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PO39 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 137 road traffic collisions in the PO39 postcode district, Isle of Wight, from 1979 to 2025, and 174 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 39 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
137
2,620th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
174
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
39
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PO39

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious3928%
  • Slight9771%

What the data shows

  • PO39 had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in PO39 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in PO39 are between noon and 3pm, with 26% of collisions.
  • 29 children under 16 were killed or injured in PO39, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where PO39 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,620th
Most casualties
2,635th
Most fatal collisions
2,673rd
Most serious collisions
2,615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (10%)
  • Tuesday23 (17%)
  • Wednesday19 (14%)
  • Thursday16 (12%)
  • Friday20 (15%)
  • Saturday27 (20%)
  • Sunday18 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway127 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (5.1%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph113 (82%)
  • 40 mph7 (5.1%)
  • 60 mph13 (9.5%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds118 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7.3%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant58 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (20%)
  • Pedestrian32 (18%)
  • Cyclist28 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PO39 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PO39, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PO39 peaked at 8 in 1986; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202311
202211
202144
202011
201911
201811
201722
201644
201522
201411
201322
201234
201133
201012
200922
200811
200700
200622
200500
200400
200366
200248
200166
200022
199933
199844
1997711
199634
199544
199433
199322
199244
199134
199044
198934
198878
198766
1986812
198546
198444
198335
198223
198147
1980617
197911

Map of recent crashes in PO39

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PO39

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PO39

The 24 most recent collisions in PO39 happened between 8 September 2012 and 17 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in PO39

The B3322 has the most collisions in PO39, 43 of 137 (31%), followed by the A3054 (20).

Collisions in PO39 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB33224359014
2ndA3054203105
3rdA3055172005

Council area for PO39

PO39 is on the Isle of Wight, where police recorded 19,069 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PO39 accounts for 0.7% of them.

Town in PO39

Of the 137 collisions in PO39, 116 (85%) were in Freshwater and Totland.