Trunk A-road
A835 traffic and collisions
The A835 is a trunk A-road of 66.0 miles, in Highland. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 70m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 2,892 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 11,070 A9/A832 to A862
- HGV share 5.5% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −2.9% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 43 12.9 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A835?
On an average day in 2025, 2,892 vehicles passed each point on the A835, counting both directions. The busiest section is A9/A832 to A862 (Highland), with 11,070 a day; the quietest listed is C-road at Drumrunie to A837, with 532.
Busiest sections, 2025
A9/A832 to A862 carries 3.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A9/A832 to A862 Highland · 5.4 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 11,070 |
| A864 to A832 Highland · 4.3 mi · HGVs 5.6% | 5,434 |
| A832 to A834 Highland · 1.8 mi · HGVs 4.9% | 5,351 |
| A834 to A832 Highland · 6.7 mi · HGVs 6.4% | 3,884 |
| At A832 Highland · 19.1 mi · HGVs 9.6% | 1,890 |
| A832 to A893 Highland · 12.1 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 1,819 |
| A893 to C-road to Linneraineach Highland · 9.0 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 1,100 |
| C-road at Drumrunie to A837 Highland · 7.6 mi · HGVs 10.2% | 532 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Highland · 66.0 miles
A835 traffic and collisions by section
8 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 | A9/A832 to A862Highland | 11,070 | 11 |
| 2 | A864 to A832Highland | 5,434 | 6 |
| 3 | A832 to A834Highland | 5,351 | 0 |
| 4 | A834 to A832Highland | 3,884 | 8 |
| 5 | At A832Highland | 1,890 | 3 |
| 6 | A832 to A893Highland | 1,819 | 9 |
| 7 | A893 to C-road to LinneraineachHighland | 1,100 | 3 |
| 8 | C-road at Drumrunie to A837Highland | 532 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A835 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.
A835 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 69.0% of the vehicle miles on the A835. HGVs account for 5.5%, rising to 10.2% on C-road at Drumrunie to A837.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.6% |
| 2001 | 5.4% |
| 2002 | 7.6% |
| 2003 | 7.5% |
| 2004 | 5.7% |
| 2005 | 5.8% |
| 2006 | 6.0% |
| 2007 | 6.4% |
| 2008 | 6.8% |
| 2009 | 6.6% |
| 2010 | 6.7% |
| 2011 | 7.1% |
| 2012 | 7.2% |
| 2013 | 7.3% |
| 2014 | 7.4% |
| 2015 | 6.1% |
| 2016 | 6.0% |
| 2017 | 5.4% |
| 2018 | 5.4% |
| 2019 | 5.3% |
| 2020 | 6.3% |
| 2021 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | 5.7% |
| 2023 | 5.5% |
| 2024 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | 5.5% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A835 traffic trend
Traffic on the A835 came to 69.7 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 2.9% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 8.3% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 34.7% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 51m |
| 2001 | 51m |
| 2002 | 55m |
| 2003 | 56m |
| 2004 | 57m |
| 2005 | 57m |
| 2006 | 58m |
| 2007 | 62m |
| 2008 | 62m |
| 2009 | 63m |
| 2010 | 62m |
| 2011 | 60m |
| 2012 | 59m |
| 2013 | 60m |
| 2014 | 61m |
| 2015 | 64m |
| 2016 | 66m |
| 2017 | 68m |
| 2018 | 70m |
| 2019 | 72m |
| 2020 | 51m |
| 2021 | 60m |
| 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 | 2,134 |
| 2001 | 2,137 |
| 2002 | 2,294 |
| 2003 | 2,346 |
| 2004 | 2,377 |
| 2005 | 2,386 |
| 2006 | 2,421 |
| 2007 | 2,572 |
| 2008 | 2,582 |
| 2009 | 2,610 |
| 2010 | 2,559 |
| 2011 | 2,508 |
| 2012 | 2,446 |
| 2013 | 2,481 |
| 2014 | 2,534 |
| 2015 | 2,655 |
| 2016 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 2,813 |
| 2018 | 2,884 |
| 2019 | 2,979 |
| 2020 | 2,109 |
| 2021 | 2,504 |
| 2022 | 2,762 |
| 2023 | 2,835 |
| 2024 | 2,862 |
| 2025 | 2,892 |
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, 5 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A835 collisions
Police recorded 43 collisions with the A835 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 23 of them fatal or serious. That is 12.9 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.1 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 66.7% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A9/A832 to A862 Highland · 11 collisions | 10.6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A835 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 93.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A835
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Highland
Roadworks on the A835 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 22 sets of roadworks on the A835 in Scotland, 9 of them under way. 4 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A835t From U2639 Newton Road Junction To A9t Tore Roundabout
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A835t From A832 Braemore Junction To A832 Gorstan Junction, Garve
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A835t From Garve Road Ullapool To Camas An Diamh Access
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A835t From Camas An Diamh Access To A832 Braemore Junction, Loch Broom
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A835t From A832 Braemore Junction To A832 Gorstan Junction, Garve
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A835t A832 Braemore Junction - A832 Gorstan Junction, Garve
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 | 8 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 43 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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