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Penwithick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 108 road traffic collisions in Penwithick, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 132 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 21 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
108
2,728th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
132
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
21
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penwithick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious2119%
  • Slight8680%

What the data shows

  • Penwithick had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Penwithick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penwithick, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Penwithick.

Where Penwithick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,728th
Most casualties
2,792nd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,686th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (17%)
  • Tuesday17 (16%)
  • Wednesday17 (16%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday15 (14%)
  • Saturday14 (13%)
  • Sunday12 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight92 (85%)
  • Dark, street lights lit12 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway99 (92%)
  • Roundabout8 (7.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph76 (70%)
  • 40 mph9 (8.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph19 (18%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds80 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.7%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.8%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant62 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (28%)
  • Pedestrian22 (17%)
  • Cyclist6 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (3%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penwithick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penwithick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penwithick peaked at 7 in 1991; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202300
202200
202111
202022
201900
201800
201722
201634
201525
201434
201326
201233
201122
201058
200922
200855
200700
200611
200511
200411
200344
200222
200123
200023
199967
199811
199700
199633
199534
199422
199311
199234
199179
199011
198944
198867
198722
198633
198522
198434
198334
198245
198123
198022
197933

Map of recent crashes in Penwithick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penwithick

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penwithick

The 24 most recent collisions in Penwithick happened between 14 August 2010 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penwithick

The B3374 has the most collisions in Penwithick, 57 of 108 (53%), followed by the A391 (12).

Collisions in Penwithick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB33745772015
2ndA391121601

Council area for Penwithick

Penwithick is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penwithick accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for Penwithick

All 108 collisions in Penwithick were in the PL26 postcode district.