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Looe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 289 road traffic collisions in Looe, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 340 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 36 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
289
1,588th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
340
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
36
40 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Looe

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious3612%
  • Slight25187%

What the data shows

  • Looe had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Looe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Looe, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Looe.

Where Looe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,588th
Most casualties
1,689th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (15%)
  • Tuesday32 (11%)
  • Wednesday47 (16%)
  • Thursday41 (14%)
  • Friday41 (14%)
  • Saturday49 (17%)
  • Sunday36 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight236 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway267 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (5.2%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph4 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph256 (89%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph25 (8.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds224 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian139 (41%)
  • Car occupant135 (40%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (11%)
  • Cyclist16 (4.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.8%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Looe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Looe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Looe peaked at 12 in 2000; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202355
202222
202146
202022
201935
2018910
201755
201657
20151011
201446
201356
201266
2011910
201077
20091116
2008710
200799
2006911
2005811
20041111
200356
200288
2001810
20001213
199934
199888
199744
199658
1995810
199478
199366
1992811
199177
199066
198966
198867
198755
19861014
198544
198411
19831012
1982811
198134
198022
197945

Map of recent crashes in Looe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Looe

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Looe

The 24 most recent collisions in Looe happened between 14 August 2018 and 5 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Looe

The A387 has the most collisions in Looe, 98 of 289 (34%), followed by the B3253 (10).

Collisions in Looe on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38798128012
2ndB3253101301

Council area for Looe

Looe is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Looe accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Looe

All 289 collisions in Looe were in the PL13 postcode district.