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Three Legged Cross road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 246 road traffic collisions in Three Legged Cross, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 344 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
246
1,747th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
344
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
53
63 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Three Legged Cross

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.4%
  • Serious5322%
  • Slight18776%

What the data shows

  • Three Legged Cross had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Three Legged Cross were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Three Legged Cross, 9.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Three Legged Cross.

Where Three Legged Cross ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,747th
Most casualties
1,666th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday36 (15%)
  • Tuesday33 (13%)
  • Wednesday31 (13%)
  • Thursday38 (15%)
  • Friday42 (17%)
  • Saturday31 (13%)
  • Sunday35 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight191 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16 (6.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway235 (96%)
  • Roundabout10 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph68 (28%)
  • 40 mph109 (44%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph65 (26%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds206 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant215 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist50 (15%)
  • Cyclist28 (8.1%)
  • Pedestrian24 (7%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Three Legged Cross road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Three Legged Cross, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Three Legged Cross peaked at 15 in 1994; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202333
202236
202144
202022
201922
201822
201733
201637
201523
201446
201323
2012711
2011512
201055
2009711
200847
200711
200637
200557
200458
200368
200246
200146
200067
199958
199833
199766
199657
199589
19941526
1993911
19921012
199158
19901420
1989911
1988911
19871520
198658
1985810
1984911
198344
198244
198125
198048
197933

Map of recent crashes in Three Legged Cross

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Three Legged Cross

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Three Legged Cross

The 24 most recent collisions in Three Legged Cross happened between 25 July 2016 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Three Legged Cross

Of the 246 collisions in Three Legged Cross, 130 were on the B3072.

Collisions in Three Legged Cross on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3072130178331

Council area for Three Legged Cross

Three Legged Cross is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Three Legged Cross accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Three Legged Cross

All 246 collisions in Three Legged Cross were in the BH21 postcode district.