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A947 traffic and collisions
The A947 is an A-road of 41.9 miles, from Aberdeen City to Aberdeenshire. This page covers its traffic at 9 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 90m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 5,882 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 11,179 Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet to Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire
- HGV share 5.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −0.5% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 42 9.1 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A947?
On an average day in 2025, 5,882 vehicles passed each point on the A947, counting both directions. The busiest section is Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet to Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire (Aberdeenshire), with 11,179 a day; the quietest listed is B9025 Market Street to B9026 Myrus Avenue, with 3,363.
Busiest sections, 2025
Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet to Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire carries 1.9 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet to Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire · 0.8 mi · HGVs 4.3% | 11,179 |
| A947 South Rd to A920 Aberdeenshire · 1.3 mi · HGVs 8.5% | 8,715 |
| LHA Boundary to Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet Aberdeen City · 3.5 mi · HGVs 1.5% | 8,433 |
| Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire to Junction with A947 and A920 (East of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire) Aberdeenshire · 9.3 mi · HGVs 3.7% | 7,556 |
| B9005 to B9025 Market Street Aberdeenshire · 9.1 mi · HGVs 7.3% | 5,673 |
| A920 Aberdeenshire · 7.0 mi · HGVs 9.9% | 5,269 |
| B9026 Myrus Avenue to A98 Aberdeenshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 4.0% | 4,155 |
| B9025 Market Street to B9026 Myrus Avenue Aberdeenshire · 9.4 mi · HGVs 5.0% | 3,363 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Aberdeen City to Aberdeenshire · 41.9 miles
A947 traffic and collisions by section
8 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.4 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LHA Boundary to Roundabout where A96 and A947 meetAberdeen City | 8,433 | 5 |
| 2 | Roundabout where A96 and A947 meet to Junction near Goval Belt, AberdeenshireAberdeenshire | 11,179 | 0 |
| 3 | Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire to Junction with A947 and A920 (East of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire)Aberdeenshire | 7,556 | 16 |
| 4 | A947 South Rd to A920Aberdeenshire | 8,715 | 3 |
| 5 | A920Aberdeenshire | 5,269 | 12 |
| 6 | B9005 to B9025 Market StreetAberdeenshire | 5,673 | 4 |
| 7 | B9025 Market Street to B9026 Myrus AvenueAberdeenshire | 3,363 | fewer than 3 |
| 8 | B9026 Myrus Avenue to A98Aberdeenshire | 4,155 | 0 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A947 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.
A947 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 75.9% of the vehicle miles on the A947. HGVs account for 5.6%, rising to 9.9% on A920.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% |
| 2001 | 6.8% |
| 2002 | 6.8% |
| 2003 | 6.0% |
| 2004 | 6.3% |
| 2005 | 6.4% |
| 2006 | 6.6% |
| 2007 | 6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.0% |
| 2009 | 5.7% |
| 2010 | 5.9% |
| 2011 | 6.6% |
| 2012 | 6.5% |
| 2013 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 6.4% |
| 2015 | 6.7% |
| 2016 | 6.7% |
| 2017 | 6.8% |
| 2018 | 7.0% |
| 2019 | 6.9% |
| 2020 | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 7.8% |
| 2022 | 7.5% |
| 2023 | 5.5% |
| 2024 | 5.6% |
| 2025 | 5.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A947 traffic trend
Traffic on the A947 came to 89.9 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 0.5% on 2019, before the pandemic, and down 0.7% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 12.0% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 96m |
| 2001 | 95m |
| 2002 | 101m |
| 2003 | 101m |
| 2004 | 99m |
| 2005 | 101m |
| 2006 | 105m |
| 2007 | 99m |
| 2008 | 98m |
| 2009 | 99m |
| 2010 | 98m |
| 2011 | 96m |
| 2012 | 95m |
| 2013 | 92m |
| 2014 | 95m |
| 2015 | 99m |
| 2016 | 101m |
| 2017 | 103m |
| 2018 | 101m |
| 2019 | 102m |
| 2020 | 78m |
| 2021 | 88m |
| 2022 | 99m |
| 2023 | 98m |
| 2024 | 89m |
| 2025 | 90m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 6,106 |
| 2001 | 6,064 |
| 2002 | 6,436 |
| 2003 | 6,434 |
| 2004 | 6,288 |
| 2005 | 6,426 |
| 2006 | 6,714 |
| 2007 | 6,313 |
| 2008 | 6,219 |
| 2009 | 6,310 |
| 2010 | 6,227 |
| 2011 | 6,082 |
| 2012 | 6,071 |
| 2013 | 5,877 |
| 2014 | 6,075 |
| 2015 | 6,280 |
| 2016 | 6,426 |
| 2017 | 6,545 |
| 2018 | 6,511 |
| 2019 | 6,686 |
| 2020 | 5,145 |
| 2021 | 5,725 |
| 2022 | 6,442 |
| 2023 | 6,421 |
| 2024 | 5,823 |
| 2025 | 5,882 |
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, 1 of the 9 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A947 collisions
Police recorded 42 collisions with the A947 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 22 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 9.1 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.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A920 Aberdeenshire · 12 collisions | 18.5 |
| Junction near Goval Belt, Aberdeenshire to Junction with A947 and A920 (East of Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire) Aberdeenshire · 16 collisions | 12.3 |
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 A947
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
Roadworks on the A947 in Scotland
The Scottish Road Works Register lists 5 sets of roadworks on the A947 in Scotland, 2 of them under way. From the extract of 16 September 2026.
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A947 Meldrum Roundabout Oldmeldrum North West To C37c Near Couchercairn
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A947 C37c Near Couchercairn North Through St Katherines To Andrewsford
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A947 Hill Of Goval To Corseduick Road Newmachar
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A947 Meldrum Roundabout Oldmeldrum North West To C37c Near Couchercairn
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A947 City Bndry At Parkhill Bridge North To Hill Of Goval, Dyce
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 | 9 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 42 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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