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Bodmin road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,460 road traffic collisions in Bodmin, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,781 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 215 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,460
578th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,781
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
215
234 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
25
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bodmin

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious21515%
  • Slight1,23785%

What the data shows

  • Bodmin had 184 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 278 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Bodmin were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 312 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bodmin, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Bodmin.

Where Bodmin ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
578th
Most casualties
595th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
677th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday215 (15%)
  • Tuesday215 (15%)
  • Wednesday207 (14%)
  • Thursday261 (18%)
  • Friday250 (17%)
  • Saturday186 (13%)
  • Sunday126 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,187 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit213 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting47 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,293 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road94 (6.4%)
  • Roundabout54 (3.7%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph1,125 (77%)
  • 40 mph102 (7%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph205 (14%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,139 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds221 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist15 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant896 (50%)
  • Pedestrian442 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist272 (15%)
  • Cyclist120 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant26 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bodmin road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bodmin, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bodmin peaked at 57 in 1984; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251925
20241417
20231621
20222324
20211622
20201725
20191112
20181622
20172538
20162742
20152024
20142024
20131826
20122630
20112232
20102833
20093241
20082734
20073847
20064760
20054559
20043135
20034956
20023242
20013239
20004458
19993847
19983346
19972930
19963338
19952734
19943747
19934251
19922324
19914150
19903543
19894049
19884046
19874245
19863940
19853743
19845762
19835259
19822935
19813034
19803335
19792835

Map of recent crashes in Bodmin

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bodmin

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bodmin

The 24 most recent collisions in Bodmin happened between 17 July 2024 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bodmin

The A389 has the most collisions in Bodmin, 563 of 1,460 (39%), followed by the B3268 (275).

Collisions in Bodmin on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA389563707284
2ndB3268275334235
3rdA38528616
4thA3081000
5thB32696700

Council area for Bodmin

Bodmin is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bodmin accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Bodmin

Collisions in Bodmin were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PL31 (1,455) and PL30 (5).