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Mendip road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 14,591 road traffic collisions in Mendip from 1979 to 2025, and 20,784 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 446 were fatal and 3,260 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 191 collisions, down 6% on 2024 (204), and casualties fell from 284 to 249.

District council until April 2023, now part of Somerset. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
14,591
Casualties
20,784
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
446
3.1% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
191
Down 6% on 2024

Crash severity in Mendip

3.1% of collisions in Mendip from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 22% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal4463.1%
  • Serious3,26022%
  • Slight10,88575%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal5042.4%
  • Serious4,00819%
  • Slight16,27278%

Mendip road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mendip, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 416 in 1988. In 2025 there were 191, down 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 191
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025191249
2024204284
2023197281
2022174232
2021158230
2020172219
2019208295
2018219309
2017187289
2016195303
2015188275
2014203322
2013221321
2012201303
2011239338
2010263368
2009308437
2008332467
2007335476
2006384537
2005377508
2004368541
2003381556
2002370514
2001349527
2000389585
1999390573
1998393576
1997359483
1996345509
1995378560
1994375529
1993375559
1992324496
1991375531
1990378530
1989378545
1988416584
1987348491
1986376513
1985373498
1984359502
1983306419
1982403559
1981331473
1980388529
1979408559

When and where crashes happen in Mendip

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday1,979 (14%)
  • Tuesday2,027 (14%)
  • Wednesday2,095 (14%)
  • Thursday2,203 (15%)
  • Friday2,381 (16%)
  • Saturday2,102 (14%)
  • Sunday1,804 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:59547 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59245 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:591,773 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:592,278 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:592,722 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:593,411 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:592,231 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:591,384 (9.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January1,118 (7.7%)
  • February1,030 (7.1%)
  • March1,055 (7.2%)
  • April1,106 (7.6%)
  • May1,209 (8.3%)
  • June1,267 (8.7%)
  • July1,315 (9%)
  • August1,284 (8.8%)
  • September1,230 (8.4%)
  • October1,332 (9.1%)
  • November1,317 (9%)
  • December1,328 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight10,707 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2,160 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,396 (9.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown219 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit69 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded40 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds11,012 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds1,882 (13%)
  • Fog or mist260 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds254 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds239 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds73 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds45 (0.3%)
  • Other598 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded228 (1.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry8,931 (61%)
  • Wet or damp5,050 (35%)
  • Frost or ice423 (2.9%)
  • Snow84 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep28 (0.2%)
  • Mud22 (0.2%)
  • Oil or diesel8 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded45 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph188 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph5,299 (36%)
  • 40 mph932 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph260 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph7,522 (52%)
  • 70 mph366 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded24 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway13,448 (92%)
  • Roundabout462 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway283 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road184 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded214 (1.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Mendip

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant14,079 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist2,563 (12%)
  • Pedestrian1,830 (8.8%)
  • Cyclist1,030 (5%)
  • Van occupant486 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)322 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant173 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant129 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant95 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant39 (0.2%)
  • Other36 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 5354 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 10670 (3.2%)
  • 11 to 15932 (4.5%)
  • 16 to 204,228 (20%)
  • 21 to 252,633 (13%)
  • 26 to 353,467 (17%)
  • 36 to 452,746 (13%)
  • 46 to 552,183 (11%)
  • 56 to 651,511 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 751,086 (5.2%)
  • Over 75762 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded212 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider13,166 (63%)
  • Passenger5,788 (28%)
  • Pedestrian1,830 (8.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car19,477 (73%)
  • Motorcycle2,562 (9.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,330 (5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes1,183 (4.5%)
  • Pedal cycle1,065 (4%)
  • Other vehicle379 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach239 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle112 (0.4%)
  • Minibus100 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car89 (0.3%)
  • Other23 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Mendip

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Mendip

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Mendip

Frome West, Somerset, BA11 1EJ area is the busiest accident hotspot in Mendip, with 321 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 2 of them fatal.

Roads in Mendip with the most crashes

The A361 had the most collisions in Mendip from 1979 to 2025: 1,726, including 72 fatal and 407 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Mendip, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3611,7262,48972407
2ndA391,5712,37759361
3rdA371,2852,04539311
4thA3719701,38934255
5thA3627181,02615140
6thB313964798535156
7thA3659194617133
8thB31513344581275
9thB3090273361340
10thB3135235407782
11thA3671832651242
12thA366182268741
13thB3136156220225
14thB3092148206831
15thB31341312351521
16thA35989129520
17thB311077108416
18thB30816892221
19thA30984862111
20thB3109376209

Towns in Mendip

Frome had the most collisions of any town in Mendip from 1979 to 2025: 1,611.

Postcode districts in Mendip

BA11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Mendip from 1979 to 2025: 3,876.

Somerset and its former districts

Somerset recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025, and 21% of them were in the old Mendip district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Mendip

Of the latest 24 crashes in Mendip, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The most recent was on 29 December 2025.

Severity