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Bournemouth road accidents in 2019: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 311 road traffic collisions in Bournemouth in 2019, and 393 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 56 were serious.

Collisions were down 5% on 2018 (327), and casualties rose from 391.

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 2019
311
Down 5% on 2018
Casualties in 2019
393
Up 1% on 2018
Fatal collisions
2
0.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
56
18% of collisions

Crash severity in Bournemouth in 2019

0.6% of collisions in Bournemouth in 2019 were fatal and 18% serious, against 0.8% and 16% in Bournemouth from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious5618%
  • Slight25381%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious6216%
  • Slight32883%

Bournemouth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bournemouth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 858 in 1984. 2019 is highlighted, with 311, down 5% on 2018.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2019: 311
  • 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 2019

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (15%)
  • Tuesday50 (16%)
  • Wednesday39 (13%)
  • Thursday48 (15%)
  • Friday59 (19%)
  • Saturday38 (12%)
  • Sunday29 (9.3%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:597 (2.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:596 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5944 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5944 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5947 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5983 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5955 (18%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5925 (8%)

Collisions by month

  • January30 (9.6%)
  • February19 (6.1%)
  • March24 (7.7%)
  • April25 (8%)
  • May34 (11%)
  • June34 (11%)
  • July23 (7.4%)
  • August24 (7.7%)
  • September19 (6.1%)
  • October27 (8.7%)
  • November26 (8.4%)
  • December26 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight229 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit81 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds250 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded7 (2.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry233 (75%)
  • Wet or damp78 (25%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph282 (91%)
  • 40 mph17 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph6 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway256 (82%)
  • Roundabout28 (9%)
  • Dual carriageway25 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Bournemouth in 2019

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant169 (43%)
  • Cyclist84 (21%)
  • Pedestrian54 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist50 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 59 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 1012 (3.1%)
  • 11 to 1522 (5.6%)
  • 16 to 2035 (8.9%)
  • 21 to 2543 (11%)
  • 26 to 3575 (19%)
  • 36 to 4565 (17%)
  • 46 to 5551 (13%)
  • 56 to 6538 (9.7%)
  • 66 to 7521 (5.3%)
  • Over 7522 (5.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider261 (66%)
  • Passenger78 (20%)
  • Pedestrian54 (14%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car390 (67%)
  • Pedal cycle86 (15%)
  • Motorcycle49 (8.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes32 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach15 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car10 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Bournemouth in 2019

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2019 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 2019

Bournemouth Central, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH1 1QJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Bournemouth in 2019, with 42 collisions, 6 of them serious.

Roads in Bournemouth with the most crashes in 2019

The A35 had the most collisions in Bournemouth in 2019: 26, including 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Bournemouth, 2019
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35263207
2ndA3049222505
3rdA3060213102
4thA338162700
5thA347151703
6thB3066141702
7thB3063101302
8thB305991002
9thA3417801
10thA34871010
11thB306471103

Towns in Bournemouth: crashes in 2019

Bournemouth had 298 collisions in 2019.

Postcode districts in Bournemouth: crashes in 2019

BH8 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Bournemouth in 2019: 77.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2019

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 641 collisions in 2019, and 49% of them were in the old Bournemouth district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Bournemouth in 2019

Of the last 24 crashes in Bournemouth in 2019, none were fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2019.

Severity

Bournemouth road accidents in other years