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Bournemouth road accidents in 2010: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 514 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 2010, and 642 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 70 were serious.

Collisions were down 8% on 2009 (560), and casualties fell from 671.

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 2010
514
Down 8% on 2009
Casualties in 2010
642
Down 4% on 2009
Fatal collisions
3
0.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
70
14% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 2010

0.6% of collisions in Bournemouth in 2010 were fatal and 14% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal30.6%
  • Serious7014%
  • Slight44186%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal30.5%
  • Serious7412%
  • Slight56588%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 2010 is highlighted, with 514, down 8% on 2009.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2010: 514
  • 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 2010

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday70 (14%)
  • Tuesday86 (17%)
  • Wednesday73 (14%)
  • Thursday82 (16%)
  • Friday87 (17%)
  • Saturday62 (12%)
  • Sunday54 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5917 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5910 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5984 (16%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5966 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5996 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59134 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5968 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5939 (7.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January33 (6.4%)
  • February39 (7.6%)
  • March46 (8.9%)
  • April37 (7.2%)
  • May58 (11%)
  • June40 (7.8%)
  • July45 (8.8%)
  • August46 (8.9%)
  • September42 (8.2%)
  • October44 (8.6%)
  • November52 (10%)
  • December32 (6.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight384 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit129 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds466 (91%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (6.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry418 (81%)
  • Wet or damp80 (16%)
  • Frost or ice13 (2.5%)
  • Snow3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph467 (91%)
  • 40 mph32 (6.2%)
  • 50 mph14 (2.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway417 (81%)
  • Roundabout42 (8.2%)
  • Dual carriageway37 (7.2%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (3.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 2010

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant321 (50%)
  • Cyclist104 (16%)
  • Pedestrian95 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist84 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant13 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.2%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.2%)
  • 11 to 1530 (4.7%)
  • 16 to 20114 (18%)
  • 21 to 2582 (13%)
  • 26 to 35140 (22%)
  • 36 to 4578 (12%)
  • 46 to 5577 (12%)
  • 56 to 6547 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 7518 (2.8%)
  • Over 7534 (5.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider429 (67%)
  • Passenger118 (18%)
  • Pedestrian95 (15%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car672 (69%)
  • Pedal cycle109 (11%)
  • Motorcycle92 (9.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes46 (4.7%)
  • Bus or coach26 (2.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car19 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes7 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle6 (0.6%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 2010

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2010 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 2010

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth in 2010, with 55 collisions, 7 of them serious.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 2010

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 2010: 38, including 3 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 2010
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35384403
2ndA3060374804
3rdA347364403
4thA3049303702
5thB3063262904
6thA338252903
7thB3066212607
8thA341192106
9thA348131710
10thB305981103
11thB30646602

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 2010

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2010: 486.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 2010

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 2010: 120.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2010

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 1,034 collisions in 2010, and 50% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 2010

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 2010, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2010.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years