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Bournemouth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 28,277 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025, and 35,084 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 219 were fatal and 4,563 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 338 collisions, up 1% on 2024 (334), and casualties fell from 374 to 372.

District council until April 2019, now part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
28,277
Casualties
35,084
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
219
0.8% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
338
Up 1% on 2024

Crash severity in Bournemouth

0.8% of collisions in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 16% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal2190.8%
  • Serious4,56316%
  • Slight23,49583%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal2250.6%
  • Serious4,99114%
  • Slight29,86885%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. In 2025 there were 338, up 1% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 338
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025338372
2024334374
2023367434
2022370431
2021334381
2020307346
2019311393
2018327391
2017440522
2016406535
2015489594
2014529622
2013518619
2012518611
2011550656
2010514642
2009560671
2008564689
2007634786
2006583727
2005686877
2004664843
2003679877
20028341,135
2001766965
20007651,001
1999735951
1998685862
1997661838
1996676910
1995635781
1994640824
1993568720
1992553704
1991620790
1990627796
1989727885
1988736881
1987733888
1986782971
1985803978
19848581,037
1983727878
1982815991
1981738911
1980768969
19798031,025

When and where crashes happen in Bournemouth

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday4,117 (15%)
  • Tuesday4,286 (15%)
  • Wednesday4,166 (15%)
  • Thursday4,325 (15%)
  • Friday4,761 (17%)
  • Saturday3,949 (14%)
  • Sunday2,673 (9.5%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,160 (4.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59345 (1.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:593,211 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,226 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:594,979 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:597,187 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:594,309 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:592,858 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,282 (8.1%)
  • February1,948 (6.9%)
  • March2,174 (7.7%)
  • April2,174 (7.7%)
  • May2,336 (8.3%)
  • June2,276 (8%)
  • July2,541 (9%)
  • August2,416 (8.5%)
  • September2,443 (8.6%)
  • October2,623 (9.3%)
  • November2,645 (9.4%)
  • December2,417 (8.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight20,467 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7,041 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit340 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown273 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting155 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds23,470 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds3,796 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds218 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds193 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist99 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds60 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds11 (under 0.1%)
  • Other335 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded95 (0.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry20,604 (73%)
  • Wet or damp7,414 (26%)
  • Frost or ice202 (0.7%)
  • Snow36 (0.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep8 (under 0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph5 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph144 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph26,076 (92%)
  • 40 mph872 (3.1%)
  • 50 mph526 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph239 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph410 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway23,084 (82%)
  • Roundabout2,721 (9.6%)
  • Dual carriageway1,724 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road708 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded40 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant16,283 (46%)
  • Pedestrian5,827 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist5,592 (16%)
  • Cyclist5,303 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant956 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant450 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant313 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant121 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)83 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant79 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded56 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 5545 (1.6%)
  • 6 to 10960 (2.7%)
  • 11 to 152,000 (5.7%)
  • 16 to 207,013 (20%)
  • 21 to 254,876 (14%)
  • 26 to 356,197 (18%)
  • 36 to 454,258 (12%)
  • 46 to 553,005 (8.6%)
  • 56 to 652,366 (6.7%)
  • 66 to 751,769 (5%)
  • Over 751,626 (4.6%)
  • Not recorded469 (1.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider22,074 (63%)
  • Passenger7,183 (20%)
  • Pedestrian5,827 (17%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car35,623 (68%)
  • Motorcycle5,868 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle5,447 (10%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes1,875 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach1,335 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car733 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes518 (1%)
  • Other vehicle409 (0.8%)
  • Minibus187 (0.4%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)66 (0.1%)
  • Other22 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded16 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Bournemouth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Bournemouth

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Bournemouth

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area is the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth, with 1,553 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 4 of them fatal.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025: 3,334, including 31 fatal and 527 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA353,3343,99631527
2ndA3472,0892,54217348
3rdA30601,5611,99010180
4thA30491,5271,87812229
5thA3381,4842,02821235
6thB30661,0211,2922160
7thB30631,0191,2055177
8thA3416948548112
9thB30596527607104
10thA348536700894
11thB3064347417553
12thA350097124012
13thA34707187015
14thB3065455507
15thA3380415337
16thB3061263104
17thA3480162104
18thB30499901
19thB306991202
20thA306681201

Towns in Bournemouth

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 26,608.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025: 5,745.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025, and 51% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth

Of the latest 24 crashes in Bournemouth, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The most recent was on 27 December 2025.

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