | 29m |
| 2012 | 28m |
| 2013 | 28m |
| 2014 | 29m |
| 2015 | 24m |
| 2016 | 25m |
| 2017 | 27m |
| 2018 | 28m |
| 2019 | 33m |
| 2020 | 25m |
| 2021 | 29m |
| 2022 | 31m |
| 2023 | 31m |
| 2024 | 32m |
| 2025 | 32m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 25,740 |
| 2001 | 23,244 |
| 2002 | 25,140 |
| 2003 | 24,995 |
| 2004 | 24,882 |
| 2005 | 23,894 |
| 2006 | 24,371 |
| 2007 | 24,393 |
| 2008 | 27,113 |
| 2009 | 19,256 |
| 2010 | 13,845 |
| 2011 | 12,214 |
| 2012 | 11,901 |
| 2013 | 11,837 |
| 2014 | 12,216 |
| 2015 | 10,197 |
| 2016 | 10,453 |
| 2017 | 10,987 |
| 2018 | 10,851 |
| 2019 | 11,914 |
| 2020 | 9,098 |
| 2021 | 10,104 |
| 2022 | 10,908 |
| 2023 | 11,020 |
| 2024 | 11,180 |
| 2025 | 11,237 |
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 (75.6% of today’s road for 2019). In 2025, 0 of the 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A74 collisions
Police recorded 44 collisions with the A74 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 14 of them fatal or serious. That is 28.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Fullarton Road roundabout to B763 Dunn Street Glasgow City · 12 collisions | 32.5 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 14 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A74 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 A74
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- North Lanarkshire
- 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 | 11 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 44 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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