Fatal crash road to get average speed cameras

Average speed cameras will be installed on a road following a number of fatal crashes - but the speed limit will remain the same.

Cornwall Council agreed to put the cameras along a section of the A3083 which runs along the boundary of RNAS Culdrose's base in Helston.

Several fatal crashes have happened on the road including the deaths of Culdrose personnel Samuel Vass, 22, in December 2024 and Callum Gilbert, 23, and Daniel Cox, 24, two years earlier. Lottie Rees, 18, died in a motorcycle crash on the road in 2018.

However, despite calls from campaigners to lower the speed limit to 50mph (80km/h), the council said it would stay at 60mph (96hm/h).

Nearly 2,000 people signed a petition urging the council to review safety measures on the road following the crashes.

In November 2025, coroner Guy Davies said better speed enforcement was needed to prevent further fatal crashes on the road.

The council said 62% of respondents to a public consultation about the plans objected to lowering the speed limit.

"Taking these concerns into account and following further review of the scheme, the speed limit will remain at 60mph," the council said.

The cameras will be installed with funding from the council and the Vision Zero South West road safety partnership.

Dan Rogerson, Cornwall Council cabinet member for transport, said: "One person killed on our roads is one too many and, in the case of this particular stretch, there have been a number of young people who have had their lives cut tragically short, as well as others who have suffered serious injuries."

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