Skip to main content
CrashStats

Porthleven road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 113 road traffic collisions in Porthleven, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 129 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
113
2,656th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
129
1.14 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
30
31 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Porthleven

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious3027%
  • Slight8273%

What the data shows

  • Porthleven had 6 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 75% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Porthleven were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 29 children under 16 were killed or injured in Porthleven, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 21% of collisions in Porthleven.

Where Porthleven ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,656th
Most casualties
2,811th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (13%)
  • Tuesday14 (12%)
  • Wednesday19 (17%)
  • Thursday11 (9.7%)
  • Friday16 (14%)
  • Saturday21 (19%)
  • Sunday17 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway110 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph97 (86%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph13 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds96 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds7 (6.2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (4.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian40 (31%)
  • Car occupant35 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (22%)
  • Cyclist18 (14%)
  • Van occupant4 (3.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Porthleven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Porthleven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Porthleven peaked at 8 in 1980; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202300
202211
202100
202000
201900
201811
201700
201600
201534
201423
201333
201211
201133
201022
200946
200811
200745
200611
200522
200435
200333
200244
200111
200033
199911
199811
199722
199633
199511
199447
199311
199222
199133
199044
198957
198822
198744
198611
198544
198455
198367
198245
198156
198089
197911

Map of recent crashes in Porthleven

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Porthleven

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Porthleven

The 24 most recent collisions in Porthleven happened between 12 February 2009 and 6 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Porthleven

Of the 113 collisions in Porthleven, 49 were on the B3304.

Collisions in Porthleven on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB33044954115

Council area for Porthleven

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

Postcode district for Porthleven

All 113 collisions in Porthleven were in the TR13 postcode district.