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Torpoint road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 541 road traffic collisions in Torpoint, Cornwall, from 1979 to 2025, and 639 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 115 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
541
1,104th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
639
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
115
124 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Torpoint

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.1%
  • Serious11521%
  • Slight42078%

What the data shows

  • Torpoint had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 89 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Torpoint were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 115 children under 16 were killed or injured in Torpoint, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Torpoint.

Where Torpoint ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,104th
Most casualties
1,157th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,041st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (16%)
  • Tuesday66 (12%)
  • Wednesday88 (16%)
  • Thursday90 (17%)
  • Friday89 (16%)
  • Saturday77 (14%)
  • Sunday47 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight411 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit111 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway502 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road25 (4.6%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph461 (85%)
  • 40 mph41 (7.6%)
  • 60 mph35 (6.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds422 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other13 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant189 (30%)
  • Pedestrian171 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist162 (25%)
  • Cyclist90 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Torpoint road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Torpoint, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Torpoint peaked at 28 in 1989; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202578
202455
202389
202233
202177
202033
201967
20181011
201766
201644
201578
201467
20131014
201234
201199
201078
2009911
2008910
20071724
20061214
20051313
20041112
20031315
20021416
20011214
20001414
19991115
19981616
1997810
19961921
19951012
1994913
19931720
19921414
19911821
19901825
19892832
19881516
19871923
19861418
19851622
19841520
198399
19821525
19811416
19801617
19791518

Map of recent crashes in Torpoint

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Torpoint

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Torpoint

The 24 most recent collisions in Torpoint happened between 19 December 2021 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Torpoint

Of the 541 collisions in Torpoint, 261 were on the A374.

Collisions in Torpoint on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA374261313551

Council area for Torpoint

Torpoint is in Cornwall, where police recorded 78,835 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Torpoint accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Torpoint

All 541 collisions in Torpoint were in the PL11 postcode district.