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St Austell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,467 road traffic collisions in St Austell, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,994 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 398 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 25 collisions, up 19% on 2024 (21).

Collisions since 1979
2,467
394th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,994
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
21 people killed
Serious collisions
398
427 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
25
Up 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Level with 2024

Road collision statistics for St Austell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal180.7%
  • Serious39816%
  • Slight2,05183%

What the data shows

  • St Austell had 269 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 475 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in St Austell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 422 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Austell, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in St Austell.

Where St Austell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
394th
Most casualties
396th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
416th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday338 (14%)
  • Tuesday373 (15%)
  • Wednesday381 (15%)
  • Thursday406 (16%)
  • Friday421 (17%)
  • Saturday321 (13%)
  • Sunday227 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,950 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit452 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,170 (88%)
  • Roundabout198 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road55 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway22 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded22 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph1,917 (78%)
  • 40 mph376 (15%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph156 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,864 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds392 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds58 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds48 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other62 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,444 (48%)
  • Motorcyclist641 (21%)
  • Pedestrian614 (21%)
  • Cyclist220 (7.3%)
  • Van occupant29 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Austell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Austell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Austell peaked at 83 in 1989; 2025 had 25.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 25
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252527
20242127
20232732
20221924
20212833
20202230
20193741
20183847
20171317
20163948
20154557
20144768
20133440
20124150
20114362
20105175
20094757
20085062
20075878
20065967
200579106
20047297
20035160
20026889
20016167
20005364
19995670
19985965
19975565
19964861
19955876
19945557
19934959
19925663
19916880
19906973
19898398
19886984
19876271
19866276
19855965
19847382
19837989
19827793
19817493
19806777
19796172

Map of recent crashes in St Austell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Austell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Austell

The 24 most recent collisions in St Austell happened between 22 January and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Austell

The A390 has the most collisions in St Austell, 610 of 2,467 (25%), followed by the A3061 (166).

Collisions in St Austell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA390610791595
2ndA3061166197042
3rdA3058116164211
4thB3374109133032
5thA391104131518
6thB3274698817
7thB3273344000

Council area for St Austell

St Austell is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. St Austell accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode districts in St Austell

Collisions in St Austell were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PL25 (2,464) and PL26 (3).