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Bude road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 427 road traffic collisions in Bude, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 521 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 85 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
427
1,258th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
521
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
85
100 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bude

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious8520%
  • Slight34180%

What the data shows

  • Bude had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Bude were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Bude are between noon and 3pm, with 24% of collisions.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bude, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Bude ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,258th
Most casualties
1,293rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (13%)
  • Tuesday55 (13%)
  • Wednesday76 (18%)
  • Thursday57 (13%)
  • Friday74 (17%)
  • Saturday57 (13%)
  • Sunday51 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight367 (86%)
  • Dark, street lights lit53 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway339 (79%)
  • One way street or slip road72 (17%)
  • Roundabout13 (3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph379 (89%)
  • 40 mph28 (6.6%)
  • 60 mph16 (3.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds341 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant197 (38%)
  • Pedestrian154 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist104 (20%)
  • Cyclist51 (9.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant5 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bude road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bude, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bude peaked at 23 in 2000; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202478
202366
202288
202158
202077
201944
201867
201733
201644
20151111
201422
201357
201255
201188
201046
200989
20081114
20071011
200678
20051010
200499
200388
20021213
20011214
20002329
1999919
199879
199735
199644
199548
19941112
19931012
19921319
19911214
19901921
19891621
19881821
198788
198678
19851316
19841216
198356
19821316
19811527
19801113
19791821

Map of recent crashes in Bude

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bude

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bude

The 24 most recent collisions in Bude happened between 31 March 2022 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bude

The A3072 has the most collisions in Bude, 58 of 427 (14%), followed by the A3073 (22).

Collisions in Bude on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30725889018
2ndA3073222604

Council area for Bude

Bude is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bude accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Bude

All 427 collisions in Bude were in the EX23 postcode district.