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Blandford Forum road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 768 road traffic collisions in Blandford Forum, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 914 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
768
899th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
914
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
109
121 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blandford Forum

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.2%
  • Serious10914%
  • Slight65085%

What the data shows

  • Blandford Forum had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 114 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Blandford Forum were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 157 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blandford Forum, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Blandford Forum.

Where Blandford Forum ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
899th
Most casualties
926th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday114 (15%)
  • Tuesday115 (15%)
  • Wednesday105 (14%)
  • Thursday129 (17%)
  • Friday127 (17%)
  • Saturday118 (15%)
  • Sunday60 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight586 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit146 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway573 (75%)
  • One way street or slip road162 (21%)
  • Roundabout21 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph20 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph624 (81%)
  • 40 mph44 (5.7%)
  • 50 mph9 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph70 (9.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds638 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds99 (13%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant398 (44%)
  • Pedestrian228 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist164 (18%)
  • Cyclist94 (10%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blandford Forum road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blandford Forum, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blandford Forum peaked at 30 in 1999; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
2024911
2023811
202278
202133
202056
201969
20181114
201755
2016912
2015910
201444
20131014
2012914
20111012
20101112
20091316
20081616
20071620
20061618
20051826
20041617
20031824
20021622
20011521
20002528
19993032
19982124
19972023
19962633
19952021
19941920
19931921
19922123
19912024
19902024
19892630
19881720
19872426
19862731
19851921
19842021
19832429
19822630
19812634
19802431
19792835

Map of recent crashes in Blandford Forum

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blandford Forum

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blandford Forum

The 24 most recent collisions in Blandford Forum happened between 25 September 2022 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blandford Forum

The B3082 has the most collisions in Blandford Forum, 236 of 768 (31%), followed by the A354 (104).

Collisions in Blandford Forum on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3082236265326
2ndA354104139219
3rdA3505575110

Council area for Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blandford Forum accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Blandford Forum

All 768 collisions in Blandford Forum were in the DT11 postcode district.