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West Dorset road accidents in 2004: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 388 road traffic collisions in West Dorset in 2004, and 602 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 59 were serious.

Collisions were up 8% on 2003 (359), and casualties rose from 554.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,774 collisions in West Dorset.

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

Collisions in 2004
388
Up 8% on 2003
Casualties in 2004
602
Up 9% on 2003
Fatal collisions
10
2.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
59
15% of collisions

Crash severity in West Dorset in 2004

2.6% of collisions in West Dorset in 2004 were fatal and 15% serious, against 2.5% and 22% in West Dorset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal102.6%
  • Serious5915%
  • Slight31982%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal101.7%
  • Serious7212%
  • Slight52086%

West Dorset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Dorset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 467 in 1998. 2004 is highlighted, with 388, up 8% on 2003.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2004
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025207297
2024248331
2023209285
2022217316
2021222298
2020159226
2019209304
2018189265
2017225328
2016248382
2015277409
2014262384
2013249356
2012283408
2011289436
2010267401
2009317455
2008308461
2007342502
2006372581
2005346522
2004388602
2003359554
2002426663
2001441656
2000438710
1999401633
1998467699
1997440662
1996425671
1995355611
1994431686
1993392626
1992405662
1991391620
1990389616
1989386632
1988393584
1987400611
1986363538
1985358530
1984411621
1983341490
1982382573
1981367569
1980390540
1979390566

When and where crashes happen in West Dorset in 2004

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (11%)
  • Tuesday66 (17%)
  • Wednesday63 (16%)
  • Thursday52 (13%)
  • Friday54 (14%)
  • Saturday57 (15%)
  • Sunday53 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (1.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5960 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5975 (19%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5975 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59102 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5945 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5921 (5.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January25 (6.4%)
  • February28 (7.2%)
  • March23 (5.9%)
  • April32 (8.2%)
  • May35 (9%)
  • June19 (4.9%)
  • July33 (8.5%)
  • August45 (12%)
  • September31 (8%)
  • October42 (11%)
  • November36 (9.3%)
  • December39 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight315 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit27 (7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting26 (6.7%)
  • Dark, street lights lit17 (4.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds314 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Other8 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry221 (57%)
  • Wet or damp153 (39%)
  • Frost or ice13 (3.4%)
  • Snow1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph115 (30%)
  • 40 mph27 (7%)
  • 50 mph15 (3.9%)
  • 60 mph214 (55%)
  • 70 mph15 (3.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway347 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (5.2%)
  • Roundabout16 (4.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in West Dorset in 2004

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant457 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (11%)
  • Pedestrian31 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist14 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.3%)
  • 11 to 1527 (4.5%)
  • 16 to 2095 (16%)
  • 21 to 2547 (7.8%)
  • 26 to 35107 (18%)
  • 36 to 4590 (15%)
  • 46 to 5582 (14%)
  • 56 to 6554 (9%)
  • 66 to 7526 (4.3%)
  • Over 7532 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded18 (3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider377 (63%)
  • Passenger194 (32%)
  • Pedestrian31 (5.1%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car554 (74%)
  • Motorcycle65 (8.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes46 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes34 (4.5%)
  • Other vehicle18 (2.4%)
  • Pedal cycle15 (2%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.2%)
  • Minibus5 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car3 (0.4%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for West Dorset in 2004

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2004 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in West 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 West Dorset in 2004

Dorchester West, Dorset, DT1 1RU area was the busiest accident hotspot in West Dorset in 2004, with 24 collisions, 2 of them serious.

Roads in West Dorset with the most crashes in 2004

The A35 had the most collisions in West Dorset in 2004: 80, including 2 fatal and 14 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in West Dorset, 2004
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3580166214
2ndB3157335525
3rdA352223204
4thA37173003
5thA30152512
6thB3162141710
7thA354131610
8thA3066111503
9thB314361103
10thB31446600
11thB31456912
12thB31476701
13thA30525601
14thA3535500
15thB33905501
16thA3564512
17thB31654401
18thA30303400
19thB31503300
20thB30662300

Towns in West Dorset: crashes in 2004

Dorchester, Dorset had the most collisions of any town in West Dorset in 2004: 33.

Postcode districts in West Dorset: crashes in 2004

DT2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in West Dorset in 2004: 138.

Dorset and its former districts in 2004

Dorset recorded 1,282 collisions in 2004, and 30% of them were in the old West Dorset district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in West Dorset in 2004

Of the last 24 crashes in West Dorset in 2004, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2004.

Severity

West Dorset road accidents in other years