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BH13 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,300 road traffic collisions in the BH13 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,755 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 245 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 27 collisions, up 35% on 2024 (20).

Collisions since 1979
1,300
2,064th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,755
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
22 people killed
Serious collisions
245
302 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
27
Up 35% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
34
Up 26% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BH13

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.5%
  • Serious24519%
  • Slight1,03580%

What the data shows

  • BH13 had 199 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 238 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in BH13 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 103 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH13, 5.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in BH13.

Where BH13 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,064th
Most casualties
2,091st
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,141st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday181 (14%)
  • Tuesday193 (15%)
  • Wednesday150 (12%)
  • Thursday194 (15%)
  • Friday206 (16%)
  • Saturday188 (14%)
  • Sunday188 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight982 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit269 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit33 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,155 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road78 (6%)
  • Roundabout57 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,292 (99%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,079 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds159 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.2%)
  • Other30 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,052 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist239 (14%)
  • Cyclist215 (12%)
  • Pedestrian157 (8.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant28 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH13 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH13, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH13 peaked at 48 in 1979; 2025 had 27.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 27
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252734
20242027
20232331
20221313
20211719
20201825
20192432
20181621
20172226
20161925
20152235
20142846
20132224
20122331
20112837
20102436
20092831
20081826
20072027
20062532
20052632
20043447
20034250
20023755
20013650
20002330
19992330
19983851
19973142
19963551
19952538
19942345
19932530
19923444
19911624
19903740
19893351
19882940
19872734
19862538
19854673
19843643
19833137
19823138
19813244
19804056
19794864

Map of recent crashes in BH13

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH13

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH13

The 24 most recent collisions in BH13 happened between 2 April and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH13

The B3065 has the most collisions in BH13, 289 of 1,300 (22%), followed by the B3369 (215).

Collisions in BH13 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3065289407559
2ndB3369215294746
3rdA35142164011
4thA3384500
5thB30664400

Council area for BH13

BH13 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH13 accounts for 2.3% of them.

Towns in BH13

Collisions in BH13 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Poole (1,131) and Bournemouth (26).