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Padstow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 119 road traffic collisions in Padstow, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 154 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
119
2,596th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
154
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
26
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Padstow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2622%
  • Slight9378%

What the data shows

  • Padstow had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Padstow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Padstow, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Padstow.

Where Padstow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,596th
Most casualties
2,635th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (15%)
  • Tuesday21 (18%)
  • Wednesday14 (12%)
  • Thursday19 (16%)
  • Friday16 (13%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday15 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight102 (86%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway106 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (10%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph95 (80%)
  • 40 mph8 (6.7%)
  • 60 mph14 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds89 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (5.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant59 (38%)
  • Pedestrian56 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (13%)
  • Cyclist12 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Padstow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Padstow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Padstow peaked at 7 in 2003; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202211
202111
202011
201934
201846
201733
201622
201511
201433
201324
201234
201122
201022
200957
200811
200745
200623
200500
200466
200379
200211
200100
200022
199922
199833
199711
199656
199534
199448
1993614
199213
199133
199000
198933
198823
198734
198633
198544
198422
198322
198212
198133
198044
197948

Map of recent crashes in Padstow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Padstow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Padstow

The 24 most recent collisions in Padstow happened between 5 December 2013 and 15 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Padstow

The A389 has the most collisions in Padstow, 30 of 119 (25%), followed by the B3276 (24).

Collisions in Padstow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA389304409
2ndB3276243303

Council area for Padstow

Padstow is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Padstow accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Padstow

All 119 collisions in Padstow were in the PL28 postcode district.