Trunk A-road

A95 traffic and collisions

The A95 is a trunk A-road of 62.5 miles, from Highland to Aberdeenshire. This page covers its traffic at 15 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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15 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 60m vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 2,648 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 7,043 B9152 to B9153
  • HGV share 11.4% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 −8.0% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 27 9.1 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the A95?

On an average day in 2025, 2,648 vehicles passed each point on the A95, counting both directions. The busiest section is B9152 to B9153 (Highland), with 7,043 a day; the quietest listed is A941 to B9103, with 960.

Busiest sections, 2025

B9152 to B9153 carries 2.7 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the A95 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
B9152 to B9153 Highland · 2.7 mi · HGVs 8.9% 7,043
B9153 to A938 Highland · 7.0 mi · HGVs 14.2% 4,698
At A938 Highland · 0.5 mi · HGVs 12.3% 4,075
A938 to A939 Highland · 2.3 mi · HGVs 10.1% 3,554
At A939 Highland · 0.7 mi · HGVs 8.0% 3,472
B9008 to A941 Moray · 9.4 mi · HGVs 12.0% 3,139
A939 to B9008 Highland, Moray · 12.6 mi · HGVs 13.0% 3,035
B9103 to A96 Moray · 4.5 mi · HGVs 6.0% 1,826
A96 to B9022 Moray, Aberdeenshire · 10.2 mi · HGVs 7.7% 1,043
B9022 to A98 Aberdeenshire · 5.5 mi · HGVs 8.7% 1,026

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Highland to Aberdeenshire · 62.5 miles

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

A95 traffic and collisions by section

13 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 A95 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A9 to B9152Highland0.24,64210.9%+7.9%4
2B9152 to B9153Highland2.77,0438.9%+14.5%3
3B9153 to A938Highland7.04,69814.2%−21.0%7
4At A938Highland0.54,07512.3%−4.2%0
5A938 to A939Highland2.33,55410.1%+1.3%fewer than 3
6At A939Highland0.73,4728.0%−2.6%0
7A939 to B9008Highland, Moray12.63,03513.0%−10.4%fewer than 3
8B9008 to A941Moray9.43,13912.0%−8.4%5
9At A941Moray0.26,80010.3%−2.6%0
10A941 to B9103Moray6.79609.0%+1.3%fewer than 3
11B9103 to A96Moray4.51,8266.0%−2.2%fewer than 3
12A96 to B9022Moray, Aberdeenshire10.21,0437.7%−3.8%fewer than 3
13B9022 to A98Aberdeenshire5.51,0268.7%−4.6%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 A95 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.

A95 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 63.2% of the vehicle miles on the A95. HGVs account for 11.4%, rising to 14.2% on B9153 to A938.

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 A95, by year
Year HGV share
2000 9.6%
2001 8.9%
2002 8.9%
2003 10.0%
2004 9.7%
2005 9.9%
2006 10.7%
2007 10.9%
2008 11.0%
2009 10.8%
2010 11.1%
2011 11.4%
2012 11.4%
2013 11.9%
2014 12.2%
2015 11.8%
2016 11.8%
2017 12.2%
2018 12.2%
2019 11.7%
2020 13.6%
2021 13.2%
2022 12.0%
2023 11.6%
2024 11.4%
2025 11.4%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

A95 traffic trend

Traffic on the A95 came to 60.4 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 8.0% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 4.1% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 36.0% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the A95 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 45m
2001 45m
2002 47m
2003 48m
2004 49m
2005 48m
2006 50m
2007 53m
2008 53m
2009 53m
2010 52m
2011 52m
2012 51m
2013 52m
2014 54m
2015 58m
2016 61m
2017 64m
2018 65m
2019 66m
2020 47m
2021 55m
2022 60m
2023 61m
2024 60m
2025 60m

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the A95, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 1,979
2001 1,982
2002 2,045
2003 2,099
2004 2,120
2005 2,109
2006 2,171
2007 2,321
2008 2,308
2009 2,325
2010 2,249
2011 2,269
2012 2,240
2013 2,282
2014 2,345
2015 2,540
2016 2,639
2017 2,802
2018 2,839
2019 2,877
2020 2,064
2021 2,419
2022 2,621
2023 2,668
2024 2,612
2025 2,648

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, 6 of the 15 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

A95 collisions

Police recorded 27 collisions with the A95 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 18 of them fatal or serious. 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 0.1 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

Down 20.0% from 2021 to 2025.

Police-reported collisions on the A95 by year
Year Collisions
2021 5
2022 4
2023 8
2024 6
2025 4

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

A further 8 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A95 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 A95

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

  • Highland
  • Moray
  • Aberdeenshire

Roadworks on the A95 in Scotland

The Scottish Road Works Register lists 43 sets of roadworks on the A95 in Scotland, 5 of them under way. 24 close the road, a lane or a slip road. From the extract of 16 September 2026.

  • A95t From B9138 At Marypark To Highland Boundary At Corries, Ballindalloch

    Road closed 4 Oct 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 Transport Scotland - NE Unit Op Company

  • A95t From C1h At Maggieknockater To U60h South Of West Lodge, Craigellachie

    Road closed 4 Oct 2026 to 2 Dec 2026 Transport Scotland - NE Unit Op Company

  • A95t From B9138 At Marypark To Highland Boundary At Corries, Ballindalloch

    Road closed 11 Oct 2026 to 8 Nov 2026 Transport Scotland - NE Unit Op Company

  • A95t B9152 Junction - B9153 Junction, Boat Of Garten

    Road closed 26 Oct 2026 to 4 Jan 2027 Transport Scotland - NE Unit Op Company

  • A95t From B9138 At Marypark To Highland Boundary At Corries, Ballindalloch

    Road closed 26 Oct 2026 to 4 Jan 2027 Transport Scotland - NE Unit Op Company

  • A95t From Drum Of Carron Farm Access Road To B9138 At Marypark

    Road closed 26 Oct 2026 to 4 Jan 2027 Transport Scotland - NE 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 15 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring
2021 to 2025 27 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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