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Callington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 385 road traffic collisions in Callington, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 506 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 58 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
385
1,341st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
506
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
58
66 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Callington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41%
  • Serious5815%
  • Slight32384%

What the data shows

  • Callington had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Callington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 55 children under 16 were killed or injured in Callington, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Callington.

Where Callington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,341st
Most casualties
1,312th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,603rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (15%)
  • Tuesday70 (18%)
  • Wednesday53 (14%)
  • Thursday49 (13%)
  • Friday71 (18%)
  • Saturday50 (13%)
  • Sunday36 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight325 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway344 (89%)
  • Roundabout33 (8.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph248 (64%)
  • 40 mph72 (19%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph56 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds300 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant285 (56%)
  • Pedestrian91 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (16%)
  • Cyclist25 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant16 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Callington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Callington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Callington peaked at 18 in 2006; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202434
202369
202249
2021914
202023
20191116
201889
2017712
20161313
201567
2014915
201355
2012813
20111516
2010919
20091011
20081213
20071418
20061829
20051517
20041521
20031620
20021113
20011213
20001117
199999
199844
199724
199645
199534
199489
199378
199267
199156
199056
198966
198833
1987610
198678
19851112
1984712
198366
198234
19811013
1980812
19791116

Map of recent crashes in Callington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Callington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Callington

The 24 most recent collisions in Callington happened between 27 June 2021 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Callington

The A388 has the most collisions in Callington, 164 of 385 (43%), followed by the A390 (76).

Collisions in Callington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA388164221325
2ndA39076102019

Council area for Callington

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

Postcode district for Callington

All 385 collisions in Callington were in the PL17 postcode district.