Trunk A-road

A84 traffic and collisions

The A84 is a trunk A-road of 29.7 miles, in Stirling. This page covers its traffic at 7 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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7 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 74m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 6,810 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 15,912 M9 to A9
  • HGV share 5.1% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −3.0% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 36 10.0 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A84?

On an average day in 2025, 6,810 vehicles passed each point on the A84, counting both directions. The busiest section is M9 to A9 (Stirling), with 15,912 a day; the quietest listed is A821 to A85, with 3,765.

Busiest sections, 2025

M9 to A9 carries 2.3 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A84 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
M9 to A9 Stirling · 0.7 mi · HGVs 2.0% 15,912
A9 to M9 Stirling · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.1% 15,650
M9 to A873 Stirling · 4.2 mi · HGVs 6.0% 10,444
A873 to A820 Stirling · 2.3 mi · HGVs 7.0% 8,339
A820 to A81 Stirling · 7.5 mi · HGVs 5.2% 7,257
A81 to A821 Stirling · 1.2 mi · HGVs 2.8% 6,185
A821 to A85 Stirling · 12.6 mi · HGVs 5.8% 3,765

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

In Stirling · 29.7 miles

Stirling
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

A84 traffic and collisions by section

7 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length.

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Sections of the A84 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1M9 to A9Stirling0.715,9122.0%−5.6%fewer than 3
2A9 to M9Stirling1.215,6502.1%−7.3%3
3M9 to A873Stirling4.210,4446.0%−1.4%6
4A873 to A820Stirling2.38,3397.0%−4.3%5
5A820 to A81Stirling7.57,2575.2%+1.0%1313.6
6A81 to A821Stirling1.26,1852.8%−5.3%fewer than 3
7A821 to A85Stirling12.63,7655.8%−5.4%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 A84 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.

A84 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 75.7% of the vehicle miles on the A84. HGVs account for 5.1%, rising to 7.0% on A873 to A820.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the A84, by year
Year HGV share
2000 7.2%
2001 6.5%
2002 6.6%
2003 6.4%
2004 7.2%
2005 6.2%
2006 7.2%
2007 7.6%
2008 7.6%
2009 6.9%
2010 7.0%
2011 7.1%
2012 7.1%
2013 7.2%
2014 7.3%
2015 7.3%
2016 7.3%
2017 5.2%
2018 5.3%
2019 5.1%
2020 6.1%
2021 5.9%
2022 5.3%
2023 5.2%
2024 5.1%
2025 5.1%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A84 traffic trend

Traffic on the A84 came to 73.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 10.2% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 69.7% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A84 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 43m
2001 44m
2002 45m
2003 48m
2004 46m
2005 47m
2006 64m
2007 67m
2008 67m
2009 66m
2010 66m
2011 66m
2012 63m
2013 63m
2014 65m
2015 66m
2016 69m
2017 72m
2018 74m
2019 76m
2020 54m
2021 69m
2022 71m
2023 73m
2024 73m
2025 74m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A84, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 4,060
2001 4,134
2002 4,220
2003 4,460
2004 4,334
2005 4,430
2006 5,992
2007 6,305
2008 6,247
2009 6,190
2010 6,131
2011 6,203
2012 5,929
2013 5,901
2014 6,054
2015 6,206
2016 6,434
2017 6,690
2018 6,835
2019 7,019
2020 4,982
2021 6,400
2022 6,563
2023 6,695
2024 6,747
2025 6,810

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 7 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A84 collisions

Police recorded 36 collisions with the A84 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 14 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 10.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.2 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

About the same in 2025 as in 2021.

Police-reported collisions on the A84 by year
Year Collisions
2021 5
2022 9
2023 8
2024 9
2025 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.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the A84, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
A820 to A81 Stirling · 13 collisions 13.6

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A84 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 A84

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Stirling

Roadworks on the A84 in Scotland

The Scottish Road Works Register lists 17 sets of roadworks on the A84 in Scotland, 2 of them under way. 3 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.

  • A84t From Junction With B826 To Junction With A820, Doune

    Road closed On 8 Nov 2026 Transport Scotland - NW Unit Op Company

  • A84t From Junction With Access To Lenny House To Junction With A821 At Kilmahog

    Road closed 3 Dec 2026 to 21 Dec 2026 Transport Scotland - NW Unit Op Company

  • A84t From Junction With Leny Road To Junction With Access To Leny House, Callander

    Road closed 3 Dec 2026 to 21 Dec 2026 Transport Scotland - NW Unit Op Company

  • A84t From Craigforth Roundabout West To Junction With B826, Blairdrummond

    Temporary traffic lights Under way, until 22 Oct 2026 Transport Scotland - NW Unit Op Company

  • A84t From Junction With Access To Lenny House To Junction With A821 At Kilmahog

    Temporary traffic lights Under way, until 16 Sept 2026 Scottish Water

  • A84t From Junction With Access To Gart Farm To Junction With Stirling Road, Callander

    Temporary traffic lights 17 Sept 2026 to 1 Oct 2026 Transport Scotland - NW Unit Op Company

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

Datasets used on this page
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 7 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 36 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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