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Sedgemoor road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 357 road traffic collisions in Sedgemoor in 1979, and 484 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 118 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,754 collisions in Sedgemoor.

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

Collisions in 1979
357
Casualties in 1979
484
Fatal collisions
9
2.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
118
33% of collisions

Crash severity in Sedgemoor in 1979

2.5% of collisions in Sedgemoor in 1979 were fatal and 33% serious, against 2.5% and 18% in Sedgemoor from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.5%
  • Serious11833%
  • Slight23064%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal122.5%
  • Serious13628%
  • Slight33669%

Sedgemoor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sedgemoor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 591 in 1982. 1979 is highlighted, with 357.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025210278
2024216283
2023197340
2022192274
2021186235
2020157217
2019248319
2018226317
2017249323
2016250363
2015243330
2014277375
2013279381
2012269368
2011251336
2010292438
2009334479
2008317446
2007404580
2006411561
2005450645
2004384523
2003378530
2002414578
2001426561
2000392550
1999403534
1998438611
1997445620
1996408548
1995365506
1994369538
1993345452
1992366502
1991351478
1990381519
1989396549
1988337470
1987366513
1986368489
1985327466
1984379493
1983380534
1982591786
1981400547
1980330457
1979357484

When and where crashes happen in Sedgemoor in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (13%)
  • Tuesday42 (12%)
  • Wednesday41 (11%)
  • Thursday45 (13%)
  • Friday65 (18%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday63 (18%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5924 (6.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (0.8%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5936 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5940 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5958 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5998 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5958 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5940 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January15 (4.2%)
  • February17 (4.8%)
  • March28 (7.8%)
  • April30 (8.4%)
  • May33 (9.2%)
  • June33 (9.2%)
  • July44 (12%)
  • August37 (10%)
  • September32 (9%)
  • October32 (9%)
  • November30 (8.4%)
  • December26 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight253 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting61 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit40 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds281 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (8.7%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other17 (4.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry260 (73%)
  • Wet or damp82 (23%)
  • Frost or ice13 (3.6%)
  • Snow2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph160 (45%)
  • 40 mph11 (3.1%)
  • 70 mph186 (52%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway304 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway42 (12%)
  • Roundabout11 (3.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Sedgemoor in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant228 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist100 (21%)
  • Pedestrian67 (14%)
  • Cyclist56 (12%)
  • Van occupant19 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 512 (2.5%)
  • 6 to 1022 (4.5%)
  • 11 to 1533 (6.8%)
  • 16 to 20141 (29%)
  • 21 to 2567 (14%)
  • 26 to 3569 (14%)
  • 36 to 4544 (9.1%)
  • 46 to 5528 (5.8%)
  • 56 to 6540 (8.3%)
  • 66 to 7517 (3.5%)
  • Over 7511 (2.3%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider289 (60%)
  • Passenger128 (26%)
  • Pedestrian67 (14%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car340 (57%)
  • Motorcycle106 (18%)
  • Pedal cycle55 (9.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes43 (7.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes33 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach11 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle9 (1.5%)
  • Minibus2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Sedgemoor in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Sedgemoor

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Sedgemoor with the most crashes in 1979

The A38 had the most collisions in Sedgemoor in 1979: 81, including 2 fatal and 19 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Sedgemoor, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3881111219
2ndA394968014
3rdA372242827
4thB3139243417
5thM52331011
6thA371101406
7thA36191404
8thA3707802
9thB313571102
10thB31513302
11thB31412200
12thA361101
13thB31401101
14thB31651101
15thB33391100

Towns in Sedgemoor: crashes in 1979

Bridgwater had the most collisions of any town in Sedgemoor in 1979: 88.

Postcode districts in Sedgemoor: crashes in 1979

TA6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Sedgemoor in 1979: 122.

Somerset and its former districts in 1979

Somerset recorded 1,831 collisions in 1979, and 19% of them were in the old Sedgemoor district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Sedgemoor in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Sedgemoor in 1979, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 25 December 1979.

Severity

Sedgemoor road accidents in other years