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BH6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,072 road traffic collisions in the BH6 postcode district, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,639 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 328 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 21 collisions, down 5% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
2,072
1,723rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,639
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
22 people killed
Serious collisions
328
371 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
21
Down 5% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
25
Up 14% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BH6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal221.1%
  • Serious32816%
  • Slight1,72283%

What the data shows

  • BH6 had 255 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 362 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in BH6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 372 children under 16 were killed or injured in BH6, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in BH6.

Where BH6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,723rd
Most casualties
1,791st
Most fatal collisions
2,104th
Most serious collisions
1,935th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday289 (14%)
  • Tuesday310 (15%)
  • Wednesday307 (15%)
  • Thursday325 (16%)
  • Friday322 (16%)
  • Saturday292 (14%)
  • Sunday227 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,574 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit442 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit30 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,989 (96%)
  • Roundabout75 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph2,062 (100%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,728 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds260 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other25 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,272 (48%)
  • Cyclist420 (16%)
  • Pedestrian417 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist377 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant69 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant37 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BH6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BH6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BH6 peaked at 68 in 1991; 2025 had 21.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252125
20242222
20233033
20221822
20212627
20202731
20192227
20181922
20173739
20163343
20154050
20143543
20132735
20122529
20114354
20104054
20093543
20083641
20074157
20064052
20055571
20044468
20034758
20024762
20016071
20005885
19995681
19985668
19973843
19964863
19954560
19946181
19934046
19924864
19916886
19904975
19895781
19886382
19874964
19864354
19855763
19846377
19835262
19826580
19816686
19806081
19796078

Map of recent crashes in BH6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BH6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BH6

The 24 most recent collisions in BH6 happened between 11 November 2024 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BH6

The B3059 has the most collisions in BH6, 522 of 2,072 (25%), followed by the A35 (178).

Collisions in BH6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3059522615783
2ndA35178220228
3rdB306981101

Council area for BH6

BH6 is in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, where police recorded 55,875 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BH6 accounts for 3.7% of them.

Town in BH6

Of the 2,072 collisions in BH6, 1,920 (93%) were in Bournemouth.