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Helston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 880 road traffic collisions in Helston, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,058 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 165 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
880
823rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,058
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
165
182 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Helston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal50.6%
  • Serious16519%
  • Slight71081%

What the data shows

  • Helston had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 147 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Helston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 168 children under 16 were killed or injured in Helston, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Helston.

Where Helston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
823rd
Most casualties
855th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
802nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday143 (16%)
  • Tuesday130 (15%)
  • Wednesday140 (16%)
  • Thursday149 (17%)
  • Friday122 (14%)
  • Saturday122 (14%)
  • Sunday74 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight749 (85%)
  • Dark, street lights lit124 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway702 (80%)
  • Roundabout104 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road57 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph9 (1%)
  • 30 mph662 (75%)
  • 40 mph99 (11%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph106 (12%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds678 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds119 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist13 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other10 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant445 (42%)
  • Pedestrian249 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist235 (22%)
  • Cyclist101 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Helston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Helston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Helston peaked at 42 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
20241213
202366
202279
20211119
2020812
2019812
20181012
20171114
20161318
20151521
20141114
201366
20121822
20111824
20101619
20091819
20081519
20071416
20061617
20051821
20041717
20032531
20021720
20012629
20002931
19992022
19981721
19972028
19961922
19951927
19942733
19932734
19921718
19911618
19901621
19892426
19882933
19873035
19862025
19854248
19843034
19833543
19822733
19813339
19802833
19791621

Map of recent crashes in Helston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Helston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Helston

The 24 most recent collisions in Helston happened between 28 July 2022 and 18 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Helston

The A394 has the most collisions in Helston, 340 of 880 (39%), followed by the B3297 (112).

Collisions in Helston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA394340422367
2ndB3297112144018
3rdA30833041012
4thB3304101003
5thB32936703

Council area for Helston

Helston is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Helston accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Helston

All 880 collisions in Helston were in the TR13 postcode district.