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PL28 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 482 road traffic collisions in the PL28 postcode district, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 668 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
482
2,431st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
668
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
109
137 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PL28

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious10923%
  • Slight36876%

What the data shows

  • PL28 had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 97 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in PL28 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 99 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL28, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in PL28.

Where PL28 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,431st
Most casualties
2,439th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,441st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday71 (15%)
  • Tuesday59 (12%)
  • Wednesday57 (12%)
  • Thursday69 (14%)
  • Friday77 (16%)
  • Saturday70 (15%)
  • Sunday79 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight364 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting88 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway465 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph190 (39%)
  • 40 mph25 (5.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph262 (54%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds380 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (9.1%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (2.9%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.9%)
  • Other13 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded12 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant383 (57%)
  • Pedestrian107 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist93 (14%)
  • Cyclist43 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant32 (4.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL28 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL28, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL28 peaked at 20 in 2003; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
202422
202355
202257
202166
202047
20191013
2018612
201777
201644
201578
20141420
201379
2012915
20111010
20101013
20091622
200856
200778
20061218
200579
20041519
20032029
20021423
200145
2000812
19991518
19981519
19971525
19961213
19951215
19941332
19931525
1992812
19911527
19901419
19891214
19881014
198768
19861010
19851011
19841215
19831116
19821421
19811519
19801519
1979914

Map of recent crashes in PL28

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL28

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL28

The 24 most recent collisions in PL28 happened between 26 August 2021 and 18 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL28

The B3276 has the most collisions in PL28, 150 of 482 (31%), followed by the A389 (101).

Collisions in PL28 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3276150200031
2ndA389101149126

Council area for PL28

PL28 is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL28 accounts for 0.6% of them.

Town in PL28

Of the 482 collisions in PL28, 119 (25%) were in Padstow.