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Bournemouth road accidents in 2007: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 634 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 2007, and 786 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 100 were serious.

Collisions were up 9% on 2006 (583), and casualties rose from 727.

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 2007
634
Up 9% on 2006
Casualties in 2007
786
Up 8% on 2006
Fatal collisions
2
0.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
100
16% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 2007

0.3% of collisions in Bournemouth in 2007 were fatal and 16% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious10016%
  • Slight53284%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious10714%
  • Slight67786%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 2007 is highlighted, with 634, up 9% on 2006.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2007
  • 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 2007

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday98 (15%)
  • Tuesday99 (16%)
  • Wednesday105 (17%)
  • Thursday94 (15%)
  • Friday99 (16%)
  • Saturday86 (14%)
  • Sunday53 (8.4%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5926 (4.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5910 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5994 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5981 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5988 (14%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59175 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59107 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5953 (8.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January50 (7.9%)
  • February39 (6.2%)
  • March39 (6.2%)
  • April45 (7.1%)
  • May64 (10%)
  • June53 (8.4%)
  • July48 (7.6%)
  • August64 (10%)
  • September54 (8.5%)
  • October70 (11%)
  • November54 (8.5%)
  • December54 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight450 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit169 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds530 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds82 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry472 (74%)
  • Wet or damp154 (24%)
  • Frost or ice5 (0.8%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.3%)
  • Snow1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph585 (92%)
  • 40 mph14 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph34 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway503 (79%)
  • Roundabout66 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway58 (9.1%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 2007

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant412 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist116 (15%)
  • Cyclist114 (15%)
  • Pedestrian103 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (3.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 59 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1019 (2.4%)
  • 11 to 1531 (3.9%)
  • 16 to 20151 (19%)
  • 21 to 2594 (12%)
  • 26 to 35170 (22%)
  • 36 to 45135 (17%)
  • 46 to 5570 (8.9%)
  • 56 to 6554 (6.9%)
  • 66 to 7524 (3.1%)
  • Over 7529 (3.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider536 (68%)
  • Passenger147 (19%)
  • Pedestrian103 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car882 (72%)
  • Motorcycle119 (9.7%)
  • Pedal cycle115 (9.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes40 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach32 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car26 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 2007

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2007 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 in 2007

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth in 2007, with 78 collisions, 18 of them serious.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 2007

The A3060 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 2007: 51, including 6 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 2007
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3060515906
2ndA35414818
3rdA338395002
4thA347364419
5thA3049293605
6thB3063243303
7thA341152100
8thA348142505
9thB3066141901
10thB3064101103
11thB30597801
12thB30602200
13thB30682201
14thA30591100
15thA30661301
16thA3491101
17thA361100
18thB30691101

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 2007

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2007: 606.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 2007

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 2007: 157.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2007

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 1,210 collisions in 2007, and 52% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 2007

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 2007, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2007.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years