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Wareham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 381 road traffic collisions in Wareham, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 447 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 67 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
381
1,349th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
447
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
67
70 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wareham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious6718%
  • Slight30981%

What the data shows

  • Wareham had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Wareham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 67 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wareham, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Wareham.

Where Wareham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,349th
Most casualties
1,422nd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,470th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday59 (15%)
  • Wednesday50 (13%)
  • Thursday68 (18%)
  • Friday58 (15%)
  • Saturday54 (14%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight296 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit80 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway350 (92%)
  • Roundabout26 (6.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph331 (87%)
  • 40 mph36 (9.4%)
  • 60 mph13 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds318 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant176 (39%)
  • Pedestrian111 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (17%)
  • Cyclist69 (15%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wareham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wareham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wareham peaked at 17 in 1979; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202355
202266
202111
202066
201922
201833
201755
201656
201567
201456
201322
201278
201188
201022
20091010
20081114
20071112
200657
2005815
200467
20031012
200267
2001910
20001012
19991415
19981419
199755
199657
199599
19941115
199355
199277
199199
19901113
19891317
19881114
19871112
19861621
19851013
19841111
19831010
19821314
19811113
1980913
19791722

Map of recent crashes in Wareham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wareham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wareham

The 24 most recent collisions in Wareham happened between 8 October 2020 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wareham

The A351 has the most collisions in Wareham, 107 of 381 (28%), followed by the B3075 (56).

Collisions in Wareham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA351107128019
2ndB30755660211
3rdB3070242404
4thA352233306
5thA35105500
6thA35203501

Council area for Wareham

Wareham is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wareham accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Wareham

All 381 collisions in Wareham were in the BH20 postcode district.