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Pool road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 708 road traffic collisions in Pool, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 892 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 117 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
708
940th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
892
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
10 people killed
Serious collisions
117
138 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pool

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.1%
  • Serious11717%
  • Slight58382%

What the data shows

  • Pool had 116 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 133 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Pool were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pool, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Pool.

Where Pool ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
940th
Most casualties
936th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,028th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday97 (14%)
  • Tuesday121 (17%)
  • Wednesday95 (13%)
  • Thursday108 (15%)
  • Friday120 (17%)
  • Saturday105 (15%)
  • Sunday62 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight559 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit132 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway636 (90%)
  • Roundabout46 (6.5%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph634 (90%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph42 (5.9%)
  • 70 mph14 (2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds542 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds103 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other15 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant474 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist204 (23%)
  • Pedestrian115 (13%)
  • Cyclist64 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant20 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pool road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pool, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pool peaked at 26 in 2000; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251116
202478
2023810
20221417
20211014
2020711
20191322
20181012
20171519
20162128
20151422
20141317
201379
20121418
20111112
20101421
20091011
20081012
20072129
20061923
20051318
20041925
20031924
20022534
20011616
20002635
19992227
199857
19971822
19961922
19951518
19942325
19931720
19921520
19911114
19901314
19892127
1988811
19871516
19862424
19852631
19841923
19831112
19821923
19811619
19801012
19791422

Map of recent crashes in Pool

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pool

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pool

The 24 most recent collisions in Pool happened between 30 March 2023 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pool

The A3047 has the most collisions in Pool, 295 of 708 (42%), followed by the A30 (21).

Collisions in Pool on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3047295385361
2ndA30213225

Council area for Pool

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

Postcode districts in Pool

Collisions in Pool were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TR15 (705) and TR14 (3).