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St Blazey road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 607 road traffic collisions in St Blazey, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 785 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 122 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
607
1,033rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
785
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
122
141 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for St Blazey

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.2%
  • Serious12220%
  • Slight47879%

What the data shows

  • St Blazey had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 125 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in St Blazey were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 97 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Blazey, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in St Blazey.

Where St Blazey ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,033rd
Most casualties
1,014th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
994th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday94 (15%)
  • Tuesday77 (13%)
  • Wednesday82 (14%)
  • Thursday89 (15%)
  • Friday82 (14%)
  • Saturday99 (16%)
  • Sunday84 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight481 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway596 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.7%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.5%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph459 (76%)
  • 40 mph56 (9.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph89 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds456 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds111 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant449 (57%)
  • Motorcyclist144 (18%)
  • Pedestrian116 (15%)
  • Cyclist43 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Blazey road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Blazey, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Blazey peaked at 26 in 2001; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
2024910
2023610
202267
202157
202044
20191013
20181213
20171011
201669
20151114
201448
2013711
20121215
20111315
201058
2009911
20082333
20071922
20062229
20052030
20041317
20031821
20021823
20012636
20001218
19991519
19981115
19971216
19961923
1995812
19941421
1993810
199246
19911214
19901520
19891415
19881720
19871821
19861723
19851822
19841623
19831415
19821114
19811925
19802230
19791820

Map of recent crashes in St Blazey

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Blazey

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Blazey

The 24 most recent collisions in St Blazey happened between 6 July 2022 and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Blazey

The A390 has the most collisions in St Blazey, 247 of 607 (41%), followed by the A3082 (134).

Collisions in St Blazey on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA390247323544
2ndA3082134191128

Council area for St Blazey

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

Postcode districts in St Blazey

Collisions in St Blazey were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by PL24 (512) and PL25 (95).