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Wool road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 190 road traffic collisions in Wool, Dorset, from 1979 to 2025, and 246 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 54 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
190
2,006th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
246
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
54
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wool

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious5428%
  • Slight13471%

What the data shows

  • Wool had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Wool were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wool, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 23% of collisions in Wool.

Where Wool ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,006th
Most casualties
2,019th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,661st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (11%)
  • Tuesday28 (15%)
  • Wednesday31 (16%)
  • Thursday32 (17%)
  • Friday34 (18%)
  • Saturday30 (16%)
  • Sunday15 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight155 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway189 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph163 (86%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph22 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds163 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (5.8%)
  • Fog or mist6 (3.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant132 (54%)
  • Motorcyclist48 (20%)
  • Pedestrian32 (13%)
  • Cyclist25 (10%)
  • Van occupant5 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wool road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wool, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wool peaked at 9 in 2015; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202322
202233
202145
202057
201900
201847
201746
201644
2015912
2014710
201333
201244
201100
201033
200923
200879
200745
200645
200512
200479
200345
200269
200133
200033
199947
199866
199758
199622
1995911
199444
1993711
199222
199144
199011
198945
198844
198734
198656
198548
198457
198346
198267
198169
198068
197956

Map of recent crashes in Wool

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wool

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wool

The 24 most recent collisions in Wool happened between 29 December 2016 and 27 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wool

The A352 has the most collisions in Wool, 71 of 190 (37%), followed by the B3071 (25).

Collisions in Wool on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA35271104219
2ndB3071253206

Council area for Wool

Wool is in Dorset, where police recorded 51,591 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wool accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Wool

All 190 collisions in Wool were in the BH20 postcode district.