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BH3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,337 road traffic collisions in the BH3 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,638 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 196 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,337
2,042nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,638
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
196
218 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
23
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for BH3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal120.9%
  • Serious19615%
  • Slight1,12984%

What the data shows

  • BH3 had 185 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 265 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in BH3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 95 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH3, 5.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in BH3.

Where BH3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,042nd
Most casualties
2,129th
Most fatal collisions
2,369th
Most serious collisions
2,246th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday209 (16%)
  • Tuesday221 (17%)
  • Wednesday226 (17%)
  • Thursday232 (17%)
  • Friday224 (17%)
  • Saturday149 (11%)
  • Sunday76 (5.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight965 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit331 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown20 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,093 (82%)
  • Roundabout193 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway47 (3.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph1,326 (99%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,122 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds171 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Other16 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant770 (47%)
  • Cyclist373 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist259 (16%)
  • Pedestrian142 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant21 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH3 peaked at 44 in 1985; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252123
202488
20231821
20222431
20211415
20202427
20191214
20181419
20171822
20163240
20152126
20142529
20133547
20122528
20113239
20102938
20093134
20082326
20072426
20062027
20053137
20042939
20033239
20022636
20013948
20002223
19993039
19983134
19973141
19964051
19953445
19943042
19933339
19923134
19913438
19903239
19892629
19883842
19873851
19862937
19854449
19843345
19833548
19824150
19813641
19802534
19793748

Map of recent crashes in BH3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH3

The 24 most recent collisions in BH3 happened between 17 September 2024 and 2 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH3

The A347 has the most collisions in BH3, 619 of 1,337 (46%), followed by the A3049 (249).

Collisions in BH3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA347619750781
2ndA3049249307339
3rdA341223001
4thB3063212705
5thA3470101001
6thB306491112
7thB30493300

Council area for BH3

BH3 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH3 accounts for 2.4% of them.

Towns in BH3

Collisions in BH3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Bournemouth (1,269) and Poole (6).