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DT8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 739 road traffic collisions in the DT8 postcode district, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,083 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 181 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
739
2,305th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,083
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
22 people killed
Serious collisions
181
212 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for DT8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal212.8%
  • Serious18124%
  • Slight53773%

What the data shows

  • DT8 had 84 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 143 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in DT8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 114 children under 16 were killed or injured in DT8, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in DT8.

Where DT8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,305th
Most casualties
2,291st
Most fatal collisions
2,133rd
Most serious collisions
2,289th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday91 (12%)
  • Tuesday120 (16%)
  • Wednesday82 (11%)
  • Thursday104 (14%)
  • Friday112 (15%)
  • Saturday117 (16%)
  • Sunday113 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight566 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit49 (6.6%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway732 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (2%)
  • 30 mph175 (24%)
  • 40 mph19 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph528 (71%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds542 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds113 (15%)
  • Fog or mist33 (4.5%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other19 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant724 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist164 (15%)
  • Pedestrian70 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant47 (4.3%)
  • Cyclist41 (3.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Horse rider4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

DT8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in DT8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in DT8 peaked at 41 in 1997; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251215
20241416
20231015
2022512
20211012
202067
201966
201869
2017710
2016812
20151014
20141415
20131827
20121016
20111515
20101012
20091115
20081525
20071626
20062434
2005911
20041325
20031836
20021317
20012341
20002439
19993049
19982733
19974170
19962328
19952134
19943553
19932027
19922131
19911924
19901627
19892439
19881620
19871423
198679
19852234
19841219
1983711
19821619
19811216
19801722
19791213

Map of recent crashes in DT8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in DT8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in DT8

The 24 most recent collisions in DT8 happened between 16 March 2024 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in DT8

The A3066 has the most collisions in DT8, 286 of 739 (39%), followed by the A356 (92).

Collisions in DT8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30662864421080
2ndA35692146322
3rdB316387129315
4thB316273103117
5thB3164283504
6thB3165284706

Council area for DT8

DT8 is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. DT8 accounts for 1.4% of them.

Town in DT8

Of the 739 collisions in DT8, 133 (18%) were in Beaminster.