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Gillingham (Dorset) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 465 road traffic collisions in Gillingham, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 566 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 79 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
465
1,214th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
566
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
79
89 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Gillingham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.5%
  • Serious7917%
  • Slight37982%

What the data shows

  • Gillingham had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 86 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Gillingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 91 children under 16 were killed or injured in Gillingham, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Gillingham.

Where Gillingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,214th
Most casualties
1,241st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,314th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (15%)
  • Tuesday63 (14%)
  • Wednesday66 (14%)
  • Thursday74 (16%)
  • Friday95 (20%)
  • Saturday52 (11%)
  • Sunday46 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight339 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit110 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway440 (95%)
  • Roundabout21 (4.5%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (3.7%)
  • 30 mph428 (92%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds388 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant248 (44%)
  • Pedestrian136 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (15%)
  • Cyclist78 (14%)
  • Van occupant14 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Gillingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Gillingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Gillingham peaked at 23 in 1987; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
20241011
202344
2022810
202167
2020811
201945
201879
20171112
20161013
201555
20141215
201311
201299
2011910
20101214
200979
20081013
200767
20061518
20052131
20041518
20031214
20021418
20011729
20001519
19991011
1998910
19971517
199657
1995912
19941010
1993911
199288
199167
199099
19891212
19881112
19872324
19861216
19851515
1984812
19831115
1982813
1981911
198057
197988

Map of recent crashes in Gillingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Gillingham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Gillingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Gillingham happened between 24 April 2022 and 30 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Gillingham

The B3081 has the most collisions in Gillingham, 212 of 465 (46%), followed by the B3092 (104).

Collisions in Gillingham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3081212255431
2ndB3092104134123
3rdB30954600
4thB30823301

Council area for Gillingham

Gillingham is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Gillingham accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Gillingham

All 465 collisions in Gillingham were in the SP8 postcode district.