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Swanage road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 616 road traffic collisions in Swanage, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 776 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 108 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
616
1,021st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
776
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
108
121 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Swanage

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal50.8%
  • Serious10818%
  • Slight50382%

What the data shows

  • Swanage had 62 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 113 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Swanage were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 146 children under 16 were killed or injured in Swanage, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in Swanage.

Where Swanage ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,021st
Most casualties
1,024th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,095th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (15%)
  • Tuesday89 (14%)
  • Wednesday76 (12%)
  • Thursday90 (15%)
  • Friday104 (17%)
  • Saturday86 (14%)
  • Sunday76 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight495 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway531 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road74 (12%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph592 (96%)
  • 40 mph5 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph15 (2.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds530 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (9.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other8 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant279 (36%)
  • Pedestrian265 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (16%)
  • Cyclist62 (8%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Swanage road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Swanage, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Swanage peaked at 29 in 1989; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025911
202478
202355
20221012
202144
202033
201977
201823
201759
20161011
2015812
20141214
201367
201277
20111617
201077
20091116
20081515
20071012
20062125
2005911
20041517
20031828
20021925
20012021
20001519
19992124
19981213
19971113
19961620
19951213
19941722
19932030
1992911
19912122
19902136
19892933
19881215
19871415
1986810
19851629
19841722
19831011
19821730
19812326
19802229
19791726

Map of recent crashes in Swanage

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Swanage

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Swanage

The 24 most recent collisions in Swanage happened between 18 August 2022 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Swanage

The A351 has the most collisions in Swanage, 196 of 616 (32%), followed by the A3510 (8).

Collisions in Swanage on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA351196254130
2ndA35108801
3rdA353300

Council area for Swanage

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

Postcode district for Swanage

All 616 collisions in Swanage were in the BH19 postcode district.