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Falmouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,836 road traffic collisions in Falmouth, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,192 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 315 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, down 32% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
1,836
486th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,192
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
21 people killed
Serious collisions
315
343 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
Down 32% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
Down 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Falmouth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal211.1%
  • Serious31517%
  • Slight1,50082%

What the data shows

  • Falmouth had 201 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 317 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Falmouth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 335 children under 16 were killed or injured in Falmouth, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Falmouth.

Where Falmouth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
486th
Most casualties
501st
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
483rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday255 (14%)
  • Tuesday258 (14%)
  • Wednesday271 (15%)
  • Thursday274 (15%)
  • Friday297 (16%)
  • Saturday283 (15%)
  • Sunday198 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,447 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit347 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting26 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,513 (82%)
  • One way street or slip road202 (11%)
  • Roundabout94 (5.1%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph44 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph1,539 (84%)
  • 40 mph161 (8.8%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph88 (4.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,437 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds265 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds52 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds38 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant900 (41%)
  • Pedestrian569 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist390 (18%)
  • Cyclist237 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant36 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant32 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Falmouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Falmouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Falmouth peaked at 75 in 1999; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251519
20242223
20232330
20221919
20212026
20201618
20191922
20183135
20172129
20161519
20151717
20143237
20132733
20122230
20113039
20103649
20092931
20083238
20075158
20064151
20053544
20044153
20034855
20024454
20015666
20003539
19997583
19984150
19974248
19964860
19953540
19945568
19934650
19924754
19913745
19906173
19894752
19884957
19874251
19864752
19855667
19846477
19835363
19826279
19814854
19805260
19795275

Map of recent crashes in Falmouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Falmouth

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Falmouth

The 24 most recent collisions in Falmouth happened between 29 July 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Falmouth

The A39 has the most collisions in Falmouth, 411 of 1,836 (22%), followed by the B3290 (157).

Collisions in Falmouth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39411497477
2ndB3290157194438
3rdB33614352012
4thA3904400

Council area for Falmouth

Falmouth is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Falmouth accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Falmouth

All 1,836 collisions in Falmouth were in the TR11 postcode district.