Traffic Incidents in Charminster
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003631/E
Version Date: 15/09/2025
The Performance Analysis Department and the Dorset Road Safety Team have provided the following information.
The following data has been split into injury road traffic collisions and damage only collisions.
Over the past several months, there have been multiple road traffic incidents along St Leonards Road, Charminster, particularly at junctions where vehicles are crossing or turning without respecting the right of way. It has been reported that many vehicles are ending up on pavements and colliding into a wall. Similar incidents have been reported on the junction of Capstone and Bennet Road by residents. I want to request the following information:
- Number of reported road traffic collisions on St Leonards Road, Capstone, and Bennet Road Charminster, for the past three years.
Please note that all the reported injury collisions on St Leonards Road and Capstone Road were at the crossroads between the two, and have therefore been displayed in the same table.
Injury Collisions on St Leonards Road junction with Capstone Road, Bournemouth
|
Severity |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Jan-May 2025 |
Total |
|
|
Collisions |
Fatal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Serious |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Slight |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Injury Collisions on Bennett Road, Bournemouth
|
Severity |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Jan-May 2025 |
Total |
|
|
Collisions |
Fatal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Serious |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Slight |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
|
|
Total |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Damage Only Collisions
|
Street |
Incident Count |
|
Bennett Road |
6 |
|
Capstone Road |
6 |
|
St Leonards Road |
8 |
|
Total |
20 |
- How many cars have been mounted on pavement and crashed into a wall?
Of the 10 total injury collisions, 2 vehicles reportedly left the carriageway (one offside, one nearside) and hit a wall or fence.
Of the 20 damage only collisions, 1 vehicle collided with a wall. No information is held to mention if it mounted on to the pavement.
- Any available summary of the cause or contributing factors recorded by attending officers.
Injury Collisions
|
|
Contributory Factor 1 |
Contributory Factor 2 |
Contributory Factor 3 |
Contributory Factor 4 |
|
1 |
505. Illness or disability, mental or physical |
403. Poor turn or manoeuvre |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
2 |
405. Failed to look properly |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
3 |
302. Disobeyed Give Way or Stop sign or markings |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
4 |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
5 |
602. Careless/Reckless/In a hurry |
405. Failed to look properly |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
6 |
405. Failed to look properly |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
7 |
401. Junction overshoot |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
8 |
405. Failed to look properly |
306. Exceeding speed limit |
406. Failed to judge other persons path or speed |
. Not coded |
|
9 |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
. Not coded |
|
10 |
R3. Driver/riders view obscured by stationary or parked vehicles |
R3. Driver/riders view obscured by stationary or parked vehicles |
B4. Ineffective observation by either the driver, rider or pedestrian |
B4. Ineffective observation by either the driver, rider or pedestrian |
Damage Only Collisions
|
|
Summary of causes |
|
1 |
No cause given |
|
2 |
No cause given |
|
3 |
Recorded as an RTC but was a Theft and failure to hotwire |
|
4 |
No cause given |
|
5 |
No cause given |
|
6 |
No cause given |
|
7 |
Sudden stopping of 3rd car in middle of road causing 2 car RTC |
|
8 |
Driver cut off, emergency stop not sufficient |
|
9 |
No cause given |
|
10 |
Road rage (Victim has minor injury) |
|
11 |
Suspected drink drive - not confirmed |
|
12 |
Suspected speeding - not confirmed |
|
13 |
Car pulled out of junction, not giving second car ample time to stop |
|
14 |
No cause given |
|
15 |
Drink driving |
|
16 |
Failure to stop at junction |
|
17 |
Suspected drink drive - not confirmed |
|
18 |
No cause given |
|
19 |
Child ran into road |
|
20 |
Speeding & failure to stop at junction |