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Hythe and Dibden Purlieu road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,267 road traffic collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, New Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,558 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 253 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,267
641st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,558
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
253
284 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.6%
  • Serious25320%
  • Slight1,00679%

What the data shows

  • Hythe and Dibden Purlieu had 133 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 179 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 304 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu.

Where Hythe and Dibden Purlieu ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
641st
Most casualties
649th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
582nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday192 (15%)
  • Tuesday210 (17%)
  • Wednesday181 (14%)
  • Thursday206 (16%)
  • Friday236 (19%)
  • Saturday150 (12%)
  • Sunday92 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight945 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit272 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown20 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,199 (95%)
  • Roundabout43 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph913 (72%)
  • 40 mph293 (23%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph49 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,002 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds167 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other44 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant695 (45%)
  • Motorcyclist269 (17%)
  • Cyclist267 (17%)
  • Pedestrian236 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant29 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant29 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hythe and Dibden Purlieu road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu peaked at 58 in 1983; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
20241114
20231821
20221214
20211215
20201111
20191116
20181415
20171618
20162027
2015910
20141217
20132326
20122125
20112225
20102125
20091720
20081416
20071621
20062430
20052225
20044348
20032435
20023444
20013137
20002837
19992938
19983846
19973544
19961925
19953742
19942023
19933449
19924260
19912836
19903849
19894552
19883852
19873842
19864250
19854853
19843543
19835867
19823846
19814560
19803844
19792835

Map of recent crashes in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

The 24 most recent collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu happened between 24 October 2023 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

The A326 has the most collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu, 15 of 1,267 (1.2%), followed by the B3054 (12).

Collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA326151705
2ndB3054121202

Council area for Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

Hythe and Dibden Purlieu is in the New Forest, where police recorded 26,818 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hythe and Dibden Purlieu accounts for 4.7% of them.

Postcode district for Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

All 1,267 collisions in Hythe and Dibden Purlieu were in the SO45 postcode district.