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Bournemouth road accidents in 2013: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 518 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 2013, and 619 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 70 were serious.

Collisions were level with 2012, and casualties rose from 611.

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 2013
518
Level with 2012
Casualties in 2013
619
Up 1% on 2012
Fatal collisions
2
0.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
70
14% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 2013

0.4% of collisions in Bournemouth in 2013 were fatal and 14% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious7014%
  • Slight44686%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious7011%
  • Slight54788%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 2013 is highlighted, with 518, level with 2012.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2013: 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 2013

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (14%)
  • Tuesday84 (16%)
  • Wednesday83 (16%)
  • Thursday78 (15%)
  • Friday87 (17%)
  • Saturday66 (13%)
  • Sunday46 (8.9%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5919 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5912 (2.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5971 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5963 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5984 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59131 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:59102 (20%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5936 (6.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January34 (6.6%)
  • February33 (6.4%)
  • March41 (7.9%)
  • April34 (6.6%)
  • May41 (7.9%)
  • June44 (8.5%)
  • July48 (9.3%)
  • August45 (8.7%)
  • September40 (7.7%)
  • October48 (9.3%)
  • November61 (12%)
  • December49 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight369 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit145 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds452 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (8.3%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry408 (79%)
  • Wet or damp109 (21%)
  • Frost or ice1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph460 (89%)
  • 40 mph42 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph5 (1%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway406 (78%)
  • Roundabout63 (12%)
  • Dual carriageway35 (6.8%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (2.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 2013

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant251 (41%)
  • Cyclist130 (21%)
  • Pedestrian99 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant45 (7.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 108 (1.3%)
  • 11 to 1525 (4%)
  • 16 to 2086 (14%)
  • 21 to 2593 (15%)
  • 26 to 35127 (21%)
  • 36 to 45103 (17%)
  • 46 to 5569 (11%)
  • 56 to 6540 (6.5%)
  • 66 to 7534 (5.5%)
  • Over 7526 (4.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider379 (61%)
  • Passenger141 (23%)
  • Pedestrian99 (16%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car619 (65%)
  • Pedal cycle133 (14%)
  • Motorcycle71 (7.4%)
  • Bus or coach49 (5.1%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes39 (4.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car24 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle11 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes6 (0.6%)
  • Minibus2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 2013

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2013 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 2013

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth in 2013, with 63 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 2013

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 2013: 53, including 2 fatal and 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 2013
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35536128
2ndA347395506
3rdA3060374704
4thA338314008
5thA3049303403
6thB3066202601
7thB3063191904
8thA341161805
9thB3059131402
10thA348101002
11thB30647801

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 2013

Bournemouth itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2013: 491.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 2013

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 2013: 101.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2013

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 975 collisions in 2013, and 53% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 2013

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 2013, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2013.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years