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Mendip road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 191 road traffic collisions in Mendip in 2025, and 249 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 63 were serious.

Collisions were down 6% on 2024 (204), and casualties fell from 284.

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 2025
191
Down 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
249
Down 12% on 2024
Fatal collisions
4
2.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
63
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Mendip in 2025

2.1% of collisions in Mendip in 2025 were fatal and 33% serious, against 3.1% and 22% in Mendip from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal42.1%
  • Serious6333%
  • Slight12465%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal52%
  • Serious6827%
  • Slight17671%

Mendip road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Mendip, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 416 in 1988. 2025 is highlighted, with 191, down 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 191
  • 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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (12%)
  • Tuesday28 (15%)
  • Wednesday32 (17%)
  • Thursday33 (17%)
  • Friday27 (14%)
  • Saturday29 (15%)
  • Sunday20 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (3.1%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (4.2%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5928 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5924 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5938 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5949 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5928 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5910 (5.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January16 (8.4%)
  • February13 (6.8%)
  • March12 (6.3%)
  • April14 (7.3%)
  • May20 (10%)
  • June15 (7.9%)
  • July28 (15%)
  • August16 (8.4%)
  • September17 (8.9%)
  • October18 (9.4%)
  • November11 (5.8%)
  • December11 (5.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight145 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (7.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds165 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry128 (67%)
  • Wet or damp57 (30%)
  • Frost or ice4 (2.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (7.9%)
  • 30 mph63 (33%)
  • 40 mph16 (8.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (1%)
  • 60 mph95 (50%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway184 (96%)
  • Roundabout7 (3.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Mendip in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant166 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (11%)
  • Pedestrian22 (8.8%)
  • Cyclist13 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant12 (4.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52 (0.8%)
  • 6 to 105 (2%)
  • 11 to 155 (2%)
  • 16 to 2032 (13%)
  • 21 to 2528 (11%)
  • 26 to 3526 (10%)
  • 36 to 4538 (15%)
  • 46 to 5540 (16%)
  • 56 to 6538 (15%)
  • 66 to 7520 (8%)
  • Over 7515 (6%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider185 (74%)
  • Passenger42 (17%)
  • Pedestrian22 (8.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car236 (71%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes29 (8.7%)
  • Motorcycle27 (8.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes14 (4.2%)
  • Pedal cycle13 (3.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle5 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach3 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Mendip in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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 in 2025

Frome West, Somerset, BA11 1EJ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Mendip in 2025, with 12 collisions, 6 of them serious.

Roads in Mendip with the most crashes in 2025

The A361 had the most collisions in Mendip in 2025: 21, including 2 fatal and 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Mendip, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA361212728
2ndA39182613
3rdA371151807
4thA36101303
5thA3791401
6thB309091303
7thA36661002
8thB31356802
9thB31396901
10thA3625712
11thA3593301
12thB31363300
13thB31513402
14thA30982201
15thA3672200
16thB30922201
17thB31091201
18thB31341100
19thB33551101

Towns in Mendip: crashes in 2025

Frome had the most collisions of any town in Mendip in 2025: 20.

Postcode districts in Mendip: crashes in 2025

BA11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Mendip in 2025: 59.

Somerset and its former districts in 2025

Somerset recorded 856 collisions in 2025, and 22% of them were in the old Mendip district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Mendip in 2025

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

Severity

Mendip road accidents in other years