Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 6 Apr 2025, 09:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025501577017
Launceston North & North Petherwin, Cornwall, PL15 8DF area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 139 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Launceston North & North Petherwin ward, Cornwall, from 2001 to 2025, with 178 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 11 were serious.
In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 3 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 139
- 5,984th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 178
- 1.28 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 1
- 3 in 2024
Crash severity at the PL15 8DF hotspot
12 of the 139 collisions here (8.6%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.7%
- Serious117.9%
- Slight12791%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 11
- Slightly injured
- 166
- All casualties
- 178
Accidents by year at the PL15 8DF hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 14 in 2005, against an average of 5.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the PL15 8DF hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 1
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 9 | 13 |
| 2008 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2005 | 14 | 17 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10 |
| 2001 | 10 | 12 |
Map of crashes at the PL15 8DF hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PL15 8DF.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Launceston North & North Petherwin, Cornwall, PL15 8DF area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Fatal
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the PL15 8DF hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
- Ward
- Launceston North & North Petherwin
- Council area
- Cornwall
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- PL15 8DF
- Postcode district
- PL15
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 50.64242, -4.36405
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 6 April 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 5,984th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the PL15 8DF hotspot
131 of the 139 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Launceston.
Accident hotspots near PL15 8DF
3 other hotspots lie within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Launceston South, Cornwall, PL15 9DS area, 1.2 km away, with 269 collisions.
All 139 crashes at the PL15 8DF hotspot
Newest first, from 2 February 2001 to 6 April 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 14 Dec 2024, 23:25
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024501530536
- Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 20 Aug 2024, 18:10
- Nissan Qashqai and an e-scooter
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024501481979
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 29 Jan 2024, 19:42
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2024501404494
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 25 Aug 2023, 12:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023501346895
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 8 Aug 2022, 13:30
- Renault Megane and BMW R Series
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022501237680
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 29 Jun 2022, 14:20
- Fiat Panda and Ford Galaxy
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022501206270
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 19 May 2021, 22:20
- Volkswagen Golf, Mazda 2 and Peugeot 2008
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021501056043
- Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 25 Apr 2021, 18:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021501046709
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 3 Apr 2021, 13:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021501035705
- Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 24 Dec 2020, 23:23
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2020501015562
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 31 Aug 2020, 16:55
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Vivaro
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020500980815
- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 20 Jun 2020, 16:20
- Ford Fiesta and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500959621
- Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 15 Jun 2020, 09:50
- Vauxhall Zafira and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500962237
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 15 May 2020, 19:16
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500952237
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 13 Mar 2020, 07:48
- Ford Mondeo and Peugeot 207
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020500942616
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 11 Mar 2020, 15:00
- A car and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020500946564
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 5 Mar 2020, 15:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500940673
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 5 Feb 2020, 08:55
- BMW 3 Series and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500941595
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 17 Jan 2020, 17:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020500934195
- Serious
Seat Leon crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 21 Dec 2019, 14:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019500915197
- Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 14 Nov 2019, 08:44
- Toyota Yaris and Volvo V40
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019500907550
- Fatal
Peugeot 206 crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 7 Oct 2019, 11:57
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019500885794
- Serious
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 14 Mar 2019, 19:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019500847461
- Slight
Car crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 8 Jan 2019, 20:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019500810735
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 25 Apr 2018, 19:29
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018500292277
- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 29 Mar 2018, 20:50
- Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 207 and Ford Focus
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018500285011
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 5 Dec 2017, 17:34
- Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Insignia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017500252053
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 28 Sep 2017, 13:08
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017500230277
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 16 Jul 2017, 16:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017500205578
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 27 Jun 2017, 17:36
- BMW 3 Series and Hyundai ix20
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017500197756
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 27 Feb 2017, 13:32
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2017500164433
- Slight
Peugeot Speedfight crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 3 Nov 2016, 15:10
- Peugeot Speedfight and Kia Picanto
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500137323
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 19 Sep 2016, 15:36
- Vauxhall Corsa and Peugeot 206
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2016500129092
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 17 Sep 2016, 18:49
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500128767
- Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 10 Sep 2016, 06:57
- Fiat Ducato and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500122311
- Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 21 Aug 2016, 13:18
- Peugeot 308 and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500108232
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 2 Aug 2016, 15:18
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500116493
- Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 23 May 2016, 15:40
- Kia Picanto and Vauxhall Zafira
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016500073299
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 18 May 2016, 15:50
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2016500079162
- Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 5 Jan 2016, 11:00
- A bicycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201650BL2K004
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 14 Aug 2015, 11:45
- Peugeot 206 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201550BL2K032
- Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 13 Jul 2015, 23:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201550BL2K026
- Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B3254 in Cornwall, 1 Jul 2015, 18:30
- Skoda Fabia and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201550BL2K023
- Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 18 Oct 2014, 02:15
- Peugeot 106 and MG ZS
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201450BL2K046
- Slight
Piaggio Zip crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 2 May 2014, 21:00
- Piaggio Zip and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201450BL2K023
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Cornwall, 13 Feb 2014, 15:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201450BL2K007
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A388 in Cornwall, 2 Feb 2014, 13:40
- Peugeot 206 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201450BL2K004