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Penzance road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,544 road traffic collisions in Penzance, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,822 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 236 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, down from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,544
552nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,822
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
236
252 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penzance

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161%
  • Serious23615%
  • Slight1,29284%

What the data shows

  • Penzance had 177 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 275 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Penzance were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 291 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penzance, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Penzance.

Where Penzance ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
552nd
Most casualties
580th
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
620th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday219 (14%)
  • Tuesday224 (15%)
  • Wednesday210 (14%)
  • Thursday228 (15%)
  • Friday261 (17%)
  • Saturday249 (16%)
  • Sunday153 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,264 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit238 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,338 (87%)
  • Roundabout111 (7.2%)
  • One way street or slip road80 (5.2%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph39 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph1,401 (91%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph25 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph70 (4.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,227 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds197 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds40 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds39 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other19 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded16 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant661 (36%)
  • Pedestrian638 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist303 (17%)
  • Cyclist163 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penzance road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penzance, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penzance peaked at 58 in 1981; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251112
20241617
20231415
20222024
20211518
20201718
20192934
20181318
20172126
20162122
20153136
20142326
20132931
20121723
20112328
20102633
20092127
20083244
20073744
20063640
20053842
20044248
20033538
20023034
20013946
20004048
19994155
19982837
19972226
19963641
19953845
19942936
19934259
19922734
19913946
19904246
19893637
19885663
19874753
19865463
19853742
19843943
19835061
19825364
19815872
19804956
19794551

Map of recent crashes in Penzance

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penzance

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penzance

The 24 most recent collisions in Penzance happened between 12 March 2024 and 28 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penzance

The A30 has the most collisions in Penzance, 298 of 1,544 (19%), followed by the B3312 (118).

Collisions in Penzance on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30298360457
2ndB3312118140220
3rdA30774458110
4thB3315182405
5thB33117900
6thA30715600

Council area for Penzance

Penzance is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penzance accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode districts in Penzance

Collisions in Penzance were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR18 (1,500) and TR20 (44).