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Beaminster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 133 road traffic collisions in Beaminster, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 161 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
133
2,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
161
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
23
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Beaminster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.5%
  • Serious2317%
  • Slight10881%

What the data shows

  • Beaminster had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Beaminster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 23 children under 16 were killed or injured in Beaminster, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Beaminster.

Where Beaminster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,437th
Most casualties
2,582nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (14%)
  • Tuesday28 (21%)
  • Wednesday13 (9.8%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday23 (17%)
  • Saturday13 (9.8%)
  • Sunday19 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight105 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit23 (17%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway133 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (9.8%)
  • 30 mph103 (77%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph16 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds107 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (14%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other4 (3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant63 (39%)
  • Pedestrian47 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (18%)
  • Cyclist13 (8.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Beaminster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Beaminster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Beaminster peaked at 9 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202467
202323
202200
202111
202000
201933
201811
201711
201611
201500
201444
201333
201222
201155
201022
200935
200844
200711
200612
200511
200400
200311
200213
200124
2000612
199989
199844
199745
1996810
199544
199444
199333
199244
199122
199056
198968
198811
198725
198600
1985910
198434
198311
198244
198122
198045
197922

Map of recent crashes in Beaminster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Beaminster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Beaminster

The 24 most recent collisions in Beaminster happened between 8 February 2013 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Beaminster

The A3066 has the most collisions in Beaminster, 75 of 133 (56%), followed by the B3163 (17).

Collisions in Beaminster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30667591010
2ndB3163171922

Council area for Beaminster

Beaminster is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Beaminster accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Beaminster

All 133 collisions in Beaminster were in the DT8 postcode district.