Road crashes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

25,664 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has recorded 25,664 road collisions since 2000, 182 of them fatal and 3,413 causing serious injury. That makes it the 21st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7.1 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 1,477 to 707 in 2024. The A35 is the most affected road locally, with 3,076 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.