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Lyme Regis road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 286 road traffic collisions in Lyme Regis, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 339 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
286
1,599th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
339
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
52
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lyme Regis

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.4%
  • Serious5218%
  • Slight22779%

What the data shows

  • Lyme Regis had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 47 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Lyme Regis were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lyme Regis, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Lyme Regis.

Where Lyme Regis ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,599th
Most casualties
1,691st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (14%)
  • Tuesday34 (12%)
  • Wednesday45 (16%)
  • Thursday37 (13%)
  • Friday47 (16%)
  • Saturday46 (16%)
  • Sunday37 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight238 (83%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway277 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1%)
  • Roundabout3 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph263 (92%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph20 (7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds241 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (8.7%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (3.1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian124 (37%)
  • Car occupant119 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (19%)
  • Cyclist15 (4.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lyme Regis road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lyme Regis, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lyme Regis peaked at 14 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202434
202377
202244
202189
202049
201934
201844
201724
201622
201544
201445
201344
201233
201145
201069
200933
2008810
200766
200658
200546
200466
200389
200244
2001710
20001111
199955
199877
199777
199644
1995910
199469
199344
199299
1991911
1990714
198968
198866
198789
19861010
198578
198444
1983810
1982910
198189
19801418
19791416

Map of recent crashes in Lyme Regis

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lyme Regis

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lyme Regis

The 24 most recent collisions in Lyme Regis happened between 12 October 2020 and 19 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lyme Regis

The A3052 has the most collisions in Lyme Regis, 129 of 286 (45%), followed by the A3070 (37).

Collisions in Lyme Regis on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3052129152422
2ndA3070374006
3rdB3165172602

Council area for Lyme Regis

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

Postcode district for Lyme Regis

All 286 collisions in Lyme Regis were in the DT7 postcode district.