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BH14 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,616 road traffic collisions in the BH14 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,541 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 26 were fatal and 603 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 38 collisions, down 32% on 2024 (56).

Collisions since 1979
3,616
1,027th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,541
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
26
26 people killed
Serious collisions
603
647 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
38
Down 32% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
44
Down 28% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BH14

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal260.7%
  • Serious60317%
  • Slight2,98783%

What the data shows

  • BH14 had 472 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 667 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in BH14 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 407 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH14, 9.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in BH14.

Where BH14 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,027th
Most casualties
1,143rd
Most fatal collisions
1,970th
Most serious collisions
1,202nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday542 (15%)
  • Tuesday548 (15%)
  • Wednesday549 (15%)
  • Thursday567 (16%)
  • Friday621 (17%)
  • Saturday461 (13%)
  • Sunday328 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,670 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit801 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit107 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,314 (92%)
  • Roundabout198 (5.5%)
  • One way street or slip road78 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph3,598 (100%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,042 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds462 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other37 (1%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,125 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist836 (18%)
  • Pedestrian654 (14%)
  • Cyclist629 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant131 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant55 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant27 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant26 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH14 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH14, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH14 peaked at 128 in 1979; 2025 had 38.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 38
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253844
20245661
20235462
20224145
20214758
20204455
20195368
20184248
20174659
20165162
20155676
20147078
20136178
20126070
20116376
201078101
20096781
20087480
20077081
20066883
200591108
200474101
2003109141
200294123
200177108
2000103120
199974103
1998102127
1997108147
19967198
199592108
199497131
199373101
199279106
19916988
1990109146
19898197
19887083
198786102
198686104
198593118
1984113144
1983108123
198292132
198195133
1980103121
1979128162

Map of recent crashes in BH14

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH14

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH14

The 24 most recent collisions in BH14 happened between 21 May and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH14

The A35 has the most collisions in BH14, 978 of 3,616 (27%), followed by the B3061 (743).

Collisions in BH14 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA359781,25011152
2ndB30617438656116
3rdB3369297388055
4thA348111150121
5thB3068101135018
6thA3040364103
7thA3500212707
8thA34804400
9thA3503500

Council area for BH14

BH14 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH14 accounts for 6.5% of them.

Town in BH14

Of the 3,616 collisions in BH14, 3,551 (98%) were in Poole.