Dorset's most dangerous roads from 2010 to 2020

Interactive website CrashMap details thousands of incidents ranging from slight, serious and fatal crashes since the turn of the millennium - pinpointing the road where each crash took place and how many vehicles were involved.

The data is taken from official Government statistics from records submitted by the police.

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119 fatalities - CrashMap.co.uk highlights fatal crashes over 10 years. Pic: CrashMap

According to the official CrashMap website, a total of 119 fatalities on south and west Dorset roads were recorded from 2010 to 2020.

Between the same period on the A35, stretching from Upton in east Dorset to Charmouth in west Dorset, there are 21 recorded fatalities within that same period.

The road with the highest number of deaths in the area of Weymouth is the A354 Relief Road with five deaths.

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Fire crews in attendance yesterday in Monkton Hill A354 on September 27. Pic: Dorset Police

The only recorded road fatality, between the period, on Portland happened on October 6, 2013 in Southwell Road.

On the A31, from the Bere Regis Shell roundabout to Ringwood, there has been a total of 17 fatalities between that period.

There was a total of 1,196 road incidents deemed serious but not fatal recorded between 2010 and 2020 across the south and west Dorset area. A total of 142 out of the 1,196 serious road incidents were child casualties.

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Both ways blocked from B3075 Quarr Hill (Sherford) to Frooms Lane (Bere Regis) on the A35 due to a serious car crash on August 28. Pic: Steve Broad

The CrashMap's records show there was a total 177 serious road incidents in Weymouth between that period - and 98 serious road incidents on Portland, while there was 134 recorded serious road incidents around the area of Dorchester. There was a total 183 serious road incidents in west Dorset, including areas Bridport, West Bay, Melplash, and Lyme Regis.

Since 2010, 507 serious incidents in Dorset involved motorcyclists, 301 involving cyclists, and 270 were pedestrian casualties.

The Department for Transport revealed 1,752 road deaths in the UK in 2019, similar to the level recorded since 2012.

Fatal and serious road traffic accidents dropped by more than a fifth across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.

However, in a year that was different for so many reasons, the sad reality is many lives were still lost following crashes in Dorset. A total of 25 people died after collisions involving vehicles across the county throughout 2020.