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St Ives (Cornwall) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 625 road traffic collisions in St Ives, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 709 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 87 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
625
1,012th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
709
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
87
93 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for St Ives

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.6%
  • Serious8714%
  • Slight53485%

What the data shows

  • St Ives had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 124 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in St Ives were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 142 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Ives, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in St Ives.

Where St Ives ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,012th
Most casualties
1,094th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,240th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday86 (14%)
  • Tuesday86 (14%)
  • Wednesday85 (14%)
  • Thursday99 (16%)
  • Friday99 (16%)
  • Saturday102 (16%)
  • Sunday68 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight523 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit91 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway497 (80%)
  • One way street or slip road99 (16%)
  • Roundabout20 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph576 (92%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph32 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds504 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian393 (55%)
  • Car occupant146 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (14%)
  • Cyclist41 (5.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Ives road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Ives, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Ives peaked at 26 in 1979; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
2024910
2023910
202288
202177
202044
201958
201899
2017911
201666
201577
2014910
20131014
20121213
20111113
20102223
20091516
20081317
20071515
20061012
20052427
20042021
20031316
20022021
20011011
20001516
19992223
199899
19971113
19961517
19951315
19941516
19931617
19921314
19911619
19901011
19891317
19882125
19871313
19861316
198588
19841315
19831925
19822330
19811518
19802226
19792630

Map of recent crashes in St Ives

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Ives

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Ives

The 24 most recent collisions in St Ives happened between 3 May 2023 and 16 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Ives

The B3306 has the most collisions in St Ives, 163 of 625 (26%), followed by the A3074 (104).

Collisions in St Ives on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3306163191025
2ndA3074104124216
3rdB3311142201
4thB30743310

Council area for St Ives

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

Postcode district for St Ives

All 625 collisions in St Ives were in the TR26 postcode district.