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PL3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,888 road traffic collisions in the PL3 postcode district, Plymouth, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,083 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 45 were fatal and 906 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 53 collisions, up 26% on 2024 (42).

Collisions since 1979
4,888
593rd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,083
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
45
46 people killed
Serious collisions
906
1,024 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
53
Up 26% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
63
Up 11% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PL3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal450.9%
  • Serious90619%
  • Slight3,93781%

What the data shows

  • PL3 had 502 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 802 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in PL3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 742 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL3, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in PL3.

Where PL3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
593rd
Most casualties
679th
Most fatal collisions
1,348th
Most serious collisions
531st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday685 (14%)
  • Tuesday743 (15%)
  • Wednesday791 (16%)
  • Thursday792 (16%)
  • Friday815 (17%)
  • Saturday632 (13%)
  • Sunday430 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,726 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,045 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown21 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,074 (63%)
  • Dual carriageway1,206 (25%)
  • Roundabout503 (10%)
  • One way street or slip road86 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph12 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph3,944 (81%)
  • 40 mph403 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph167 (3.4%)
  • 60 mph150 (3.1%)
  • 70 mph211 (4.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,738 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds780 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds137 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds71 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist28 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other102 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded25 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,323 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist1,112 (18%)
  • Pedestrian891 (15%)
  • Cyclist468 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant123 (2%)
  • Van occupant73 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant51 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)14 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL3 peaked at 160 in 1988; 2025 had 53.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 53
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255363
20244257
20235460
20224563
20213743
20204357
20195069
20184556
20176686
20166782
20157499
201475107
20137794
20125769
20117088
201081105
200978108
20088099
2007108133
2006102126
200595118
200496112
2003110134
2002114142
2001112132
200098133
1999107133
1998132171
1997122161
1996136176
1995140173
1994120151
1993133153
1992142172
1991149177
1990137162
1989150178
1988160186
1987149183
1986158197
1985152186
1984156182
1983145184
1982144198
1981133164
1980146173
1979148188

Map of recent crashes in PL3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL3

The 24 most recent collisions in PL3 happened between 30 July and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL3

The A386 has the most collisions in PL3, 692 of 4,888 (14%), followed by the A38 (516).

Collisions in PL3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38669290611126
2ndA38516688361
3rdB3250510645576
4thA374273343871
5thB3238205268166
6thB3214202236239
7thB3396152182026
8thA38894126235
9thA30415158012
10thA30813850017
11thA3064243305
12thB34165710

Council area for PL3

PL3 is in Plymouth, where police recorded 39,632 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL3 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in PL3

Of the 4,888 collisions in PL3, 3,994 (82%) were in Plymouth.