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Hayle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 656 road traffic collisions in Hayle, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 809 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 116 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
656
985th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
809
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
116
126 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hayle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.6%
  • Serious11618%
  • Slight53682%

What the data shows

  • Hayle had 86 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 118 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Hayle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 139 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hayle, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Hayle.

Where Hayle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
985th
Most casualties
1,003rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,035th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday87 (13%)
  • Tuesday93 (14%)
  • Wednesday88 (13%)
  • Thursday98 (15%)
  • Friday110 (17%)
  • Saturday107 (16%)
  • Sunday73 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight537 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit98 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway618 (94%)
  • Roundabout31 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph572 (87%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph75 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds533 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds76 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (3%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (2.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant391 (48%)
  • Pedestrian159 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist138 (17%)
  • Cyclist88 (11%)
  • Van occupant16 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hayle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hayle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hayle peaked at 31 in 1996; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025911
202489
202379
202299
2021713
202088
201957
2018812
20171220
20161314
201588
2014919
20131213
20121823
20111012
20101114
2009912
20081618
2007811
20061718
2005912
20042022
20031823
20021618
20011214
20001417
19991011
19981620
19971414
19963138
19951418
19941417
19932236
199299
19911418
19901820
19891720
19881923
19871819
19861111
19851823
19841822
19831721
19822129
19811923
19802026
19792325

Map of recent crashes in Hayle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hayle

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hayle

The 24 most recent collisions in Hayle happened between 20 January 2023 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hayle

The B3301 has the most collisions in Hayle, 217 of 656 (33%), followed by the A30 (89).

Collisions in Hayle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3301217259142
2ndA3089123214
3rdB33027287115

Council area for Hayle

Hayle is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hayle accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Hayle

All 656 collisions in Hayle were in the TR27 postcode district.