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Perranporth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 214 road traffic collisions in Perranporth, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 287 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
214
1,879th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
287
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
44
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Perranporth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious4421%
  • Slight16879%

What the data shows

  • Perranporth had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Perranporth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in Perranporth, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Perranporth.

Where Perranporth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,879th
Most casualties
1,861st
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (14%)
  • Tuesday36 (17%)
  • Wednesday27 (13%)
  • Thursday26 (12%)
  • Friday29 (14%)
  • Saturday33 (15%)
  • Sunday33 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight178 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway211 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph187 (87%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph23 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds175 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (3.7%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant135 (47%)
  • Pedestrian85 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (14%)
  • Cyclist14 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant8 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Perranporth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Perranporth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Perranporth peaked at 12 in 1988; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202425
202323
202234
202137
202022
201933
201857
201758
201611
201522
201411
201323
201200
201124
201023
200968
200855
200768
200646
200555
200433
2003914
200233
200134
200044
199944
1998911
199724
199622
199546
199466
1993912
199235
199155
19901013
1989411
19881212
198744
198634
1985610
198479
19831018
198269
198144
198099
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Perranporth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Perranporth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Perranporth

The 24 most recent collisions in Perranporth happened between 17 August 2017 and 8 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Perranporth

The B3285 has the most collisions in Perranporth, 109 of 214 (51%), followed by the B3284 (40).

Collisions in Perranporth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3285109145222
2ndB32844058012

Council area for Perranporth

Perranporth is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Perranporth accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Perranporth

All 214 collisions in Perranporth were in the TR6 postcode district.