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Sedgemoor road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 392 road traffic collisions in Sedgemoor in 2000, and 550 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 34 were serious.

Collisions were down 3% on 1999 (403), and casualties rose from 534.

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 2000
392
Down 3% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
550
Up 3% on 1999
Fatal collisions
5
1.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
34
8.7% of collisions

Crash severity in Sedgemoor in 2000

1.3% of collisions in Sedgemoor in 2000 were fatal and 8.7% serious, against 2.5% and 18% in Sedgemoor from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious348.7%
  • Slight35390%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal50.9%
  • Serious437.8%
  • Slight50291%

Sedgemoor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sedgemoor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 591 in 1982. 2000 is highlighted, with 392, down 3% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • 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 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (15%)
  • Tuesday55 (14%)
  • Wednesday59 (15%)
  • Thursday56 (14%)
  • Friday69 (18%)
  • Saturday52 (13%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5911 (2.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5950 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5963 (16%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5964 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59101 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5966 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5932 (8.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January28 (7.1%)
  • February19 (4.8%)
  • March17 (4.3%)
  • April34 (8.7%)
  • May38 (9.7%)
  • June27 (6.9%)
  • July34 (8.7%)
  • August40 (10%)
  • September40 (10%)
  • October35 (8.9%)
  • November42 (11%)
  • December38 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight297 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit47 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting43 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds287 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds63 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other22 (5.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry230 (59%)
  • Wet or damp157 (40%)
  • Frost or ice2 (0.5%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.3%)
  • Mud1 (0.3%)
  • Oil or diesel1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph185 (47%)
  • 40 mph15 (3.8%)
  • 50 mph8 (2%)
  • 60 mph136 (35%)
  • 70 mph47 (12%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway296 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway70 (18%)
  • Roundabout13 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Sedgemoor in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant386 (70%)
  • Cyclist57 (10%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8.2%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (6.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (1.3%)
  • 6 to 1024 (4.4%)
  • 11 to 1531 (5.6%)
  • 16 to 2091 (17%)
  • 21 to 2550 (9.1%)
  • 26 to 3597 (18%)
  • 36 to 4578 (14%)
  • 46 to 5576 (14%)
  • 56 to 6542 (7.6%)
  • 66 to 7526 (4.7%)
  • Over 7528 (5.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider346 (63%)
  • Passenger159 (29%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8.2%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car573 (76%)
  • Pedal cycle56 (7.5%)
  • Motorcycle37 (4.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes30 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes29 (3.9%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle8 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle6 (0.8%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Sedgemoor in 2000

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2000 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 2000

The A39 had the most collisions in Sedgemoor in 2000: 73, including 1 fatal and 9 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Sedgemoor, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA397310519
2ndA38627914
3rdM5447322
4thA372141912
5thB3140122102
6thA361111601
7thA37081400
8thB313981202
9thB31516901
10thB31354701
11thA301100
12thB31411200

Towns in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2000

Bridgwater had the most collisions of any town in Sedgemoor in 2000: 108.

Postcode districts in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2000

TA6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Sedgemoor in 2000: 138.

Somerset and its former districts in 2000

Somerset recorded 1,866 collisions in 2000, and 21% of them were in the old Sedgemoor district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Sedgemoor in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in Sedgemoor in 2000, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 28 December 2000.

Severity

Sedgemoor road accidents in other years