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PL22 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 722 road traffic collisions in the PL22 postcode district, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,071 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 29 were fatal and 134 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
722
2,313th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,071
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
29
35 people killed
Serious collisions
134
183 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PL22

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal294%
  • Serious13419%
  • Slight55977%

What the data shows

  • PL22 had 72 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 117 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in PL22 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL22, 7.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 49% of collisions in PL22.

Where PL22 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,313th
Most casualties
2,296th
Most fatal collisions
1,875th
Most serious collisions
2,383rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (13%)
  • Tuesday86 (12%)
  • Wednesday98 (14%)
  • Thursday115 (16%)
  • Friday101 (14%)
  • Saturday116 (16%)
  • Sunday111 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight555 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting147 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway706 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.2%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph141 (20%)
  • 40 mph23 (3.2%)
  • 50 mph16 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph538 (75%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds511 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds130 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (3%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Other31 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant818 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist113 (11%)
  • Pedestrian45 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant35 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (3%)
  • Cyclist14 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL22 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL22, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL22 peaked at 36 in 1990; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251319
202435
202379
20221015
202157
2020811
201934
2018711
20171117
201656
2015913
2014710
20131317
20121518
20111421
2010915
200947
20081326
20071214
20062132
20052020
20041418
20031927
20021219
20012330
20002331
19992031
19981627
19972434
19962132
19951728
19942335
19932530
19921116
19911418
19903656
19892746
19881929
19872637
19862233
19851934
19841626
19831218
19821731
19811428
19802127
19792233

Map of recent crashes in PL22

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL22

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL22

The 24 most recent collisions in PL22 happened between 16 December 2022 and 7 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL22

The A390 has the most collisions in PL22, 511 of 722 (71%), followed by the B3269 (53).

Collisions in PL22 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3905118012594
2ndB32695367112
3rdB3268283206
4thA303401

Council area for PL22

PL22 is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL22 accounts for 0.9% of them.

Town in PL22

Of the 722 collisions in PL22, 141 (20%) were in Lostwithiel.