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Sedgemoor road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 210 road traffic collisions in Sedgemoor in 2025, and 278 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 55 were serious.

Collisions were down 3% on 2024 (216), and casualties fell from 283.

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 2025
210
Down 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
278
Down 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
1
0.5% of collisions
Serious collisions
55
26% of collisions

Crash severity in Sedgemoor in 2025

0.5% of collisions in Sedgemoor in 2025 were fatal and 26% serious, against 2.5% and 18% in Sedgemoor from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious5526%
  • Slight15473%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious6323%
  • Slight21477%

Sedgemoor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sedgemoor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 591 in 1982. 2025 is highlighted, with 210, down 3% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 210
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (16%)
  • Tuesday31 (15%)
  • Wednesday32 (15%)
  • Thursday31 (15%)
  • Friday36 (17%)
  • Saturday25 (12%)
  • Sunday22 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (2.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5923 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5935 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5943 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5954 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5925 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5922 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January21 (10%)
  • February19 (9%)
  • March16 (7.6%)
  • April13 (6.2%)
  • May30 (14%)
  • June14 (6.7%)
  • July17 (8.1%)
  • August17 (8.1%)
  • September14 (6.7%)
  • October15 (7.1%)
  • November20 (9.5%)
  • December14 (6.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting25 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds172 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry148 (70%)
  • Wet or damp57 (27%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)
  • Snow1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2.9%)
  • 30 mph101 (48%)
  • 40 mph41 (20%)
  • 50 mph15 (7.1%)
  • 60 mph33 (16%)
  • 70 mph14 (6.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway177 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (8.6%)
  • Roundabout10 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (2.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Sedgemoor in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant160 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (17%)
  • Pedestrian24 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant20 (7.2%)
  • Cyclist19 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.1%)
  • 6 to 1010 (3.6%)
  • 11 to 1510 (3.6%)
  • 16 to 2036 (13%)
  • 21 to 2530 (11%)
  • 26 to 3536 (13%)
  • 36 to 4545 (16%)
  • 46 to 5534 (12%)
  • 56 to 6537 (13%)
  • 66 to 7515 (5.4%)
  • Over 7520 (7.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider190 (68%)
  • Passenger64 (23%)
  • Pedestrian24 (8.6%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car250 (65%)
  • Motorcycle44 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes41 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle21 (5.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes11 (2.8%)
  • Agricultural vehicle4 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown3 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Sedgemoor in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 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 2025

Bridgwater North & Central, Somerset, TA6 5AG area was the busiest accident hotspot in Sedgemoor in 2025, with 19 collisions, 3 of them serious.

Roads in Sedgemoor with the most crashes in 2025

The A38 had the most collisions in Sedgemoor in 2025: 46, including 11 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Sedgemoor, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA384661011
2ndA393354111
3rdM5142103
4thB3135121606
5thB3139111401
6thA37171101
7thA3615501
8thB31405903
9thB31414401
10thB31514603
11thA3703300
12thA3722300
13thA51100

Towns in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2025

Bridgwater had the most collisions of any town in Sedgemoor in 2025: 44.

Postcode districts in Sedgemoor: crashes in 2025

TA6 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Sedgemoor in 2025: 68.

Somerset and its former districts in 2025

Somerset recorded 856 collisions in 2025, and 25% of them were in the old Sedgemoor district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Sedgemoor in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Sedgemoor in 2025, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 21 December 2025.

Severity

Sedgemoor road accidents in other years