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Sherborne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 634 road traffic collisions in Sherborne, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 756 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 107 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
634
1,002nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
756
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
107
115 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sherborne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.6%
  • Serious10717%
  • Slight52382%

What the data shows

  • Sherborne had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 109 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Sherborne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 95 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sherborne, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Sherborne.

Where Sherborne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,002nd
Most casualties
1,047th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,102nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday87 (14%)
  • Tuesday81 (13%)
  • Wednesday94 (15%)
  • Thursday121 (19%)
  • Friday107 (17%)
  • Saturday92 (15%)
  • Sunday52 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight523 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit98 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway579 (91%)
  • One way street or slip road37 (5.8%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph521 (82%)
  • 40 mph70 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (5%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds528 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds76 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other10 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant360 (48%)
  • Pedestrian182 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist117 (15%)
  • Cyclist75 (9.9%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sherborne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sherborne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sherborne peaked at 25 in 1997; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251316
20241214
2023810
202288
202145
202022
201979
2018912
201777
201678
20151111
201477
20131015
20121011
20111011
2010811
200966
20081518
20071821
20061414
20051622
20041523
20031119
20021314
20011012
20001516
19991315
19981721
19972528
19961623
19951118
19941214
19931216
19921313
19911818
19901720
19891215
19881718
19872428
19861821
19852125
19842529
19831925
19822224
19812025
19801617
19792021

Map of recent crashes in Sherborne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sherborne

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sherborne

The 24 most recent collisions in Sherborne happened between 18 March 2024 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sherborne

The A30 has the most collisions in Sherborne, 178 of 634 (28%), followed by the B3145 (131).

Collisions in Sherborne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30178225136
2ndB3145131144319
3rdA3528010709
4thB3148111303
5thA30005700

Council area for Sherborne

Sherborne is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sherborne accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Sherborne

All 634 collisions in Sherborne were in the DT9 postcode district.