The A30: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 430 people were killed or seriously injured in 377 collisions on the A30, making it the 14th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
377
serious or fatal collisions
430
people killed or seriously injured
39
collisions that took a life
#14
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A30 carries 1,599 recorded injury collisions over the period, 377 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Cornwall, Surrey Heath, Hart, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are more likely than average to be fatal: 10% against 7% across the numbered network, which usually points to higher speeds. Most collisions were recorded on 70 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 81 serious collisions, and the count is down 9% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A30
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Cornwall90 KSI
- Surrey Heath33 KSI
- Hart30 KSI
- East Devon26 KSI
- Basingstoke and Deane25 KSI
- Wiltshire23 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A30
2025: 68 (down 5.6% on the year before) · peak 81 in 2022 · -9.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A30
How many accidents happen on the A30?
Police recorded 1,599 injury collisions on the A30 over 2021–2025, of which 377 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 430 people killed or seriously injured, including 39 fatal collisions.
Is the A30 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 14 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 13 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A30 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Cornwall, Surrey Heath, Hart. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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