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Plympton Erle, Plymouth, PL7 4NW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
564
1,005th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
757
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
16
Up 7% on 2024

Crash severity at the PL7 4NW hotspot

47 of the 564 collisions here (8.3%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal61.1%
  • Serious417.3%
  • Slight51792%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
50
Slightly injured
701
All casualties
757

Accidents by year at the PL7 4NW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 37 in 2001, against an average of 23 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the PL7 4NW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251618
20241517
20231621
20221219
20211322
20201718
20191518
20182030
20172029
20161620
20152434
20142131
20132848
20122326
20111518
20102637
20092631
20082434
20073443
20062738
20052631
20042438
20033643
20023345
20013748

Map of crashes at the PL7 4NW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near PL7 4NW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Plympton Erle, Plymouth, PL7 4NW area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the PL7 4NW 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
Plympton Erle
Council area
Plymouth
Nearest postcode to the centre
PL7 4NW
Postcode district
PL7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.39049, -4.0815
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
15 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,005th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the PL7 4NW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A38, with 151 of 564, followed by the B3416 with 141.

Collisions at the PL7 4NW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3815122029
2ndB3416141204111
3rdA374728427
4thB31463300
5thA301100
6thA3441100
7thA3761100

Towns near the PL7 4NW hotspot

258 of the 564 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Plymouth.

All 564 crashes at the PL7 4NW hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 15 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year