Motorway
M180 traffic and collisions
The M180 is a motorway of 25.7 miles, from Doncaster to North Lincolnshire. This page covers its traffic at 6 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 370m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 39,391 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 55,247 M18 to J1
- HGV share 25.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 −3.2% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 87 4.8 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the M180?
On an average day in 2025, 39,391 vehicles passed each point on the M180, counting both directions. The busiest section is M18 to J1 (Doncaster), with 55,247 a day; the quietest listed is J3 to J4, with 30,750.
Busiest sections, 2025
M18 to J1 carries 1.4 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| M18 to J1 Doncaster · 1.2 mi · HGVs 23.8% | 55,247 |
| J2 to J3 North Lincolnshire · 4.9 mi · HGVs 24.4% | 45,971 |
| J1 to J2 Doncaster, North Lincolnshire · 6.4 mi · HGVs 24.9% | 43,947 |
| J4 to J5 North Lincolnshire · 6.7 mi · HGVs 21.7% | 35,771 |
| J3 to J4 North Lincolnshire · 6.5 mi · HGVs 31.5% | 30,750 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Doncaster to North Lincolnshire · 25.7 miles
M180 traffic and collisions by section
5 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 | M18 to J1Doncaster | 55,247 | 9 |
| 2 | J1 to J2Doncaster, North Lincolnshire | 43,947 | 16 |
| 3 | J2 to J3North Lincolnshire | 45,971 | 17 |
| 4 | J3 to J4North Lincolnshire | 30,750 | 19 |
| 5 | J4 to J5North Lincolnshire | 35,771 | 26 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the M180 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.
M180 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 56.1% of the vehicle miles on the M180. HGVs account for 25.2%, rising to 31.5% on J3 to J4.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 27.1% |
| 2001 | 25.9% |
| 2002 | 26.3% |
| 2003 | 26.1% |
| 2004 | 26.1% |
| 2005 | 26.2% |
| 2006 | 25.9% |
| 2007 | 26.1% |
| 2008 | 26.1% |
| 2009 | 24.6% |
| 2010 | 24.9% |
| 2011 | 24.3% |
| 2012 | 24.2% |
| 2013 | 24.8% |
| 2014 | 24.3% |
| 2015 | 24.0% |
| 2016 | 24.4% |
| 2017 | 24.7% |
| 2018 | 24.4% |
| 2019 | 24.3% |
| 2020 | 29.7% |
| 2021 | 28.5% |
| 2022 | 27.3% |
| 2023 | 25.3% |
| 2024 | 25.4% |
| 2025 | 25.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
M180 traffic trend
Traffic on the M180 came to 370 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is down 3.2% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 5.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 37.3% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 267m |
| 2001 | 284m |
| 2002 | 301m |
| 2003 | 310m |
| 2004 | 323m |
| 2005 | 316m |
| 2006 | 319m |
| 2007 | 329m |
| 2008 | 316m |
| 2009 | 307m |
| 2010 | 299m |
| 2011 | 304m |
| 2012 | 323m |
| 2013 | 331m |
| 2014 | 345m |
| 2015 | 349m |
| 2016 | 358m |
| 2017 | 357m |
| 2018 | 378m |
| 2019 | 382m |
| 2020 | 308m |
| 2021 | 349m |
| 2022 | 365m |
| 2023 | 392m |
| 2024 | 356m |
| 2025 | 370m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 28,665 |
| 2001 | 30,534 |
| 2002 | 32,368 |
| 2003 | 33,266 |
| 2004 | 34,719 |
| 2005 | 33,968 |
| 2006 | 34,315 |
| 2007 | 35,390 |
| 2008 | 33,920 |
| 2009 | 33,002 |
| 2010 | 32,163 |
| 2011 | 32,682 |
| 2012 | 34,668 |
| 2013 | 35,518 |
| 2014 | 37,034 |
| 2015 | 37,454 |
| 2016 | 38,420 |
| 2017 | 38,397 |
| 2018 | 40,302 |
| 2019 | 40,673 |
| 2020 | 32,859 |
| 2021 | 37,203 |
| 2022 | 38,939 |
| 2023 | 41,744 |
| 2024 | 37,945 |
| 2025 | 39,391 |
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 6 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
M180 collisions
Police recorded 87 collisions with the M180 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 18 of them fatal or serious, including 3 fatal. That is 4.8 per 100 million vehicle miles, close to the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 0.7 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
About the same in 2025 as in 2021.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | 4 |
| 2022 | 17 | 7 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|
| J4 to J5 North Lincolnshire · 26 collisions | 5.7 |
| J3 to J4 North Lincolnshire · 19 collisions | 5.3 |
| J2 to J3 North Lincolnshire · 17 collisions | 4.3 |
| J1 to J2 Doncaster, North Lincolnshire · 16 collisions | 3.2 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 6 collisions were recorded at junctions where the M180 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 100.0% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the M180
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Doncaster
- North Lincolnshire
Planned closures on the M180 in England
National Highways has 16 planned closures on the M180 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 7 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 14 start between 7pm and 6am.
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound Jct 1 hard shoulder closure (0/7-0/1)
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound to M181 link road to A1077 southern roundabout lane 1 closure
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound Jct 2 to Jct 3 lane 1 closure (11/7-15/5)
-
Carriageway M180 eastbound Jct 2 entry slip road closure
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound Jct 2 to Jct 3 lane 1 closure (15/5 -19/5)
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound Jct 2 to Jct 3 lane 1 closure (15/5 -19/5)
-
Lane or slip M180 eastbound Jct 4 exit slip Lane 2 closure
-
Carriageway M180 eastbound Jct 4 to Jct 5 carriageway closure
8 more planned closures in this period are not shown.
Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK
Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 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 | 6 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 87 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
| Planned closures | Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways | 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 | 2,304 planned closure schemes | 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”.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Powered by National Highways’ Transport Data Feeds