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PL31 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,765 road traffic collisions in the PL31 postcode district, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,239 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 260 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,765
1,859th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,239
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
13 people killed
Serious collisions
260
296 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
31
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PL31

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal120.7%
  • Serious26015%
  • Slight1,49385%

What the data shows

  • PL31 had 231 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 339 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in PL31 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 347 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL31, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in PL31.

Where PL31 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,859th
Most casualties
1,923rd
Most fatal collisions
2,369th
Most serious collisions
2,110th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday254 (14%)
  • Tuesday251 (14%)
  • Wednesday249 (14%)
  • Thursday316 (18%)
  • Friday300 (17%)
  • Saturday235 (13%)
  • Sunday160 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,414 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit229 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting108 (6.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,489 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road104 (5.9%)
  • Roundabout99 (5.6%)
  • Dual carriageway64 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,173 (66%)
  • 40 mph118 (6.7%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph388 (22%)
  • 70 mph50 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,364 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds270 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds36 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist23 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other31 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,237 (55%)
  • Pedestrian454 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist321 (14%)
  • Cyclist130 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant43 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL31 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL31, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL31 peaked at 74 in 1984; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252231
20241519
20231924
20222627
20212031
20202130
20191617
20182432
20173866
20163048
20152229
20142939
20132230
20123034
20112943
20103440
20093746
20083656
20074556
20065576
20054964
20043642
20035563
20024153
20013442
20005370
19994656
19984157
19973233
19964250
19953548
19944860
19935061
19923439
19914658
19904256
19894555
19884450
19874655
19864347
19854457
19847485
19836169
19823445
19813641
19804553
19793956

Map of recent crashes in PL31

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL31

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL31

The 24 most recent collisions in PL31 happened between 6 December 2024 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL31

The A389 has the most collisions in PL31, 677 of 1,765 (38%), followed by the B3268 (275).

Collisions in PL31 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3896778793102
2ndB3268275334235
3rdA38104159112
4thA3090144314
5thB32696700
6thA3903410

Council area for PL31

PL31 is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL31 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in PL31

Of the 1,765 collisions in PL31, 1,455 (82%) were in Bodmin.