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Poole road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 252 road traffic collisions in Poole in 2025, and 291 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 60 were serious.

Collisions were down 15% on 2024 (297), and casualties fell from 331.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 20,996 collisions in Poole.

District council until April 2019, now part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2025
252
Down 15% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
291
Down 12% on 2024
Fatal collisions
2
0.8% of collisions
Serious collisions
60
24% of collisions

Crash severity in Poole in 2025

0.8% of collisions in Poole in 2025 were fatal and 24% serious, against 1% and 17% in Poole from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.8%
  • Serious6024%
  • Slight19075%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious6322%
  • Slight22678%

Poole road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Poole, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 614 in 1984. 2025 is highlighted, with 252, down 15% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 252
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025252291
2024297331
2023277324
2022285326
2021273317
2020220265
2019275335
2018284335
2017314398
2016305411
2015314416
2014386507
2013353455
2012381457
2011419517
2010406525
2009352447
2008434560
2007418578
2006426529
2005541696
2004499637
2003589804
2002526717
2001505673
2000502642
1999527668
1998516669
1997589781
1996499687
1995479624
1994465593
1993493646
1992466609
1991442574
1990569741
1989515656
1988530664
1987489620
1986585751
1985613769
1984614769
1983600725
1982530712
1981517709
1980535696
1979590747

When and where crashes happen in Poole in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (9.1%)
  • Tuesday54 (21%)
  • Wednesday42 (17%)
  • Thursday42 (17%)
  • Friday47 (19%)
  • Saturday26 (10%)
  • Sunday18 (7.1%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:597 (2.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5938 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5938 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5940 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5964 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5942 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5922 (8.7%)

Collisions by month

  • January16 (6.3%)
  • February20 (7.9%)
  • March15 (6%)
  • April21 (8.3%)
  • May34 (13%)
  • June21 (8.3%)
  • July21 (8.3%)
  • August14 (5.6%)
  • September27 (11%)
  • October19 (7.5%)
  • November25 (9.9%)
  • December19 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight194 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit53 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds222 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (9.1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry202 (80%)
  • Wet or damp48 (19%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (6%)
  • 30 mph202 (80%)
  • 40 mph16 (6.3%)
  • 50 mph13 (5.2%)
  • 60 mph6 (2.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway195 (77%)
  • Roundabout31 (12%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (6.7%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (3.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Poole in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant113 (39%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (22%)
  • Cyclist60 (21%)
  • Pedestrian34 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 54 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 107 (2.4%)
  • 11 to 1519 (6.5%)
  • 16 to 2052 (18%)
  • 21 to 2529 (10%)
  • 26 to 3549 (17%)
  • 36 to 4537 (13%)
  • 46 to 5531 (11%)
  • 56 to 6528 (9.6%)
  • 66 to 7520 (6.9%)
  • Over 7515 (5.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider219 (75%)
  • Passenger38 (13%)
  • Pedestrian34 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car275 (59%)
  • Motorcycle72 (16%)
  • Pedal cycle63 (14%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes29 (6.3%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)7 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes6 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Poole in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Poole

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 Poole in 2025

Alderney & Bourne Valley, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, BH12 1DG area was the busiest accident hotspot in Poole in 2025, with 24 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in Poole with the most crashes in 2025

The A3049 had the most collisions in Poole in 2025: 31, including 1 fatal and 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Poole, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3049313518
2ndA35293606
3rdB3068151504
4thA350121212
5thB3074121603
6thB3369121504
7thA30407803
8thA3496602
9thA315702
10thB30615601
11thB30653301
12thB30933301
13thA3482200
14thB30732200
15thA3411101
16thA371101

Towns in Poole: crashes in 2025

Poole itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 206.

Postcode districts in Poole: crashes in 2025

BH12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Poole in 2025: 66.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its former districts in 2025

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 677 collisions in 2025, and 37% of them were in the old Poole district.

Other former districts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Latest crashes in Poole in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Poole in 2025, 1 was fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 26 December 2025.

Severity

Poole road accidents in other years