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Sedgemoor road accidents in 2007: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 404 road traffic collisions in Sedgemoor in 2007, and 580 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 45 were serious.

Collisions were down 2% on 2006 (411), and casualties rose from 561.

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 2007
404
Down 2% on 2006
Casualties in 2007
580
Up 3% on 2006
Fatal collisions
9
2.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
45
11% of collisions

Crash severity in Sedgemoor in 2007

2.2% of collisions in Sedgemoor in 2007 were fatal and 11% serious, against 2.5% and 18% in Sedgemoor from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.2%
  • Serious4511%
  • Slight35087%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal101.7%
  • Serious569.7%
  • Slight51489%

Sedgemoor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sedgemoor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 591 in 1982. 2007 is highlighted, with 404, down 2% on 2006.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2007
  • 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 2007

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (12%)
  • Tuesday51 (13%)
  • Wednesday50 (12%)
  • Thursday71 (18%)
  • Friday72 (18%)
  • Saturday64 (16%)
  • Sunday49 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5915 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:5912 (3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5947 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5962 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5992 (23%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5982 (20%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5958 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5936 (8.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January30 (7.4%)
  • February27 (6.7%)
  • March32 (7.9%)
  • April35 (8.7%)
  • May47 (12%)
  • June33 (8.2%)
  • July31 (7.7%)
  • August46 (11%)
  • September32 (7.9%)
  • October28 (6.9%)
  • November34 (8.4%)
  • December29 (7.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight306 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting46 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds329 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded11 (2.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry304 (75%)
  • Wet or damp99 (25%)
  • Frost or ice1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph188 (47%)
  • 40 mph33 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph20 (5%)
  • 60 mph101 (25%)
  • 70 mph56 (14%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway300 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway76 (19%)
  • Roundabout21 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Sedgemoor in 2007

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant411 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (11%)
  • Pedestrian40 (6.9%)
  • Cyclist37 (6.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 58 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.4%)
  • 11 to 1529 (5%)
  • 16 to 20115 (20%)
  • 21 to 2561 (11%)
  • 26 to 3589 (15%)
  • 36 to 4592 (16%)
  • 46 to 5571 (12%)
  • 56 to 6549 (8.4%)
  • 66 to 7523 (4%)
  • Over 7515 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded14 (2.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider378 (65%)
  • Passenger162 (28%)
  • Pedestrian40 (6.9%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car586 (76%)
  • Motorcycle62 (8.1%)
  • Pedal cycle38 (4.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes27 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes23 (3%)
  • Other vehicle13 (1.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle9 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach6 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.5%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Sedgemoor in 2007

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2007 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Sedgemoor

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 Sedgemoor in 2007

Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 5AG area was the busiest accident hotspot in Sedgemoor in 2007, with 56 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Sedgemoor with the most crashes in 2007

The A38 had the most collisions in Sedgemoor in 2007: 98, including 1 fatal and 11 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Sedgemoor, 2007
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3898141111
2ndA39558635
3rdM5559815
4thA372182721
5thA371111922
6thB313991101
7thB314091501
8thB31515900
9thA3704601
10thA934400
11thB31354502
12thA3613500
13thB31413302
14thB33391100

Towns in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2007

Bridgwater had the most collisions of any town in Sedgemoor in 2007: 107.

Postcode districts in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2007

TA6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Sedgemoor in 2007: 161.

Somerset and its former districts in 2007

Somerset recorded 1,755 collisions in 2007, and 23% of them were in the old Sedgemoor district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Sedgemoor in 2007

Of the last 24 crashes in Sedgemoor in 2007, none were fatal and 1 was serious. The last was on 30 December 2007.

Severity

Sedgemoor road accidents in other years