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West Moors road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 542 road traffic collisions in West Moors, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 669 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 108 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
542
1,102nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
669
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
108
113 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Moors

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.5%
  • Serious10820%
  • Slight42679%

What the data shows

  • West Moors had 79 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 100 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in West Moors were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Moors, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in West Moors.

Where West Moors ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,102nd
Most casualties
1,124th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,095th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (17%)
  • Tuesday83 (15%)
  • Wednesday89 (16%)
  • Thursday81 (15%)
  • Friday70 (13%)
  • Saturday79 (15%)
  • Sunday48 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight417 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway446 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway70 (13%)
  • Roundabout20 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph375 (69%)
  • 40 mph74 (14%)
  • 50 mph19 (3.5%)
  • 60 mph48 (8.9%)
  • 70 mph22 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds455 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant316 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist114 (17%)
  • Pedestrian112 (17%)
  • Cyclist97 (14%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Moors road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Moors, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Moors peaked at 22 in 2003; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202478
20231517
202223
20211010
202044
201977
20181114
20171314
2016913
2015811
201478
201389
20121624
201169
2010812
20091317
200878
20071517
20061212
20051215
20041221
20032232
20021417
20011314
20001518
19991314
1998811
19971214
19961215
19951421
19941313
19931214
19921520
19911214
19901620
19891319
19881720
19871517
19861010
19851213
19841925
19831010
19821014
19811720
19801518
19791012

Map of recent crashes in West Moors

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Moors

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Moors

The 24 most recent collisions in West Moors happened between 14 June 2022 and 16 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Moors

The B3072 has the most collisions in West Moors, 196 of 542 (36%), followed by the A31 (46).

Collisions in West Moors on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3072196248443
2ndA31466005
3rdA348435807
4thA347131403

Council area for West Moors

West Moors is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Moors accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode districts in West Moors

Collisions in West Moors were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BH22 (516) and BH21 (26).