Skip to main content
CrashStats

Bournemouth road accidents in 2012: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 518 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 2012, and 611 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 99 were serious.

Collisions were down 6% on 2011 (550), and casualties fell from 656.

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 2012
518
Down 6% on 2011
Casualties in 2012
611
Down 7% on 2011
Fatal collisions
3
0.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
99
19% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 2012

0.6% of collisions in Bournemouth in 2012 were fatal and 19% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal30.6%
  • Serious9919%
  • Slight41680%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious10417%
  • Slight50382%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 2012 is highlighted, with 518, down 6% on 2011.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2012: 518
  • 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 2012

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday91 (18%)
  • Tuesday89 (17%)
  • Wednesday71 (14%)
  • Thursday88 (17%)
  • Friday83 (16%)
  • Saturday58 (11%)
  • Sunday38 (7.3%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5916 (3.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5913 (2.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5976 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5968 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5996 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59141 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5972 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5936 (6.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January42 (8.1%)
  • February39 (7.5%)
  • March40 (7.7%)
  • April44 (8.5%)
  • May38 (7.3%)
  • June39 (7.5%)
  • July47 (9.1%)
  • August34 (6.6%)
  • September51 (9.8%)
  • October64 (12%)
  • November45 (8.7%)
  • December35 (6.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight383 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit132 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds459 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry404 (78%)
  • Wet or damp103 (20%)
  • Frost or ice10 (1.9%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1%)
  • 30 mph472 (91%)
  • 40 mph31 (6%)
  • 50 mph10 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway414 (80%)
  • Roundabout61 (12%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (6.2%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (2.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 2012

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant234 (38%)
  • Cyclist150 (25%)
  • Pedestrian104 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant28 (4.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (1.6%)
  • 6 to 1010 (1.6%)
  • 11 to 1532 (5.2%)
  • 16 to 2092 (15%)
  • 21 to 2586 (14%)
  • 26 to 35124 (20%)
  • 36 to 4595 (16%)
  • 46 to 5576 (12%)
  • 56 to 6533 (5.4%)
  • 66 to 7517 (2.8%)
  • Over 7536 (5.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider391 (64%)
  • Passenger116 (19%)
  • Pedestrian104 (17%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car579 (62%)
  • Pedal cycle158 (17%)
  • Motorcycle78 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach40 (4.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes28 (3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car24 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (1%)
  • Other vehicle8 (0.9%)
  • Minibus3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 2012

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2012 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 2012

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth in 2012, with 74 collisions, 12 of them serious.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 2012

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 2012: 41, including 4 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 2012
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35414604
2ndA347374308
3rdA3060354305
4thA3049343808
5thB3066272706
6thA338233504
7thB3063192003
8thA348172413
9thB30598810
10thB30648801
11thA3417701

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 2012

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2012: 484.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 2012

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 2012: 122.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2012

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 1,018 collisions in 2012, and 51% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 2012

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 2012, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2012.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years