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Bridport road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,029 road traffic collisions in Bridport, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,288 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 172 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,029
743rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,288
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Serious collisions
172
192 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bridport

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121.2%
  • Serious17217%
  • Slight84582%

What the data shows

  • Bridport had 131 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 196 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Bridport were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 163 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bridport, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Bridport.

Where Bridport ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
743rd
Most casualties
745th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
775th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday124 (12%)
  • Tuesday154 (15%)
  • Wednesday152 (15%)
  • Thursday144 (14%)
  • Friday195 (19%)
  • Saturday147 (14%)
  • Sunday113 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight829 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit172 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway920 (89%)
  • Roundabout94 (9.1%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph876 (85%)
  • 40 mph100 (9.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph42 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds882 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds101 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Other17 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant603 (47%)
  • Pedestrian275 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist201 (16%)
  • Cyclist162 (13%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bridport road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bridport, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bridport peaked at 35 in 1980; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251415
20241418
20231218
20221214
20211718
202066
201999
20181313
20172229
20161214
20152529
20141415
20132126
20122734
20112124
20101416
20091923
20081418
20072532
20061617
20051922
20043243
20032632
20022629
20012936
20003247
19993136
19983241
19973452
19962636
19952230
19943350
19932640
19923036
19912328
19902743
19891923
19881820
19872428
19861619
19851718
19843136
19831819
19823241
19811822
19803542
19792631

Map of recent crashes in Bridport

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bridport

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bridport

The 24 most recent collisions in Bridport happened between 23 March 2024 and 21 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bridport

The A35 has the most collisions in Bridport, 275 of 1,029 (27%), followed by the B3157 (211).

Collisions in Bridport on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35275376446
2ndB3157211273231
3rdB3162199226423
4thA306696125019
5thA350061001

Council area for Bridport

Bridport is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bridport accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Bridport

All 1,029 collisions in Bridport were in the DT6 postcode district.