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Mendip road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 408 road traffic collisions in Mendip in 1979, and 559 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 169 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 14,591 collisions in Mendip.

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

Collisions in 1979
408
Casualties in 1979
559
Fatal collisions
16
3.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
169
41% of collisions

Crash severity in Mendip in 1979

3.9% of collisions in Mendip in 1979 were fatal and 41% serious, against 3.1% and 22% in Mendip from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal163.9%
  • Serious16941%
  • Slight22355%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal193.4%
  • Serious20036%
  • Slight34061%

Mendip road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mendip, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 416 in 1988. 1979 is highlighted, with 408.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
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 in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday42 (10%)
  • Tuesday52 (13%)
  • Wednesday58 (14%)
  • Thursday58 (14%)
  • Friday74 (18%)
  • Saturday73 (18%)
  • Sunday51 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5937 (9.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5950 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5954 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5963 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5996 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5951 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5952 (13%)

Collisions by month

  • January35 (8.6%)
  • February32 (7.8%)
  • March22 (5.4%)
  • April32 (7.8%)
  • May30 (7.4%)
  • June31 (7.6%)
  • July31 (7.6%)
  • August45 (11%)
  • September29 (7.1%)
  • October45 (11%)
  • November47 (12%)
  • December29 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight277 (68%)
  • Dark, no street lighting79 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds296 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (2%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Other26 (6.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry232 (57%)
  • Wet or damp132 (32%)
  • Frost or ice30 (7.4%)
  • Snow13 (3.2%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph156 (38%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.2%)
  • 70 mph242 (59%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway395 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (2%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.7%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Mendip in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant292 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist127 (23%)
  • Pedestrian59 (11%)
  • Cyclist42 (7.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1027 (4.8%)
  • 11 to 1531 (5.5%)
  • 16 to 20168 (30%)
  • 21 to 2568 (12%)
  • 26 to 35114 (20%)
  • 36 to 4543 (7.7%)
  • 46 to 5529 (5.2%)
  • 56 to 6538 (6.8%)
  • 66 to 7528 (5%)
  • Over 757 (1.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider349 (62%)
  • Passenger151 (27%)
  • Pedestrian59 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car394 (58%)
  • Motorcycle125 (18%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes53 (7.8%)
  • Pedal cycle43 (6.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes35 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach12 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle11 (1.6%)
  • Minibus7 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Mendip in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Mendip

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Mendip with the most crashes in 1979

The A361 had the most collisions in Mendip in 1979: 56, including 6 fatal and 15 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Mendip, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3615666615
2ndA3714256219
3rdA394153116
4thA3622943111
5thA372753117
6thA36141904
7thB3139121403
8thA36781614
9thB315171004
10thA3666802
11thB30925501
12thB313551205
13thB31103402
14thA3592501
15thB30812202
16thB31342610
17thB31362202
18thB30991210
19thB31141200
20thB31301101

Towns in Mendip: crashes in 1979

Frome had the most collisions of any town in Mendip in 1979: 59.

Postcode districts in Mendip: crashes in 1979

BA11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Mendip in 1979: 112.

Somerset and its former districts in 1979

Somerset recorded 1,831 collisions in 1979, and 22% of them were in the old Mendip district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Mendip in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Mendip in 1979, none were fatal and 13 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1979.

Severity

Mendip road accidents in other years