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Truro road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,864 road traffic collisions in Truro, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,567 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 424 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, down 30% on 2024 (30).

Collisions since 1979
2,864
348th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,567
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
25 people killed
Serious collisions
424
460 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 30% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
Down 33% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Truro

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal240.8%
  • Serious42415%
  • Slight2,41684%

What the data shows

  • Truro had 337 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 586 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Truro were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 391 children under 16 were killed or injured in Truro, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Truro.

Where Truro ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
348th
Most casualties
350th
Most fatal collisions
413th
Most serious collisions
389th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday438 (15%)
  • Tuesday461 (16%)
  • Wednesday468 (16%)
  • Thursday448 (16%)
  • Friday468 (16%)
  • Saturday369 (13%)
  • Sunday212 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,400 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit410 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,929 (67%)
  • Dual carriageway391 (14%)
  • Roundabout348 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road172 (6%)
  • Not recorded24 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph37 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,727 (60%)
  • 40 mph782 (27%)
  • 50 mph20 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph221 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph75 (2.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,163 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds476 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds83 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds61 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other40 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,739 (49%)
  • Pedestrian853 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist549 (15%)
  • Cyclist263 (7.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant77 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant54 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.1%)
  • Other6 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Truro road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Truro, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Truro peaked at 95 in 1989; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252122
20243033
20234353
20223650
20212936
20201617
20193445
20184049
20175062
20163848
20154663
20145772
20135066
20124872
20115565
20105978
20096790
20086687
20076778
20067187
20056583
20045461
20036382
200280106
200186116
20007378
19996590
19986986
19975879
19967093
19957599
19947496
19936268
19925161
19917087
19905960
198995103
19886472
19876782
19866375
19858899
19848098
19837490
198289109
198193121
198088118
19796682

Map of recent crashes in Truro

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Truro

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Truro

The 24 most recent collisions in Truro happened between 6 December 2024 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Truro

The A390 has the most collisions in Truro, 785 of 2,864 (27%), followed by the A39 (511).

Collisions in Truro on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3907851,0526107
2ndA395116761081
3rdB3284211275335
4thB3286117139232
5thA3076233102

Council area for Truro

Truro is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Truro accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Truro

Collisions in Truro were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR1 (2,845) and TR3 (19).