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Mendip road accidents in 1982: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 403 road traffic collisions in Mendip in 1982, and 559 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 133 were serious.

Collisions were up 22% on 1981 (331), and casualties rose from 473.

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 1982
403
Up 22% on 1981
Casualties in 1982
559
Up 18% on 1981
Fatal collisions
12
3% of collisions
Serious collisions
133
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Mendip in 1982

3% of collisions in Mendip in 1982 were fatal and 33% serious, against 3.1% and 22% in Mendip from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal123%
  • Serious13333%
  • Slight25864%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal122.1%
  • Serious16129%
  • Slight38669%

Mendip road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mendip, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 416 in 1988. 1982 is highlighted, with 403, up 22% on 1981.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1982
  • 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 1982

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (9.9%)
  • Tuesday61 (15%)
  • Wednesday59 (15%)
  • Thursday39 (9.7%)
  • Friday73 (18%)
  • Saturday77 (19%)
  • Sunday54 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5918 (4.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:596 (1.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5945 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5946 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5971 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5999 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5964 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5954 (13%)

Collisions by month

  • January35 (8.7%)
  • February24 (6%)
  • March25 (6.2%)
  • April34 (8.4%)
  • May27 (6.7%)
  • June32 (7.9%)
  • July35 (8.7%)
  • August33 (8.2%)
  • September29 (7.2%)
  • October48 (12%)
  • November36 (8.9%)
  • December45 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight278 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting80 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (9.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (9.4%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (3%)
  • Fog or mist9 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other25 (6.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry252 (63%)
  • Wet or damp131 (33%)
  • Frost or ice16 (4%)
  • Snow3 (0.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph150 (37%)
  • 40 mph18 (4.5%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph231 (57%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway388 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Mendip in 1982

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant280 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist147 (26%)
  • Pedestrian59 (11%)
  • Cyclist37 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant23 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 1017 (3%)
  • 11 to 1534 (6.1%)
  • 16 to 20183 (33%)
  • 21 to 2577 (14%)
  • 26 to 3581 (14%)
  • 36 to 4559 (11%)
  • 46 to 5536 (6.4%)
  • 56 to 6533 (5.9%)
  • 66 to 7522 (3.9%)
  • Over 759 (1.6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider346 (62%)
  • Passenger154 (28%)
  • Pedestrian59 (11%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car400 (59%)
  • Motorcycle146 (22%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes41 (6.1%)
  • Pedal cycle39 (5.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes30 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach7 (1%)
  • Other vehicle7 (1%)
  • Minibus2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Mendip in 1982

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1982 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 1982

The A361 had the most collisions in Mendip in 1982: 55, including 1 fatal and 19 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Mendip, 1982
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3615585119
2ndA394667117
3rdA374059114
4thA3712840010
5thB3139161915
6thA362131702
7thB3151121603
8thA36101401
9thA3665601
10thA3675722
11thB30814512
12thB30924603
13thB30983300
14thB31363302
15thB31342500
16thB31652201
17thA3591101
18thB30991100
19thB31091100
20thB31351201

Towns in Mendip: crashes in 1982

Frome had the most collisions of any town in Mendip in 1982: 76.

Postcode districts in Mendip: crashes in 1982

BA11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Mendip in 1982: 119.

Somerset and its former districts in 1982

Somerset recorded 1,798 collisions in 1982, and 22% of them were in the old Mendip district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Mendip in 1982

Of the last 24 crashes in Mendip in 1982, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 29 December 1982.

Severity

Mendip road accidents in other years