Motorway
M69 traffic and collisions
The M69 is a motorway of 17.3 miles, from Warwickshire to Leicestershire. This page covers its traffic at 5 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 374m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 59,202 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 70,483 RD SPLIT to J1
- HGV share 9.2% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +0.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 46 2.7 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the M69?
On an average day in 2025, 59,202 vehicles passed each point on the M69, counting both directions. The busiest section is RD SPLIT to J1 (Warwickshire), with 70,483 a day; the quietest listed is A46T to M69, with 27,323.
Busiest sections, 2025
RD SPLIT to J1 carries 1.2 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| RD SPLIT to J1 Warwickshire · 6.2 mi · HGVs 8.8% | 70,483 |
| J1 to J2 Leicestershire · 2.7 mi · HGVs 9.2% | 62,212 |
| J2 to M1 Leicestershire · 6.8 mi · HGVs 9.5% | 55,794 |
| A46T to M69 Warwickshire · 1.1 mi · HGVs 10.2% | 27,323 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Warwickshire to Leicestershire · 17.3 miles
M69 traffic and collisions by section
4 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 1 short link roads and spurs (0.5 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
Sections Tap a column heading to sort
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A46T to M69Warwickshire | 27,323 | 5 |
| 2 | RD SPLIT to J1Warwickshire | 70,483 | 13 |
| 3 | J1 to J2Leicestershire | 62,212 | 4 |
| 4 | J2 to M1Leicestershire | 55,794 | 23 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the M69 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.
M69 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 72.5% of the vehicle miles on the M69. HGVs account for 9.2%.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.5% |
| 2001 | 10.1% |
| 2002 | 9.7% |
| 2003 | 9.8% |
| 2004 | 9.6% |
| 2005 | 9.7% |
| 2006 | 9.7% |
| 2007 | 9.7% |
| 2008 | 9.6% |
| 2009 | 8.9% |
| 2010 | 9.1% |
| 2011 | 8.6% |
| 2012 | 8.9% |
| 2013 | 8.9% |
| 2014 | 9.6% |
| 2015 | 9.8% |
| 2016 | 9.9% |
| 2017 | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 9.7% |
| 2019 | 9.6% |
| 2020 | 13.5% |
| 2021 | 13.1% |
| 2022 | 11.3% |
| 2023 | 10.9% |
| 2024 | 9.5% |
| 2025 | 9.2% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
M69 traffic trend
Traffic on the M69 came to 374 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is about the same as in 2019, before the pandemic, and up 11.9% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is up 18.2% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 316m |
| 2001 | 318m |
| 2002 | 330m |
| 2003 | 310m |
| 2004 | 335m |
| 2005 | 332m |
| 2006 | 334m |
| 2007 | 325m |
| 2008 | 337m |
| 2009 | 334m |
| 2010 | 326m |
| 2011 | 332m |
| 2012 | 332m |
| 2013 | 338m |
| 2014 | 328m |
| 2015 | 334m |
| 2016 | 341m |
| 2017 | 343m |
| 2018 | 371m |
| 2019 | 373m |
| 2020 | 259m |
| 2021 | 294m |
| 2022 | 331m |
| 2023 | 341m |
| 2024 | 381m |
| 2025 | 374m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 50,093 |
| 2001 | 50,398 |
| 2002 | 52,230 |
| 2003 | 49,159 |
| 2004 | 53,084 |
| 2005 | 52,587 |
| 2006 | 52,865 |
| 2007 | 51,413 |
| 2008 | 53,383 |
| 2009 | 52,812 |
| 2010 | 51,679 |
| 2011 | 52,491 |
| 2012 | 52,543 |
| 2013 | 53,552 |
| 2014 | 51,912 |
| 2015 | 52,923 |
| 2016 | 54,038 |
| 2017 | 54,350 |
| 2018 | 58,781 |
| 2019 | 58,996 |
| 2020 | 41,080 |
| 2021 | 46,597 |
| 2022 | 52,432 |
| 2023 | 53,985 |
| 2024 | 60,295 |
| 2025 | 59,202 |
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 5 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
M69 collisions
Police recorded 46 collisions with the M69 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 5 of them fatal or serious. That is 2.7 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 0.5 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Up 57.1% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Collisions |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|
| J2 to M1 Leicestershire · 23 collisions | 3.2 |
| RD SPLIT to J1 Warwickshire · 13 collisions | 1.9 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 6 collisions were recorded at junctions where the M69 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 97.8% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions
Council areas on the M69
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Warwickshire
- Leicestershire
Planned closures on the M69 in England
National Highways has 7 planned closures on the M69 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, all of them starting in that period. 2 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 6 start between 7pm and 6am.
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Lane or slip Lane 2,3 closure northbound
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Lane or slip Lane 3 closure northbound
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Carriageway M69 southbound Jct 2 exit slip road closure
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Carriageway M69 southbound Jct 1 exit slip road closure
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Lane or slip Lane closure northbound
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Lane or slip M69 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure southbound
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Lane or slip M69 hard shoulder and lane 1 closure southbound
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 | 5 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 46 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”.
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