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BH5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,280 road traffic collisions in the BH5 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,604 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 192 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,280
2,068th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,604
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
14 people killed
Serious collisions
192
216 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for BH5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal131%
  • Serious19215%
  • Slight1,07584%

What the data shows

  • BH5 had 120 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 243 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in BH5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 130 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH5, 8.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in BH5.

Where BH5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,068th
Most casualties
2,137th
Most fatal collisions
2,336th
Most serious collisions
2,258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday171 (13%)
  • Tuesday188 (15%)
  • Wednesday189 (15%)
  • Thursday196 (15%)
  • Friday212 (17%)
  • Saturday193 (15%)
  • Sunday131 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight978 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit268 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,252 (98%)
  • Roundabout14 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,268 (99%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,079 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds159 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant808 (50%)
  • Pedestrian253 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist240 (15%)
  • Cyclist225 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant25 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH5 peaked at 45 in 1994; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
20241516
202367
20221617
202177
20201314
20191114
20181315
20171719
20161418
20152526
20141616
20131921
20122327
20112630
20102638
20093140
20082630
20073038
20062126
20053036
20042837
20033644
20024358
20013550
20004153
19994048
19983345
19973135
19962633
19953239
19944559
19933035
19923347
19912948
19903137
19893545
19883140
19873338
19862734
19853957
19843538
19833648
19823848
19812941
19803744
19793439

Map of recent crashes in BH5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH5

The 24 most recent collisions in BH5 happened between 13 November 2023 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH5

The A35 has the most collisions in BH5, 144 of 1,280 (11%), followed by the B3059 (118).

Collisions in BH5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35144176123
2ndB3059118133017
3rdA35004400

Council area for BH5

BH5 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH5 accounts for 2.3% of them.

Town in BH5

Of the 1,280 collisions in BH5, 1,219 (95%) were in Bournemouth.