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Sturminster Newton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 177 road traffic collisions in Sturminster Newton, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 212 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
177
2,080th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
212
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
31
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sturminster Newton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious3118%
  • Slight14481%

What the data shows

  • Sturminster Newton had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Sturminster Newton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sturminster Newton, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Sturminster Newton.

Where Sturminster Newton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,080th
Most casualties
2,203rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (23%)
  • Tuesday20 (11%)
  • Wednesday20 (11%)
  • Thursday33 (19%)
  • Friday27 (15%)
  • Saturday20 (11%)
  • Sunday17 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight149 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway172 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph150 (85%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph23 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds143 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (13%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant93 (44%)
  • Pedestrian59 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (15%)
  • Cyclist18 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sturminster Newton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sturminster Newton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sturminster Newton peaked at 11 in 1989; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202400
202311
202233
202112
202000
201911
201822
201700
201600
201544
201411
201311
201266
201100
201011
200944
20081012
2007910
200633
200533
200411
200344
200278
200169
2000814
199923
199822
199744
199644
199537
199433
199355
199255
199166
199055
19891114
198845
1987610
198645
198579
1984610
198322
198245
198144
198066
197933

Map of recent crashes in Sturminster Newton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sturminster Newton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sturminster Newton

The 24 most recent collisions in Sturminster Newton happened between 6 March 2012 and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sturminster Newton

The B3092 has the most collisions in Sturminster Newton, 62 of 177 (35%), followed by the B3091 (52).

Collisions in Sturminster Newton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB30926266012
2ndB3091525527
3rdA357254506

Council area for Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sturminster Newton accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Sturminster Newton

All 177 collisions in Sturminster Newton were in the DT10 postcode district.