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Bournemouth road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 803 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 1979, and 1,025 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 223 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 28,277 collisions in Bournemouth.

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

Collisions in 1979
803
Casualties in 1979
1,025
Fatal collisions
8
1% of collisions
Serious collisions
223
28% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 1979

1% of collisions in Bournemouth in 1979 were fatal and 28% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal81%
  • Serious22328%
  • Slight57271%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal80.8%
  • Serious26426%
  • Slight75373%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 1979 is highlighted, with 803.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • 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 in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday112 (14%)
  • Tuesday106 (13%)
  • Wednesday127 (16%)
  • Thursday106 (13%)
  • Friday153 (19%)
  • Saturday125 (16%)
  • Sunday74 (9.2%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5958 (7.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:599 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5970 (8.7%)
  • 09:00 to 11:59113 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59136 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59190 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59111 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:59116 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January61 (7.6%)
  • February30 (3.7%)
  • March63 (7.8%)
  • April72 (9%)
  • May71 (8.8%)
  • June63 (7.8%)
  • July86 (11%)
  • August75 (9.3%)
  • September64 (8%)
  • October74 (9.2%)
  • November76 (9.5%)
  • December68 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight553 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit220 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds620 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds130 (16%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other32 (4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry521 (65%)
  • Wet or damp265 (33%)
  • Frost or ice13 (1.6%)
  • Snow3 (0.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph781 (97%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph13 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway699 (87%)
  • Roundabout47 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road29 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant399 (39%)
  • Motorcyclist269 (26%)
  • Pedestrian207 (20%)
  • Cyclist95 (9.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 517 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 1022 (2.1%)
  • 11 to 1567 (6.5%)
  • 16 to 20321 (31%)
  • 21 to 25130 (13%)
  • 26 to 35141 (14%)
  • 36 to 4588 (8.6%)
  • 46 to 5565 (6.3%)
  • 56 to 6575 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 7561 (6%)
  • Over 7538 (3.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider571 (56%)
  • Passenger247 (24%)
  • Pedestrian207 (20%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car839 (61%)
  • Motorcycle278 (20%)
  • Pedal cycle99 (7.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes63 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach58 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes17 (1.2%)
  • Minibus9 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle5 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Bournemouth

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 1979

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 1979: 133, including 36 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35133152036
2ndA3476682215
3rdA30494261112
4thA3383855011
5thA341263117
6thB30632127011
7thA3060192404
8thB3066152507
9thB3059142002
10thA3489904
11thB30649902
12thA30661100
13thB30611101
14thB30651101

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 1979

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 769.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 1979

BH1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 1979: 139.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 1979

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 1,575 collisions in 1979, and 51% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 1979, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years