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Newquay road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,084 road traffic collisions in Newquay, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,539 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 359 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, down 39% on 2024 (23).

Collisions since 1979
2,084
445th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,539
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
23 people killed
Serious collisions
359
400 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
Down 39% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
Down 36% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Newquay

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal211%
  • Serious35917%
  • Slight1,70482%

What the data shows

  • Newquay had 233 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 370 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Newquay were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 323 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newquay, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Newquay.

Where Newquay ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
445th
Most casualties
461st
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
442nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday290 (14%)
  • Tuesday288 (14%)
  • Wednesday273 (13%)
  • Thursday259 (12%)
  • Friday348 (17%)
  • Saturday368 (18%)
  • Sunday258 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,662 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit367 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting38 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,637 (79%)
  • One way street or slip road320 (15%)
  • Roundabout111 (5.3%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph29 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph1,812 (87%)
  • 40 mph83 (4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph158 (7.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,657 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds254 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds80 (3.8%)
  • Raining with high winds42 (2%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other28 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,082 (43%)
  • Pedestrian739 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist390 (15%)
  • Cyclist225 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant29 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newquay road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newquay, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newquay peaked at 74 in 2005; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251416
20242325
20231616
20223337
20213037
20201822
20192629
20182225
20172527
20162636
20152023
20142830
20133338
20123239
20113539
20102737
20094555
20083343
20075668
20066180
20057495
20045668
20035257
20026676
20017484
20005263
19995261
19986085
19975970
19964855
19955665
19945364
19935873
19923953
19913438
19905567
19895257
19885364
19875868
19864348
19856476
19844964
19835360
19824367
19815977
19806388
19795674

Map of recent crashes in Newquay

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newquay

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newquay

The 24 most recent collisions in Newquay happened between 21 July 2024 and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newquay

The A392 has the most collisions in Newquay, 379 of 2,084 (18%), followed by the A3058 (243).

Collisions in Newquay on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA392379470881
2ndA3058243304334
3rdB32827388316
4thB32766595118
5thA3059537016
6thA30754358021

Council area for Newquay

Newquay is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newquay accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Newquay

Collisions in Newquay were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR7 (1,964) and TR8 (120).