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Wimborne Minster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,236 road traffic collisions in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,553 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 254 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,236
653rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,553
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
254
279 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wimborne Minster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious25421%
  • Slight97379%

What the data shows

  • Wimborne Minster had 128 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 209 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Wimborne Minster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 221 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wimborne Minster, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Wimborne Minster.

Where Wimborne Minster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
653rd
Most casualties
650th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
577th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday163 (13%)
  • Tuesday175 (14%)
  • Wednesday192 (16%)
  • Thursday217 (18%)
  • Friday222 (18%)
  • Saturday166 (13%)
  • Sunday101 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight964 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit233 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit18 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,009 (82%)
  • One way street or slip road151 (12%)
  • Roundabout67 (5.4%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,045 (85%)
  • 40 mph83 (6.7%)
  • 50 mph51 (4.1%)
  • 60 mph41 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,032 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds164 (13%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other16 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant709 (46%)
  • Motorcyclist291 (19%)
  • Pedestrian268 (17%)
  • Cyclist199 (13%)
  • Van occupant35 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wimborne Minster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wimborne Minster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wimborne Minster peaked at 50 in 1979; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251616
20241213
20231415
20221314
20211520
20201214
20191318
2018810
20171419
20161111
20151618
20142532
20131113
20122324
20112735
20102230
20091011
20082329
20073236
20062029
20053249
20042022
20033553
20023035
20012634
20003647
19993036
19982832
19974350
19963037
19953244
19943144
19932030
19922631
19913037
19902951
19893439
19883549
19873439
19864460
19853846
19842930
19833739
19824250
19813644
19804249
19795069

Map of recent crashes in Wimborne Minster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wimborne Minster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wimborne Minster

The 24 most recent collisions in Wimborne Minster happened between 18 June 2024 and 24 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wimborne Minster

The B3073 has the most collisions in Wimborne Minster, 408 of 1,236 (33%), followed by the B3078 (119).

Collisions in Wimborne Minster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3073408513285
2ndB3078119148221
3rdA3191107029
4thB3082444706
5thB341395307
6thA3498803

Council area for Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wimborne Minster accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Wimborne Minster

All 1,236 collisions in Wimborne Minster were in the BH21 postcode district.