Unitary authority · England
Cornwall road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 4,851 injury collisions in Cornwall's highway authority area, 1,148 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 4,851
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 6,673
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 92
- 1,056 serious, 3,703 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 50%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, Cornwall recorded 188 fatal or serious collisions, 18% below its average of 230 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | 208 | 757 | 978 | 1,444 |
221
|
| 2022 | 21 | 244 | 747 | 1,012 | 1,420 |
265
|
| 2023 | 22 | 241 | 737 | 1,000 | 1,379 |
263
|
| 2024 | 17 | 194 | 730 | 941 | 1,236 |
211
|
| 2025 | 19 | 169 | 732 | 920 | 1,194 |
188
|
| 2021–2025 | 92 | 1,056 | 3,703 | 4,851 | 6,673 | 1,148 |
Casualties by road user
6,673 people were hurt in these collisions: 102 killed, 1,181 seriously injured and 5,390 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 50% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 658 | 9.9% | 181 | 14.1% |
| Pedal cyclists | 376 | 5.6% | 115 | 9.0% |
| Motorcyclists | 828 | 12.4% | 348 | 27.1% |
| All road users | 6,673 | 100% | 1,283 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in Cornwall, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A30 420 collisions · 90 fatal or serious
- A39 342 collisions · 72 fatal or serious
- A390 287 collisions · 68 fatal or serious
- A38 186 collisions · 41 fatal or serious
- A388 119 collisions · 30 fatal or serious
- A3047 91 collisions · 22 fatal or serious
- A394 78 collisions · 22 fatal or serious
- B3254 73 collisions · 13 fatal or serious
- A3058 69 collisions · 16 fatal or serious
- A389 66 collisions · 18 fatal or serious
Areas within Cornwall
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from Cornwall
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check Cornwall's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.