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Somerset West and Taunton road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 212 road traffic collisions in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025, and 297 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 51 were serious.

Collisions were down 2% on 2024 (217), and casualties fell from 303.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 18,868 collisions in Somerset West and Taunton.

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

Collisions in 2025
212
Down 2% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
297
Down 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
7
3.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
51
24% of collisions

Crash severity in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

3.3% of collisions in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025 were fatal and 24% serious, against 2.1% and 19% in Somerset West and Taunton from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal73.3%
  • Serious5124%
  • Slight15473%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal72.4%
  • Serious7224%
  • Slight21873%

Somerset West and Taunton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Somerset West and Taunton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 542 in 2001. 2025 is highlighted, with 212, down 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025212297
2024217303
2023172253
2022176242
2021194273
2020131168
2019278373
2018263369
2017298458
2016299443
2015268373
2014323434
2013325447
2012275383
2011339525
2010363497
2009367538
2008437619
2007483677
2006504706
2005518731
2004479621
2003481649
2002490671
2001542735
2000529721
1999453623
1998500665
1997466633
1996454606
1995456647
1994465636
1993395547
1992474632
1991434587
1990479594
1989465617
1988502653
1987493651
1986456618
1985476632
1984514712
1983498658
1982466638
1981531674
1980453626
1979475637

When and where crashes happen in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (17%)
  • Tuesday27 (13%)
  • Wednesday35 (17%)
  • Thursday32 (15%)
  • Friday35 (17%)
  • Saturday24 (11%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:597 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:594 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5927 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5931 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5943 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5956 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5929 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5915 (7.1%)

Collisions by month

  • January17 (8%)
  • February10 (4.7%)
  • March18 (8.5%)
  • April16 (7.5%)
  • May16 (7.5%)
  • June21 (9.9%)
  • July21 (9.9%)
  • August17 (8%)
  • September16 (7.5%)
  • October28 (13%)
  • November20 (9.4%)
  • December12 (5.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight165 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (11%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds182 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (12%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry158 (75%)
  • Wet or damp49 (23%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.5%)
  • Frost or ice1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (7.1%)
  • 30 mph98 (46%)
  • 40 mph23 (11%)
  • 50 mph15 (7.1%)
  • 60 mph53 (25%)
  • 70 mph8 (3.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway179 (84%)
  • Roundabout16 (7.5%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (6.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant184 (62%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (8.8%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (8.8%)
  • Pedestrian24 (8.1%)
  • Cyclist21 (7.1%)
  • Van occupant9 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 1026 (8.8%)
  • 11 to 158 (2.7%)
  • 16 to 2038 (13%)
  • 21 to 2519 (6.4%)
  • 26 to 3545 (15%)
  • 36 to 4544 (15%)
  • 46 to 5535 (12%)
  • 56 to 6529 (9.8%)
  • 66 to 7521 (7.1%)
  • Over 7521 (7.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider193 (65%)
  • Passenger80 (27%)
  • Pedestrian24 (8.1%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car268 (73%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes29 (7.9%)
  • Motorcycle27 (7.3%)
  • Pedal cycle22 (6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes9 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach5 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter2 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Somerset West and Taunton

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

Bishop's Hull & Taunton West, Somerset, TA1 5BX area and Taunton East, Somerset, TA1 1QY area were among the busiest accident hotspots in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025, with 10 collisions each.

Roads in Somerset West and Taunton with the most crashes in 2025

The A358 had the most collisions in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025: 26, including 5 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Somerset West and Taunton, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA358263305
2ndA38212714
3rdA39142003
4thB322791314
5thB31878811
6thM581201
7thA32595600
8thA39653010
9thB317041010
10thB31903500
11thB32243403
12thA30272201
13thA30382202
14thA30652200
15thA3612200
16thB31912300
17thA3781101
18thB13901100
19thB32221100
20thB32231100

Towns in Somerset West and Taunton: crashes in 2025

Taunton had the most collisions of any town in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025: 54.

Postcode districts in Somerset West and Taunton: crashes in 2025

TA1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025: 51.

Somerset and its former districts in 2025

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

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Somerset West and Taunton in 2025, 1 was fatal and 8 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

Somerset West and Taunton road accidents in other years