Unitary authority · England
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 3,524 injury collisions in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's highway authority area, 665 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 3,524
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 4,064
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 25
- 640 serious, 2,859 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 81%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole recorded 164 fatal or serious collisions, 23% above its average of 133 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | 134 | 538 | 678 | 783 |
140
|
| 2022 | 4 | 120 | 613 | 737 | 855 |
124
|
| 2023 | 6 | 121 | 598 | 725 | 869 |
127
|
| 2024 | 3 | 107 | 597 | 707 | 793 |
110
|
| 2025 | 6 | 158 | 513 | 677 | 764 |
164
|
| 2021–2025 | 25 | 640 | 2,859 | 3,524 | 4,064 | 665 |
Casualties by road user
4,064 people were hurt in these collisions: 25 killed, 665 seriously injured and 3,374 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 81% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 622 | 15.3% | 184 | 26.7% |
| Pedal cyclists | 802 | 19.7% | 156 | 22.6% |
| Motorcyclists | 757 | 18.6% | 217 | 31.4% |
| All road users | 4,064 | 100% | 690 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A35 440 collisions · 93 fatal or serious
- A3049 214 collisions · 40 fatal or serious
- B3068 136 collisions · 26 fatal or serious
- A3060 109 collisions · 11 fatal or serious
- A338 100 collisions · 10 fatal or serious
- A347 100 collisions · 14 fatal or serious
- B3059 78 collisions · 21 fatal or serious
- B3066 71 collisions · 17 fatal or serious
- A350 69 collisions · 15 fatal or serious
- B3073 67 collisions · 12 fatal or serious
Areas within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Published fee
From £190 + VAT
BCP Council takes collision data requests by email at [email protected].
Source: BCP Council: make a request for collision data, checked 14 October 2026. Fees change, so confirm with the council before you order.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.