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Longham (Dorset) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 225 road traffic collisions in Longham, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 292 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
225
1,831st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
292
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
49
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Longham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious4922%
  • Slight17477%

What the data shows

  • Longham had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Longham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Longham are between noon and 3pm, with 22% of collisions.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Longham, 5.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Longham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,831st
Most casualties
1,845th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday42 (19%)
  • Tuesday21 (9.3%)
  • Wednesday41 (18%)
  • Thursday21 (9.3%)
  • Friday44 (20%)
  • Saturday31 (14%)
  • Sunday25 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight160 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (3.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway191 (85%)
  • Roundabout31 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph52 (23%)
  • 40 mph158 (70%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph12 (5.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds181 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.3%)
  • Other2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant163 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (22%)
  • Cyclist25 (8.6%)
  • Pedestrian10 (3.4%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant7 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Longham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Longham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Longham peaked at 9 in 1995; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202311
202255
202156
202044
201956
201824
201723
2016717
201500
201479
201367
201256
201145
201045
200922
200889
200744
200689
2005310
200489
200367
200279
200134
200077
1999710
199833
1997510
199646
199599
199445
199334
199233
1991810
199067
198922
1988713
198757
198656
198579
1984910
198311
198234
198124
198011
1979810

Map of recent crashes in Longham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Longham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Longham

The 24 most recent collisions in Longham happened between 22 July 2020 and 18 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Longham

The A348 has the most collisions in Longham, 181 of 225 (80%), followed by the B3073 (32).

Collisions in Longham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA348181237242
2ndB3073323906

Council area for Longham

Longham is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Longham accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Longham

Collisions in Longham were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BH22 (208) and BH11 (17).