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East Dorset road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 160 road traffic collisions in East Dorset in 2025, and 209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 45 were serious.

Collisions were up 7% on 2024 (150), and casualties rose from 195.

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 2025
160
Up 7% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
209
Up 7% on 2024
Fatal collisions
5
3.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
45
28% of collisions

Crash severity in East Dorset in 2025

3.1% of collisions in East Dorset in 2025 were fatal and 28% serious, against 2.2% and 21% in East Dorset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal53.1%
  • Serious4528%
  • Slight11069%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal73.3%
  • Serious5426%
  • Slight14871%

East Dorset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in East Dorset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 374 in 1988. 2025 is highlighted, with 160, up 7% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 160
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (13%)
  • Tuesday22 (14%)
  • Wednesday16 (10%)
  • Thursday28 (18%)
  • Friday30 (19%)
  • Saturday24 (15%)
  • Sunday19 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (1.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5923 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5917 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5935 (22%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5943 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5926 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5912 (7.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January18 (11%)
  • February11 (6.9%)
  • March6 (3.8%)
  • April6 (3.8%)
  • May15 (9.4%)
  • June6 (3.8%)
  • July20 (13%)
  • August17 (11%)
  • September8 (5%)
  • October19 (12%)
  • November15 (9.4%)
  • December19 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight118 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting25 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds146 (91%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (6.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry122 (76%)
  • Wet or damp34 (21%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (1.3%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph63 (39%)
  • 40 mph22 (14%)
  • 50 mph12 (7.5%)
  • 60 mph46 (29%)
  • 70 mph17 (11%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway125 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (14%)
  • Roundabout8 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in East Dorset in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant140 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (15%)
  • Cyclist15 (7.2%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 104 (1.9%)
  • 11 to 153 (1.4%)
  • 16 to 2023 (11%)
  • 21 to 2521 (10%)
  • 26 to 3533 (16%)
  • 36 to 4526 (12%)
  • 46 to 5531 (15%)
  • 56 to 6529 (14%)
  • 66 to 7521 (10%)
  • Over 7515 (7.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider161 (77%)
  • Passenger36 (17%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car201 (69%)
  • Motorcycle34 (12%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes26 (8.9%)
  • Pedal cycle16 (5.5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (3.1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for East Dorset in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in East Dorset in 2025

St Leonards & St Ives, Dorset, BH24 2AT area was the busiest accident hotspot in East Dorset in 2025, with 12 collisions, 2 of them serious.

Roads in East Dorset with the most crashes in 2025

The A31 had the most collisions in East Dorset in 2025: 32, including 1 fatal and 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in East Dorset, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA313248110
2ndB3078131513
3rdA348121402
4thB30739904
5thA3478802
6thB308181712
7thA33871002
8thA3506803
9thB307261003
10thA3545502
11thB30823410
12thA3491100
13thB30751101

Towns in East Dorset: crashes in 2025

Ferndown had the most collisions of any town in East Dorset in 2025: 18.

Postcode districts in East Dorset: crashes in 2025

BH21 had the most collisions of any postcode district in East Dorset in 2025: 67.

Dorset and its former districts in 2025

Dorset recorded 675 collisions in 2025, and 24% of them were in the old East Dorset district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in East Dorset in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in East Dorset in 2025, 3 were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

East Dorset road accidents in other years