A-road
A865 traffic and collisions
The A865 is an A-road of 60.6 miles, in Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. This page covers its traffic at 8 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 22m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 989 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 1,734 B890 to B892
- HGV share 8.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −4.8% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 7 0 fatal or serious
How busy is the A865?
On an average day in 2025, 989 vehicles passed each point on the A865, counting both directions. The busiest section is B890 to B892 (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar), with 1,734 a day; the quietest listed is B893 to A867, with 557.
Busiest sections, 2025
B890 to B892 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| B890 to B892 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 6.6 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 1,734 |
| B892 to A867 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 8.2 mi · HGVs 37.1% | 1,288 |
| At B892 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 4.5 mi · HGVs 1.6% | 1,228 |
| Lochboisdale ferry to B888 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 2.9 mi · HGVs 1.2% | 1,114 |
| B888 Dalabrog to B890 north of Stadhlaigearraidh Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 12.4 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 866 |
| A867 to Pier Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 807 |
| A867 to B893 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 20.8 mi · HGVs 1.8% | 736 |
| B893 to A867 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 4.3 mi · HGVs 6.6% | 557 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
In Comhairle nan Eilean Siar · 60.6 miles
A865 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 | Lochboisdale ferry to B888Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1,114 | 0 |
| 2 | B888 Dalabrog to B890 north of StadhlaigearraidhComhairle nan Eilean Siar | 866 | 4 |
| 3 | B890 to B892Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1,734 | fewer than 3 |
| 4 | At B892Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1,228 | 0 |
| 5 | B892 to A867Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 1,288 | 0 |
| 6 | A867 to B893Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 736 | 0 |
| 7 | B893 to A867Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | 557 | 0 |
| 8 | A867 to PierComhairle nan Eilean Siar | 807 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A865 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.
A865 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 65.0% of the vehicle miles on the A865. HGVs account for 8.6%, rising to 37.1% on B892 to A867.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.4% |
| 2007 | 5.7% |
| 2008 | 5.9% |
| 2009 | 5.8% |
| 2010 | 11.4% |
| 2011 | 11.5% |
| 2012 | 9.8% |
| 2013 | 8.2% |
| 2014 | 8.4% |
| 2015 | 8.7% |
| 2016 | 8.8% |
| 2017 | 8.9% |
| 2018 | 9.0% |
| 2019 | 8.5% |
| 2020 | 9.9% |
| 2021 | 9.6% |
| 2022 | 9.2% |
| 2023 | 8.8% |
| 2024 | 8.6% |
| 2025 | 8.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A865 traffic trend
Traffic on the A865 came to 21.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 4.8% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 1.1% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 15.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 19m |
| 2001 | 19m |
| 2002 | 21m |
| 2003 | 21m |
| 2004 | 21m |
| 2005 | 20m |
| 2006 | 20m |
| 2007 | 20m |
| 2008 | 20m |
| 2009 | 21m |
| 2010 | 19m |
| 2011 | 19m |
| 2012 | 20m |
| 2013 | 21m |
| 2014 | 22m |
| 2015 | 22m |
| 2016 | 23m |
| 2017 | 23m |
| 2018 | 23m |
| 2019 | 23m |
| 2020 | 18m |
| 2021 | 20m |
| 2022 | 21m |
| 2023 | 21m |
| 2024 | 22m |
| 2025 | 22m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 855 |
| 2001 | 871 |
| 2002 | 941 |
| 2003 | 953 |
| 2004 | 940 |
| 2005 | 911 |
| 2006 | 919 |
| 2007 | 906 |
| 2008 | 906 |
| 2009 | 927 |
| 2010 | 869 |
| 2011 | 877 |
| 2012 | 889 |
| 2013 | 944 |
| 2014 | 971 |
| 2015 | 1,000 |
| 2016 | 1,026 |
| 2017 | 1,039 |
| 2018 | 1,046 |
| 2019 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 797 |
| 2021 | 880 |
| 2022 | 949 |
| 2023 | 965 |
| 2024 | 977 |
| 2025 | 989 |
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, 0 of the 8 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A865 collisions
Police recorded 7 collisions with the A865 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 0 of them fatal or serious.
Reported collisions by year
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | fewer than 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | fewer than 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | fewer than 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | fewer than 3 | 0 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A865
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
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 | 7 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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