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Weymouth and Portland road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 281 road traffic collisions in Weymouth and Portland in 1979, and 350 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 81 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 7,593 collisions in Weymouth and Portland.

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

Collisions in 1979
281
Casualties in 1979
350
Fatal collisions
2
0.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
81
29% of collisions

Crash severity in Weymouth and Portland in 1979

0.7% of collisions in Weymouth and Portland in 1979 were fatal and 29% serious, against 1.4% and 17% in Weymouth and Portland from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious8129%
  • Slight19870%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious9627%
  • Slight25272%

Weymouth and Portland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Weymouth and Portland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 281 in 1979. 1979 is highlighted, with 281.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202596115
202490102
2023106121
202291121
20217389
20206577
201989126
201887111
201797122
2016102162
2015123156
2014119139
2013139172
2012131163
2011113143
2010153185
2009151183
2008170230
2007147197
2006134158
2005184238
2004175222
2003214296
2002201263
2001224284
2000214281
1999221288
1998207285
1997183241
1996196270
1995174225
1994167205
1993188224
1992207295
1991160201
1990163201
1989165205
1988168205
1987173213
1986225263
1985202249
1984195239
1983193231
1982205251
1981218286
1980214271
1979281350

When and where crashes happen in Weymouth and Portland in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (9.6%)
  • Tuesday32 (11%)
  • Wednesday38 (14%)
  • Thursday54 (19%)
  • Friday67 (24%)
  • Saturday32 (11%)
  • Sunday31 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5917 (6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5923 (8.2%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5936 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5953 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5976 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5936 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5937 (13%)

Collisions by month

  • January22 (7.8%)
  • February12 (4.3%)
  • March13 (4.6%)
  • April24 (8.5%)
  • May17 (6%)
  • June28 (10%)
  • July25 (8.9%)
  • August46 (16%)
  • September26 (9.3%)
  • October12 (4.3%)
  • November25 (8.9%)
  • December31 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight197 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit76 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds231 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (9.6%)
  • Fog or mist6 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (2.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry199 (71%)
  • Wet or damp64 (23%)
  • Frost or ice13 (4.6%)
  • Snow4 (1.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph265 (94%)
  • 60 mph16 (5.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway241 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road23 (8.2%)
  • Roundabout11 (3.9%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Weymouth and Portland in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant123 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist101 (29%)
  • Pedestrian86 (25%)
  • Cyclist32 (9.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 1023 (6.6%)
  • 11 to 1538 (11%)
  • 16 to 2096 (27%)
  • 21 to 2530 (8.6%)
  • 26 to 3554 (15%)
  • 36 to 4532 (9.1%)
  • 46 to 5518 (5.1%)
  • 56 to 6526 (7.4%)
  • 66 to 7520 (5.7%)
  • Over 757 (2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider182 (52%)
  • Pedestrian86 (25%)
  • Passenger82 (23%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car278 (60%)
  • Motorcycle102 (22%)
  • Pedal cycle34 (7.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes14 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes10 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.9%)
  • Minibus7 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car7 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Weymouth and Portland in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Weymouth and Portland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Weymouth and Portland with the most crashes in 1979

The A354 had the most collisions in Weymouth and Portland in 1979: 119, including 38 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Weymouth and Portland, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA354119151038
2ndB3157323819
3rdA353151807
4thB31593302
5thB31561101

Towns in Weymouth and Portland: crashes in 1979

Weymouth had the most collisions of any town in Weymouth and Portland in 1979: 229.

Postcode districts in Weymouth and Portland: crashes in 1979

DT4 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Weymouth and Portland in 1979: 194.

Dorset and its former districts in 1979

Dorset recorded 1,418 collisions in 1979, and 20% of them were in the old Weymouth and Portland district.

Other former districts in Dorset

Latest crashes in Weymouth and Portland in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Weymouth and Portland in 1979, 1 was fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Weymouth and Portland road accidents in other years