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Milford on Sea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 251 road traffic collisions in Milford on Sea, New Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 328 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 59 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
251
1,731st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
328
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
59
65 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Milford on Sea

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52%
  • Serious5924%
  • Slight18775%

What the data shows

  • Milford on Sea had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Milford on Sea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Milford on Sea, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 19% of collisions in Milford on Sea.

Where Milford on Sea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,731st
Most casualties
1,713th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,587th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (12%)
  • Tuesday45 (18%)
  • Wednesday35 (14%)
  • Thursday31 (12%)
  • Friday37 (15%)
  • Saturday42 (17%)
  • Sunday30 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight200 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (6.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway242 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (2.4%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph201 (80%)
  • 40 mph9 (3.6%)
  • 60 mph39 (16%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds222 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant181 (55%)
  • Pedestrian60 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist40 (12%)
  • Cyclist39 (12%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Milford on Sea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Milford on Sea, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Milford on Sea peaked at 11 in 1990; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202445
202344
202222
202157
202036
201933
201844
201768
201647
201534
201455
201366
201244
201134
201045
200958
200837
2007810
200677
20051017
2004611
2003710
200245
200145
200045
199977
199845
1997711
199669
199555
199444
19931015
1992811
199169
19901115
198999
198888
198745
198634
1985811
198467
198345
198267
198145
198022
197969

Map of recent crashes in Milford on Sea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Milford on Sea

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Milford on Sea

The 24 most recent collisions in Milford on Sea happened between 5 December 2019 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Milford on Sea

The B3058 has the most collisions in Milford on Sea, 88 of 251 (35%), followed by the A337 (31).

Collisions in Milford on Sea on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB305888123426
2ndA337315207
3rdB30553600

Council area for Milford on Sea

Milford on Sea is in the New Forest, where police recorded 26,818 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Milford on Sea accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Milford on Sea

All 251 collisions in Milford on Sea were in the SO41 postcode district.