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Dorchester West, Dorset, DT1 1RU area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
427
1,595th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
516
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
15
Down 6% on 2024

Crash severity at the DT1 1RU hotspot

69 of the 427 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious6515%
  • Slight35884%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
67
Slightly injured
445
All casualties
516

Accidents by year at the DT1 1RU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 31 in 2003, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DT1 1RU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
20241616
20231010
20221213
20211414
202044
20191112
20181317
20171319
2016913
20151723
20141519
20131516
20121924
20111420
20101720
20092326
20081923
20072028
20062738
20051821
20042431
20033135
20022225
20012933

Map of crashes at the DT1 1RU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DT1 1RU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dorchester West, Dorset, DT1 1RU area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the DT1 1RU hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Dorchester West
Council area
Dorset
Nearest postcode to the centre
DT1 1RU
Postcode district
DT1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.71293, -2.44155
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
13 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,595th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DT1 1RU hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B3147, with 88 of 427, followed by the B3150 with 85.

Collisions at the DT1 1RU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB314788110117
2ndB315085103114
3rdB3144597706
4thA371100
5thB31571100

Towns near the DT1 1RU hotspot

426 of the 427 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Dorchester, Dorset.

All 427 crashes at the DT1 1RU hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 13 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year