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A905 traffic and collisions
The A905 is an A-road of 15.7 miles, from Falkirk to Stirling. This page covers its traffic at 11 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 55m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 9,566 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 24,319 Craig Leith Road roundabout to A9
- HGV share 5.0% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −5.0% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 30 11.4 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A905?
On an average day in 2025, 9,566 vehicles passed each point on the A905, counting both directions. The busiest section is Craig Leith Road roundabout to A9 (Stirling), with 24,319 a day; the quietest listed is A876 to A91, with 6,074.
Busiest sections, 2025
Craig Leith Road roundabout to A9 carries 2.5 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Craig Leith Road roundabout to A9 Stirling · 0.6 mi · HGVs 1.9% | 24,319 |
| B9143 Inchyra Road to M9 Falkirk · 0.6 mi · HGVs 7.8% | 20,643 |
| At M9 Falkirk · 0.9 mi · HGVs 5.9% | 14,370 |
| A88 to M876/A876 Falkirk · 0.8 mi · HGVs 5.4% | 13,188 |
| A91 to Craig Leith Road roundabout Stirling · 0.5 mi · HGVs 4.4% | 12,985 |
| M9 to M9 slip Falkirk · 0.7 mi · HGVs 7.4% | 12,294 |
| M9 to A88 Falkirk · 1.8 mi · HGVs 0.5% | 9,480 |
| A904 to B9143 Inchyra Road Falkirk · 1.5 mi · HGVs 8.4% | 9,399 |
| A876 to A91 Falkirk, Stirling · 7.9 mi · HGVs 5.1% | 6,074 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Falkirk to Stirling · 15.7 miles
A905 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 | A904 to B9143 Inchyra RoadFalkirk | 9,399 | 3 |
| 2 | B9143 Inchyra Road to M9Falkirk | 20,643 | 0 |
| 3 | M9 to M9 slipFalkirk | 12,294 | 3 |
| 4 | At M9Falkirk | 14,370 | 3 |
| 5 | At M9Falkirk | 13,708 | fewer than 3 |
| 6 | M9 to A88Falkirk | 9,480 | fewer than 3 |
| 7 | A88 to M876/A876Falkirk | 13,188 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | A876 to A91Falkirk, Stirling | 6,074 | 9 |
| 9 | A91 to Craig Leith Road roundaboutStirling | 12,985 | 4 |
| 10 | Craig Leith Road roundabout to A9Stirling | 24,319 | 3 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A905 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.
A905 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 72.8% of the vehicle miles on the A905. HGVs account for 5.0%, rising to 8.4% on A904 to B9143 Inchyra Road.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3% |
| 2001 | 5.2% |
| 2002 | 5.2% |
| 2003 | 5.3% |
| 2004 | 5.5% |
| 2005 | 5.9% |
| 2006 | 6.0% |
| 2007 | 6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.2% |
| 2009 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 6.0% |
| 2011 | 5.9% |
| 2012 | 5.4% |
| 2013 | 5.1% |
| 2014 | 5.0% |
| 2015 | 5.0% |
| 2016 | 5.0% |
| 2017 | 5.1% |
| 2018 | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 5.2% |
| 2020 | 6.0% |
| 2021 | 5.6% |
| 2022 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 5.0% |
| 2025 | 5.0% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A905 traffic trend
Traffic on the A905 came to 54.8 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 5.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 5.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 10.6% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 47m |
| 2001 | 47m |
| 2002 | 48m |
| 2003 | 50m |
| 2004 | 51m |
| 2005 | 52m |
| 2006 | 54m |
| 2007 | 54m |
| 2008 | 53m |
| 2009 | 52m |
| 2010 | 53m |
| 2011 | 52m |
| 2012 | 53m |
| 2013 | 53m |
| 2014 | 55m |
| 2015 | 55m |
| 2016 | 57m |
| 2017 | 57m |
| 2018 | 59m |
| 2019 | 57m |
| 2020 | 44m |
| 2021 | 49m |
| 2022 | 53m |
| 2023 | 54m |
| 2024 | 54m |
| 2025 | 55m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,423 |
| 2001 | 8,466 |
| 2002 | 8,630 |
| 2003 | 9,032 |
| 2004 | 9,127 |
| 2005 | 9,409 |
| 2006 | 9,671 |
| 2007 | 9,699 |
| 2008 | 9,500 |
| 2009 | 9,433 |
| 2010 | 9,537 |
| 2011 | 9,414 |
| 2012 | 9,554 |
| 2013 | 9,630 |
| 2014 | 9,862 |
| 2015 | 9,929 |
| 2016 | 10,179 |
| 2017 | 10,263 |
| 2018 | 10,381 |
| 2019 | 9,975 |
| 2020 | 7,678 |
| 2021 | 8,529 |
| 2022 | 9,180 |
| 2023 | 9,351 |
| 2024 | 9,472 |
| 2025 | 9,566 |
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 11 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A905 collisions
Police recorded 30 collisions with the A905 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, fewer than 3 of them fatal or serious. That is 11.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 0.4 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 4 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A905 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 A905
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Falkirk
- Stirling
Roadworks on the A905 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 1 set of roadworks on the A905 in Scotland, 0 of them under way. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A905 From Graham Terrace Airth To Council Boundary
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 | 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 | 30 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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