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West Dorset road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 207 road traffic collisions in West Dorset in 2025, and 297 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 64 were serious.

Collisions were down 17% on 2024 (248), and casualties fell from 331.

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 2025
207
Down 17% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
297
Down 10% on 2024
Fatal collisions
6
2.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
64
31% of collisions

Crash severity in West Dorset in 2025

2.9% of collisions in West Dorset in 2025 were fatal and 31% serious, against 2.5% and 22% in West Dorset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal62.9%
  • Serious6431%
  • Slight13766%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal62%
  • Serious8127%
  • Slight21071%

West Dorset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Dorset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 467 in 1998. 2025 is highlighted, with 207, down 17% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (14%)
  • Tuesday27 (13%)
  • Wednesday24 (12%)
  • Thursday28 (14%)
  • Friday35 (17%)
  • Saturday40 (19%)
  • Sunday23 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:597 (3.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5928 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5939 (19%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5937 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5953 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5925 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (6.8%)

Collisions by month

  • January15 (7.2%)
  • February19 (9.2%)
  • March14 (6.8%)
  • April15 (7.2%)
  • May18 (8.7%)
  • June21 (10%)
  • July28 (14%)
  • August15 (7.2%)
  • September24 (12%)
  • October12 (5.8%)
  • November8 (3.9%)
  • December18 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight159 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting36 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7 (3.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds170 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (9.7%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1%)

Road surface

  • Dry152 (73%)
  • Wet or damp49 (24%)
  • Frost or ice4 (1.9%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)
  • Snow1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2.9%)
  • 30 mph70 (34%)
  • 40 mph8 (3.9%)
  • 50 mph11 (5.3%)
  • 60 mph105 (51%)
  • 70 mph7 (3.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway184 (89%)
  • Roundabout12 (5.8%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (3.9%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in West Dorset in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant201 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist39 (13%)
  • Pedestrian22 (7.4%)
  • Cyclist16 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant13 (4.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52 (0.7%)
  • 6 to 1012 (4%)
  • 11 to 157 (2.4%)
  • 16 to 2022 (7.4%)
  • 21 to 2526 (8.8%)
  • 26 to 3546 (15%)
  • 36 to 4534 (11%)
  • 46 to 5546 (15%)
  • 56 to 6544 (15%)
  • 66 to 7537 (12%)
  • Over 7521 (7.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider208 (70%)
  • Passenger67 (23%)
  • Pedestrian22 (7.4%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car267 (71%)
  • Motorcycle41 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (8%)
  • Pedal cycle16 (4.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes8 (2.1%)
  • Mobility scooter4 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for West Dorset in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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 2025

Dorchester West, Dorset, DT1 1RU area was the busiest accident hotspot in West Dorset in 2025, with 15 collisions, 3 of them serious.

Roads in West Dorset with the most crashes in 2025

The A35 had the most collisions in West Dorset in 2025: 42, including 2 fatal and 18 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in West Dorset, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA354276218
2ndB3157131614
3rdB316291104
4thA3081503
5thA35271202
6thA35471004
7thA3771511
8thB31456703
9thB31506612
10thB31445500
11thB33905610
12thA3564401
13thB31433301
14thA30662200
15thB31472301
16thB31652300
17thA30301201
18thA3531100
19thB13571100
20thB31481101

Towns in West Dorset: crashes in 2025

Dorchester, Dorset had the most collisions of any town in West Dorset in 2025: 22.

Postcode districts in West Dorset: crashes in 2025

DT2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in West Dorset in 2025: 80.

Dorset and its former districts in 2025

Dorset recorded 675 collisions in 2025, and 31% of them were in the old West Dorset district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in West Dorset in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in West Dorset in 2025, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2025.

Severity

West Dorset road accidents in other years