A-road
A761 traffic and collisions
The A761 is an A-road of 18.8 miles, from Glasgow City to Inverclyde. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 70m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 10,185 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 27,903 B789 to A737
- HGV share 1.9% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −7.6% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 97 28.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A761?
On an average day in 2025, 10,185 vehicles passed each point on the A761, counting both directions. The busiest section is B789 to A737 (Renfrewshire), with 27,903 a day; the quietest listed is B788 to Arran Ave, Port Glasgow, with 4,452.
Busiest sections, 2025
B789 to A737 carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B789 to A737 Renfrewshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 2.2% | 27,903 |
| A726 to B789 Renfrewshire · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.3% | 15,649 |
| A739 to A736 Glasgow City · 0.8 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 14,072 |
| A8 to A739 Glasgow City · 1.7 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 11,927 |
| A737 to LORNE DRIVE Renfrewshire · 0.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 11,536 |
| A736 to A726 Glasgow City, Renfrewshire · 2.0 mi · HGVs 0.9% | 10,628 |
| Arran Avenue to A8 Inverclyde · 1.4 mi · HGVs 2.0% | 9,585 |
| LORNE DRIVE to B78 Renfrewshire, Inverclyde · 5.7 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 7,997 |
| B788 to Arran Ave, Port Glasgow Inverclyde · 3.6 mi · HGVs 1.1% | 4,452 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Glasgow City to Inverclyde · 18.8 miles
A761 traffic and collisions by section
9 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 A739Glasgow City | 11,927 | 22 |
| 2 | A739 to A736Glasgow City | 14,072 | 13 |
| 3 | A736 to A726Glasgow City, Renfrewshire | 10,628 | 15 |
| 4 | A726 to B789Renfrewshire | 15,649 | 15 |
| 5 | B789 to A737Renfrewshire | 27,903 | 6 |
| 6 | A737 to LORNE DRIVERenfrewshire | 11,536 | 6 |
| 7 | LORNE DRIVE to B78Renfrewshire, Inverclyde | 7,997 | 13 |
| 8 | B788 to Arran Ave, Port GlasgowInverclyde | 4,452 | 3 |
| 9 | Arran Avenue to A8Inverclyde | 9,585 | 4 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A761 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.
A761 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 81.8% of the vehicle miles on the A761. HGVs account for 1.9%, rising to 3.0% on LORNE DRIVE to B78.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 2.7% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 2.8% |
| 2009 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 2.8% |
| 2013 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.6% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.3% |
| 2022 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 1.9% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A761 traffic trend
Traffic on the A761 came to 69.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 7.6% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 7.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 2.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 68m |
| 2001 | 70m |
| 2002 | 72m |
| 2003 | 72m |
| 2004 | 72m |
| 2005 | 70m |
| 2006 | 71m |
| 2007 | 70m |
| 2008 | 71m |
| 2009 | 72m |
| 2010 | 72m |
| 2011 | 72m |
| 2012 | 71m |
| 2013 | 73m |
| 2014 | 74m |
| 2015 | 75m |
| 2016 | 77m |
| 2017 | 77m |
| 2018 | 75m |
| 2019 | 76m |
| 2020 | 58m |
| 2021 | 62m |
| 2022 | 67m |
| 2023 | 68m |
| 2024 | 69m |
| 2025 | 70m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 9,941 |
| 2001 | 10,237 |
| 2002 | 10,531 |
| 2003 | 10,473 |
| 2004 | 10,526 |
| 2005 | 10,312 |
| 2006 | 10,465 |
| 2007 | 10,305 |
| 2008 | 10,390 |
| 2009 | 10,481 |
| 2010 | 10,518 |
| 2011 | 10,591 |
| 2012 | 10,430 |
| 2013 | 10,663 |
| 2014 | 10,905 |
| 2015 | 11,026 |
| 2016 | 11,256 |
| 2017 | 11,266 |
| 2018 | 10,932 |
| 2019 | 11,023 |
| 2020 | 8,416 |
| 2021 | 9,069 |
| 2022 | 9,727 |
| 2023 | 9,912 |
| 2024 | 10,054 |
| 2025 | 10,185 |
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 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A761 collisions
Police recorded 97 collisions with the A761 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 27 of them fatal or serious. That is 28.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.0 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 41.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 4 |
| 2022 | 23 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 17 | 8 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A739 to A736 Glasgow City · 13 collisions | 65.3 |
| A8 to A739 Glasgow City · 22 collisions | 61.3 |
| A736 to A726 Glasgow City, Renfrewshire · 15 collisions | 42.0 |
| A726 to B789 Renfrewshire · 15 collisions | 30.1 |
| LORNE DRIVE to B78 Renfrewshire, Inverclyde · 13 collisions | 16.3 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 14 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A761 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A761
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Glasgow City
- Renfrewshire
- Inverclyde
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 | 97 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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