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BH25 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,817 road traffic collisions in the BH25 postcode district, New Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,581 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 35 were fatal and 616 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 37 collisions, up 42% on 2024 (26).

Collisions since 1979
2,817
1,384th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,581
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
38 people killed
Serious collisions
616
707 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
37
Up 42% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
56
Up 75% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BH25

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal351.2%
  • Serious61622%
  • Slight2,16677%

What the data shows

  • BH25 had 349 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 465 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in BH25 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 373 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH25, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in BH25.

Where BH25 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,384th
Most casualties
1,457th
Most fatal collisions
1,679th
Most serious collisions
1,157th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday383 (14%)
  • Tuesday406 (14%)
  • Wednesday423 (15%)
  • Thursday448 (16%)
  • Friday450 (16%)
  • Saturday403 (14%)
  • Sunday304 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,127 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit440 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting197 (7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown40 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,740 (97%)
  • Roundabout38 (1.3%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,985 (70%)
  • 40 mph305 (11%)
  • 50 mph13 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph474 (17%)
  • 70 mph36 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,251 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds310 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds56 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist18 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other126 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,947 (54%)
  • Motorcyclist581 (16%)
  • Cyclist501 (14%)
  • Pedestrian408 (11%)
  • Van occupant75 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH25 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH25, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH25 peaked at 111 in 1984; 2025 had 37.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253756
20242632
20233039
20223338
20213243
20202529
20193438
20184253
20174351
20164754
20155160
20143449
20133644
20124853
20114554
20105269
20095572
20084659
20074460
20065469
20055968
20045567
200374104
20025163
20017195
20005873
19995972
19987187
19977496
199679114
19956891
19947079
199375100
19927491
199174104
199097135
198977108
198883101
198798126
198688116
198585101
1984111135
19837392
19826473
19817287
19807293
19797188

Map of recent crashes in BH25

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH25

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH25

The 24 most recent collisions in BH25 happened between 10 May and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH25

The A337 has the most collisions in BH25, 524 of 2,817 (19%), followed by the B3058 (463).

Collisions in BH25 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3375247323134
2ndB3058463574999
3rdB3055166216234
4thA3590130213

Council area for BH25

BH25 is in the New Forest, where police recorded 26,818 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH25 accounts for 10% of them.

Towns in BH25

Collisions in BH25 were recorded in 3 towns, led by New Milton (1,352) and Ashley, New Forest (330).