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East Dorset road accidents in 2014: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 214 road traffic collisions in East Dorset in 2014, and 308 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 43 were serious.

Collisions were up 10% on 2013 (194), and casualties rose from 298.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,512 collisions in East Dorset.

District council until April 2019, now part of Dorset. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2014
214
Up 10% on 2013
Casualties in 2014
308
Up 3% on 2013
Fatal collisions
2
0.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
43
20% of collisions

Crash severity in East Dorset in 2014

0.9% of collisions in East Dorset in 2014 were fatal and 20% serious, against 2.2% and 21% in East Dorset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious4320%
  • Slight16979%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious4916%
  • Slight25783%

East Dorset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in East Dorset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 374 in 1988. 2014 is highlighted, with 214, up 10% on 2013.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2014
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025160209
2024150195
2023163220
2022182240
2021150199
2020147207
2019144208
2018139197
2017188268
2016185291
2015189272
2014214308
2013194298
2012209297
2011193290
2010219328
2009223317
2008263391
2007254368
2006289413
2005298421
2004305454
2003325468
2002348487
2001364554
2000330477
1999331464
1998359529
1997356498
1996316472
1995312493
1994301455
1993289426
1992297444
1991272410
1990351532
1989323472
1988374552
1987341498
1986327471
1985340484
1984361522
1983278394
1982298424
1981276416
1980262332
1979323467

When and where crashes happen in East Dorset in 2014

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (13%)
  • Tuesday27 (13%)
  • Wednesday28 (13%)
  • Thursday40 (19%)
  • Friday41 (19%)
  • Saturday26 (12%)
  • Sunday25 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (2.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5941 (19%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5943 (20%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5932 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5945 (21%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5935 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5911 (5.1%)

Collisions by month

  • January13 (6.1%)
  • February25 (12%)
  • March14 (6.5%)
  • April16 (7.5%)
  • May12 (5.6%)
  • June18 (8.4%)
  • July22 (10%)
  • August12 (5.6%)
  • September19 (8.9%)
  • October22 (10%)
  • November24 (11%)
  • December17 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight165 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit26 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds180 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry137 (64%)
  • Wet or damp73 (34%)
  • Frost or ice3 (1.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph77 (36%)
  • 40 mph62 (29%)
  • 50 mph9 (4.2%)
  • 60 mph53 (25%)
  • 70 mph11 (5.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway169 (79%)
  • Roundabout21 (9.8%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (8.9%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in East Dorset in 2014

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant213 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (13%)
  • Cyclist19 (6.2%)
  • Pedestrian16 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (2.3%)
  • 6 to 107 (2.3%)
  • 11 to 156 (1.9%)
  • 16 to 2043 (14%)
  • 21 to 2536 (12%)
  • 26 to 3555 (18%)
  • 36 to 4538 (12%)
  • 46 to 5541 (13%)
  • 56 to 6530 (9.7%)
  • 66 to 7520 (6.5%)
  • Over 7525 (8.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider219 (71%)
  • Passenger73 (24%)
  • Pedestrian16 (5.2%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car309 (74%)
  • Motorcycle40 (9.6%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes27 (6.5%)
  • Pedal cycle19 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle8 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.2%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for East Dorset in 2014

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2014 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in East Dorset

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 East Dorset in 2014

Ferndown North, Dorset, BH22 9JF area was the busiest accident hotspot in East Dorset in 2014, with 15 collisions, 1 of them serious.

Roads in East Dorset with the most crashes in 2014

The A31 had the most collisions in East Dorset in 2014: 40, including 1 fatal and 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in East Dorset, 2014
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA314066110
2ndA348212905
3rdB3073172206
4thB3072121802
5thB3078121803
6thB308191201
7thA33881403
8thA34781100
9thA3507900
10thA35471001
11thB30826901
12thB30741101

Towns in East Dorset: crashes in 2014

Wimborne Minster had the most collisions of any town in East Dorset in 2014: 25.

Postcode districts in East Dorset: crashes in 2014

BH21 had the most collisions of any postcode district in East Dorset in 2014: 91.

Dorset and its former districts in 2014

Dorset recorded 815 collisions in 2014, and 26% of them were in the old East Dorset district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in East Dorset in 2014

Of the last 24 crashes in East Dorset in 2014, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2014.

Severity

East Dorset road accidents in other years