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PL2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,834 road traffic collisions in the PL2 postcode district, Plymouth, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,986 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 43 were fatal and 968 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 45 collisions, level with 2024.

Collisions since 1979
4,834
606th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,986
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
43
46 people killed
Serious collisions
968
1,079 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
45
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
59
Up 9% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PL2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal430.9%
  • Serious96820%
  • Slight3,82379%

What the data shows

  • PL2 had 497 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 824 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in PL2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,020 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL2, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in PL2.

Where PL2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
606th
Most casualties
703rd
Most fatal collisions
1,403rd
Most serious collisions
428th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday682 (14%)
  • Tuesday678 (14%)
  • Wednesday745 (15%)
  • Thursday793 (16%)
  • Friday847 (18%)
  • Saturday636 (13%)
  • Sunday453 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,807 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit976 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting25 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,457 (72%)
  • Dual carriageway1,153 (24%)
  • Roundabout159 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road45 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph27 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph4,596 (95%)
  • 40 mph52 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph9 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph118 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph30 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,740 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds778 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds105 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds66 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other99 (2%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,826 (47%)
  • Pedestrian1,214 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist1,129 (19%)
  • Cyclist519 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant162 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant56 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant49 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL2 peaked at 182 in 1984; 2025 had 45.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 45
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254559
20244554
20234353
20223751
20213540
20204351
20197496
20185575
20175780
20166385
20158395
20147089
20137492
20126478
20118295
201085111
200993124
20088398
200792115
200698117
2005117148
2004114141
2003114143
2002120138
2001103121
2000104123
1999110144
1998105138
1997113136
1996106135
1995105128
199494115
1993140157
1992132160
1991120143
1990137170
1989105128
1988142164
1987150180
1986152196
1985169206
1984182216
1983172227
1982158202
1981148189
1980146174
1979155206

Map of recent crashes in PL2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL2

The 24 most recent collisions in PL2 happened between 13 July and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL2

The A386 has the most collisions in PL2, 665 of 4,834 (14%), followed by the B3396 (474).

Collisions in PL2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38666587212111
2ndB3396474580283
3rdA3064392483369
4thA3882863445101
5thA3042155202363
6thA304181102136
7thA38305418
8thA3043252608
9thA3745500
10thB32384600
11thB30643401

Council area for PL2

PL2 is in Plymouth, where police recorded 39,632 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL2 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in PL2

Of the 4,834 collisions in PL2, 4,726 (98%) were in Plymouth.