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PL13 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,239 road traffic collisions in the PL13 postcode district, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,826 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 239 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, up from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,239
2,096th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,826
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
24 people killed
Serious collisions
239
313 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
Up 14% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PL13

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.6%
  • Serious23919%
  • Slight98079%

What the data shows

  • PL13 had 162 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 249 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in PL13 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 189 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL13, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in PL13.

Where PL13 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,096th
Most casualties
2,058th
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,154th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday158 (13%)
  • Tuesday163 (13%)
  • Wednesday171 (14%)
  • Thursday171 (14%)
  • Friday197 (16%)
  • Saturday190 (15%)
  • Sunday189 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight960 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting210 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit61 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,197 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road21 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph7 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph417 (34%)
  • 40 mph32 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph25 (2%)
  • 60 mph755 (61%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds934 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds173 (14%)
  • Fog or mist37 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Other32 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,165 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist228 (12%)
  • Pedestrian226 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant90 (4.9%)
  • Cyclist49 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant46 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL13 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL13, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL13 peaked at 44 in 1990; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251924
20241621
20231725
20221723
20211520
20201121
20191419
20181925
20171620
20161826
20151925
20141342
20131931
20122033
20112439
20103044
20092838
20083247
20073447
20063037
20053662
20044154
20032488
20022959
20013752
20002839
19992438
19983445
19974155
19963756
19953144
19942636
19933345
19924253
19913444
19904455
19892834
19882332
19872530
19863247
19852535
19842124
19832841
19823453
19811834
19801718
19793646

Map of recent crashes in PL13

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL13

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL13

The 24 most recent collisions in PL13 happened between 1 August 2024 and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL13

The A387 has the most collisions in PL13, 414 of 1,239 (33%), followed by the B3253 (170).

Collisions in PL13 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3874146921189
2ndB3253170268332
3rdB3359137206136
4thB3254284205
5thB3252223505
6thB324791203
7thA307381000
8thA3981502

Council area for PL13

PL13 is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL13 accounts for 1.6% of them.

Town in PL13

Of the 1,239 collisions in PL13, 289 (23%) were in Looe.