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PL32 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 912 road traffic collisions in the PL32 postcode district, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,443 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 183 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
912
2,239th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,443
1.58 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
34 people killed
Serious collisions
183
233 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
Down 13% on 2024

Road collision statistics for PL32

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal232.5%
  • Serious18320%
  • Slight70677%

What the data shows

  • PL32 had 142 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 163 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in PL32 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 151 children under 16 were killed or injured in PL32, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in PL32.

Where PL32 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,239th
Most casualties
2,183rd
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
2,283rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday126 (14%)
  • Tuesday131 (14%)
  • Wednesday135 (15%)
  • Thursday126 (14%)
  • Friday140 (15%)
  • Saturday137 (15%)
  • Sunday117 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight717 (79%)
  • Dark, no street lighting158 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway900 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph178 (20%)
  • 40 mph19 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph24 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph681 (75%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds657 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds113 (12%)
  • Fog or mist41 (4.5%)
  • Raining with high winds37 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other28 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,144 (79%)
  • Motorcyclist150 (10%)
  • Pedestrian62 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant40 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (1%)
  • Cyclist13 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PL32 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PL32, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PL32 peaked at 34 in 2002; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251521
20241424
20231125
20221226
20211632
2020818
20191526
20181735
20171428
20162031
20151825
20141423
2013918
20121317
20111016
20101832
20092127
20082039
20071829
20062236
20052735
20042845
20033050
20023441
20011732
20003039
19992536
19983251
19972438
19962742
19952943
19941216
19932330
19922441
19912542
19902034
19892538
19882539
19872337
19862329
19851124
19841626
19831523
198288
19811829
19801518
19792129

Map of recent crashes in PL32

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PL32

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PL32

The 24 most recent collisions in PL32 happened between 31 July 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PL32

The A39 has the most collisions in PL32, 439 of 912 (48%), followed by the B3266 (162).

Collisions in PL32 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA394397119100
2ndB3266162254427
3rdA39595164619
4thB3314477106
5thB3263232812

Council area for PL32

PL32 is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PL32 accounts for 1.2% of them.

Town in PL32

Of the 912 collisions in PL32, 182 (20%) were in Camelford.