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Camborne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,706 road traffic collisions in Camborne, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,991 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 265 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, down from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,706
508th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,991
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
265
280 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Camborne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal130.8%
  • Serious26516%
  • Slight1,42884%

What the data shows

  • Camborne had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 265 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Camborne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 384 children under 16 were killed or injured in Camborne, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Camborne.

Where Camborne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
508th
Most casualties
540th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
556th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday238 (14%)
  • Tuesday276 (16%)
  • Wednesday265 (16%)
  • Thursday238 (14%)
  • Friday304 (18%)
  • Saturday232 (14%)
  • Sunday153 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,374 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit295 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,529 (90%)
  • Roundabout88 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road61 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph39 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph1,567 (92%)
  • 40 mph31 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph57 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph10 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,339 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds242 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds43 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant697 (35%)
  • Pedestrian587 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist380 (19%)
  • Cyclist256 (13%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Camborne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Camborne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Camborne peaked at 64 in 1983; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251820
20241921
20231516
20222432
20211012
20201821
20193648
20182731
20172429
20162531
20152528
20142326
20133239
20122527
20111520
20102835
20093234
20082529
20073237
20062833
20054246
20043950
20034956
20024144
20014255
20005058
19993946
19983743
19973949
19965164
19955455
19944550
19933341
19924356
19913839
19903943
19894149
19885157
19873943
19865660
19855260
19846166
19836475
19825059
19815566
19803647
19793945

Map of recent crashes in Camborne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Camborne

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Camborne

The 24 most recent collisions in Camborne happened between 30 September 2024 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Camborne

The A3047 has the most collisions in Camborne, 676 of 1,706 (40%), followed by the B3303 (156).

Collisions in Camborne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30476767997132
2ndB3303156175121
3rdA30142201
4thA30744400

Council area for Camborne

Camborne is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Camborne accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Camborne

Collisions in Camborne were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR14 (1,702) and TR15 (4).