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Purbeck road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 109 road traffic collisions in Purbeck in 2025, and 142 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 36 were serious.

Collisions were up 22% on 2024 (89), and casualties rose from 118.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 7,682 collisions in Purbeck.

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

Collisions in 2025
109
Up 22% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
142
Up 20% on 2024
Fatal collisions
1
0.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
36
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Purbeck in 2025

0.9% of collisions in Purbeck in 2025 were fatal and 33% serious, against 2.4% and 22% in Purbeck from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious3633%
  • Slight7266%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious4028%
  • Slight10171%

Purbeck road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Purbeck, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 248 in 1997. 2025 is highlighted, with 109, up 22% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 109
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025109142
202489118
202396127
2022103132
202188117
202091127
2019122175
2018119172
2017117184
2016138229
2015142204
2014124177
2013107153
2012108178
2011138184
2010121167
2009144226
2008172253
2007171243
2006164232
2005163255
2004195281
2003194276
2002213322
2001202315
2000193303
1999217313
1998214338
1997248396
1996211352
1995184327
1994179317
1993186304
1992170249
1991192312
1990221369
1989202269
1988191300
1987162220
1986191299
1985167254
1984173273
1983164248
1982173257
1981167242
1980216304
1979231362

When and where crashes happen in Purbeck in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday21 (19%)
  • Wednesday16 (15%)
  • Thursday13 (12%)
  • Friday18 (17%)
  • Saturday17 (16%)
  • Sunday10 (9.2%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:595 (4.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5920 (18%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5920 (18%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5919 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5927 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:599 (8.3%)
  • 21:00 to 23:598 (7.3%)

Collisions by month

  • January1 (0.9%)
  • February8 (7.3%)
  • March5 (4.6%)
  • April7 (6.4%)
  • May16 (15%)
  • June13 (12%)
  • July11 (10%)
  • August7 (6.4%)
  • September14 (13%)
  • October9 (8.3%)
  • November9 (8.3%)
  • December9 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight87 (80%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds96 (88%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (4.6%)
  • Raining, no high winds4 (3.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry88 (81%)
  • Wet or damp18 (17%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph37 (34%)
  • 40 mph4 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph8 (7.3%)
  • 60 mph51 (47%)
  • 70 mph8 (7.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway87 (80%)
  • Roundabout9 (8.3%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (7.3%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (4.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Purbeck in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant78 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (13%)
  • Pedestrian18 (13%)
  • Cyclist11 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant5 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51 (0.7%)
  • 11 to 156 (4.2%)
  • 16 to 2024 (17%)
  • 21 to 2512 (8.5%)
  • 26 to 3513 (9.2%)
  • 36 to 4521 (15%)
  • 46 to 5517 (12%)
  • 56 to 6521 (15%)
  • 66 to 7516 (11%)
  • Over 7511 (7.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider102 (72%)
  • Passenger22 (15%)
  • Pedestrian18 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car114 (63%)
  • Motorcycle23 (13%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes19 (10%)
  • Pedal cycle11 (6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes7 (3.8%)
  • Other vehicle2 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus1 (0.5%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Purbeck in 2025

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

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 Purbeck in 2025

Lytchett Matravers & Upton, Dorset, BH16 5SY area was the busiest accident hotspot in Purbeck in 2025, with 13 collisions, 5 of them serious.

Roads in Purbeck with the most crashes in 2025

The A35 had the most collisions in Purbeck in 2025: 18, including 4 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Purbeck, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35182404
2ndA351111303
3rdA352101213
4thA35071105
5thB33517903
6thA3161302
7thB30674402
8thB30754401
9thB30682202
10thB33902401
11thB30701201
12thB3501100

Towns in Purbeck: crashes in 2025

Upton, Dorset had the most collisions of any town in Purbeck in 2025: 10.

Postcode districts in Purbeck: crashes in 2025

BH16 and BH20 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Purbeck in 2025, with 41 each.

Dorset and its former districts in 2025

Dorset recorded 675 collisions in 2025, and 16% of them were in the old Purbeck district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in Purbeck in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Purbeck in 2025, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

Purbeck road accidents in other years