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DT3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,050 road traffic collisions in the DT3 postcode district, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,418 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 62 were fatal and 581 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, down 26% on 2024 (38).

Collisions since 1979
3,050
1,301st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,418
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
62
70 people killed
Serious collisions
581
701 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Down 26% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
41
Down 15% on 2024

Road collision statistics for DT3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal622%
  • Serious58119%
  • Slight2,40779%

What the data shows

  • DT3 had 380 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 576 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in DT3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 525 children under 16 were killed or injured in DT3, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in DT3.

Where DT3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,301st
Most casualties
1,182nd
Most fatal collisions
879th
Most serious collisions
1,260th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday438 (14%)
  • Tuesday404 (13%)
  • Wednesday470 (15%)
  • Thursday442 (14%)
  • Friday469 (15%)
  • Saturday459 (15%)
  • Sunday368 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,365 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit330 (11%)
  • Dark, no street lighting236 (7.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit104 (3.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,951 (97%)
  • Roundabout68 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph1,725 (57%)
  • 40 mph234 (7.7%)
  • 50 mph145 (4.8%)
  • 60 mph931 (31%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,476 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds363 (12%)
  • Fog or mist52 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds47 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds37 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other51 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,846 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist681 (15%)
  • Pedestrian334 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist292 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant107 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)46 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant34 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

DT3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in DT3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in DT3 peaked at 100 in 1996; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252841
20243848
20234751
20224463
20214153
20204153
20193545
20182840
20173651
20164259
20156598
20144862
20134760
20124963
20115589
20104662
20096283
200875111
200771119
20065882
200573113
200487115
200399158
200279104
200196128
200084124
199986117
199895169
199787123
1996100154
199582120
199472105
199383105
199283148
199177114
19907096
198973109
19886199
19876699
19864865
19856794
198471113
19834866
19826791
198178126
198078116
197984114

Map of recent crashes in DT3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in DT3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in DT3

The 24 most recent collisions in DT3 happened between 25 April and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in DT3

The A354 has the most collisions in DT3, 948 of 3,050 (31%), followed by the B3157 (505).

Collisions in DT3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3549481,44418154
2ndB315750583121116
3rdA3534766851195
4thB3159127161027
5thB3155385529
6thA3540273914
7thB31567902
8thA3526701

Council area for DT3

DT3 is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. DT3 accounts for 5.9% of them.

Towns in DT3

Collisions in DT3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Weymouth (1,422) and Chickerell (111).