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Fortuneswell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 294 road traffic collisions in Fortuneswell, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 352 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 47 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
294
1,572nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
352
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
47
55 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Fortuneswell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.4%
  • Serious4716%
  • Slight24082%

What the data shows

  • Fortuneswell had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Fortuneswell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in Fortuneswell, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in Fortuneswell.

Where Fortuneswell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,572nd
Most casualties
1,644th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,806th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (16%)
  • Tuesday39 (13%)
  • Wednesday37 (13%)
  • Thursday45 (15%)
  • Friday52 (18%)
  • Saturday39 (13%)
  • Sunday36 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight224 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit63 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway244 (83%)
  • One way street or slip road39 (13%)
  • Roundabout9 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph276 (94%)
  • 40 mph3 (1%)
  • 50 mph3 (1%)
  • 60 mph12 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds257 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (6.8%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Other2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant132 (38%)
  • Pedestrian87 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist75 (21%)
  • Cyclist34 (9.7%)
  • Van occupant12 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Fortuneswell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Fortuneswell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Fortuneswell peaked at 11 in 2000; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202478
202311
202247
202146
202033
201955
201866
201745
201644
201555
201445
201368
20121010
201111
201066
2009910
2008813
200767
200634
20051016
200466
200356
2002810
2001912
20001115
199944
19981011
1997710
199646
19951115
199467
199333
199256
19911010
1990710
19891010
198878
198789
198645
198545
198433
198389
1982910
198178
198089
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Fortuneswell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Fortuneswell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Fortuneswell

The 24 most recent collisions in Fortuneswell happened between 30 March 2020 and 10 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Fortuneswell

The A354 has the most collisions in Fortuneswell, 195 of 294 (66%), followed by the A3540 (9).

Collisions in Fortuneswell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA354195242627
2ndA35409901

Council area for Fortuneswell

Fortuneswell is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Fortuneswell accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Fortuneswell

All 294 collisions in Fortuneswell were in the DT5 postcode district.