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BH1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,291 road traffic collisions in the BH1 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,206 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 629 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 60 collisions, up 33% on 2024 (45).

Collisions since 1979
4,291
774th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,206
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
33 people killed
Serious collisions
629
693 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
60
Up 33% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
66
Up 22% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BH1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal320.7%
  • Serious62915%
  • Slight3,63085%

What the data shows

  • BH1 had 526 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 768 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in BH1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 363 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH1, 7.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in BH1.

Where BH1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
774th
Most casualties
930th
Most fatal collisions
1,784th
Most serious collisions
1,127th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday612 (14%)
  • Tuesday619 (14%)
  • Wednesday647 (15%)
  • Thursday584 (14%)
  • Friday747 (17%)
  • Saturday637 (15%)
  • Sunday445 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,868 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,308 (30%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit48 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown41 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting26 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,312 (77%)
  • Roundabout523 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road273 (6.4%)
  • Dual carriageway172 (4%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph56 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph4,084 (95%)
  • 40 mph44 (1%)
  • 50 mph59 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph12 (0.3%)
  • 70 mph33 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,603 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds531 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds32 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other50 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,913 (37%)
  • Pedestrian1,347 (26%)
  • Cyclist785 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist758 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant228 (4.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant92 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant38 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH1 peaked at 150 in 1982; 2025 had 60.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 60
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256066
20244554
20235155
20225258
20215260
20204444
20195063
20183739
20177893
20165766
20156577
20148297
201386105
20127579
20116679
20106571
20098099
20087895
20077787
200694109
2005118154
2004104136
200399134
2002137192
2001132161
2000125165
1999123153
199897111
199794121
199691117
199598105
19947897
19937898
19926070
19917898
199093116
1989118140
1988102113
1987120135
1986104134
1985135164
1984143171
1983115130
1982150183
1981137171
1980129159
1979139182

Map of recent crashes in BH1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH1

The 24 most recent collisions in BH1 happened between 24 July and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH1

The A35 has the most collisions in BH1, 1,254 of 4,291 (29%), followed by the B3066 (435).

Collisions in BH1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA351,2541,48913193
2ndB3066435561168
3rdB3064290352343
4thA3049257309232
5thA338200248124
6thA3475672110
7thA3500526408
8thB30615601

Council area for BH1

BH1 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH1 accounts for 7.7% of them.

Towns in BH1

Collisions in BH1 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Bournemouth (4,215) and Poole (18).