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Penryn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 682 road traffic collisions in Penryn, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 825 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 95 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
682
963rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
825
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
95
108 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penryn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal60.9%
  • Serious9514%
  • Slight58185%

What the data shows

  • Penryn had 91 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 132 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Penryn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penryn, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Penryn.

Where Penryn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
963rd
Most casualties
991st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,175th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday82 (12%)
  • Tuesday107 (16%)
  • Wednesday97 (14%)
  • Thursday105 (15%)
  • Friday124 (18%)
  • Saturday96 (14%)
  • Sunday71 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight547 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit109 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway586 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road48 (7%)
  • Roundabout30 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph512 (75%)
  • 40 mph79 (12%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph79 (12%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds529 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds108 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other8 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant360 (44%)
  • Motorcyclist159 (19%)
  • Pedestrian147 (18%)
  • Cyclist102 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penryn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penryn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penryn peaked at 32 in 1985; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202477
20231013
20221014
202155
20201016
2019914
20181116
201789
20161315
201579
20141415
20131722
2012910
20111417
20101519
20091012
20081215
20071218
20062230
20051521
20041620
20031720
20021519
20012226
20001617
19991315
1998912
199777
19961215
19951113
19941418
19931314
19921818
19911621
19902425
19892326
19881923
19871617
19861416
19853240
19841616
19831619
19822325
19811619
19802630
19792028

Map of recent crashes in Penryn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penryn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penryn

The 24 most recent collisions in Penryn happened between 18 July 2023 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penryn

The A39 has the most collisions in Penryn, 167 of 682 (24%), followed by the A394 (89).

Collisions in Penryn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39167210225
2ndA39489103014
3rdB32928610816
4thB32915601

Council area for Penryn

Penryn is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penryn accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Penryn

Collisions in Penryn were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR10 (675) and TR11 (7).