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South Somerset road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 20,867 road traffic collisions in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025, and 29,686 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 547 were fatal and 4,152 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 242 collisions, up 7% on 2024 (227), and casualties fell from 345 to 323.

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

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
20,867
Casualties
29,686
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
547
2.6% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
242
Up 7% on 2024

Crash severity in South Somerset

2.6% of collisions in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 20% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal5472.6%
  • Serious4,15220%
  • Slight16,16877%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal6002%
  • Serious5,08217%
  • Slight24,00481%

South Somerset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Somerset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 610 in 2002. In 2025 there were 242, up 7% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 242
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025242323
2024227345
2023224297
2022197282
2021197258
2020177230
2019260397
2018265382
2017265393
2016310444
2015323477
2014359492
2013332459
2012330475
2011324454
2010356491
2009406566
2008476698
2007535749
2006540748
2005544754
2004527764
2003526725
2002610831
2001555848
2000574879
1999585801
1998571832
1997541775
1996500725
1995543780
1994496709
1993415595
1992470664
1991562810
1990549780
1989545764
1988529772
1987518725
1986551758
1985536754
1984552756
1983580801
1982497701
1981547808
1980558798
1979541817

When and where crashes happen in South Somerset

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday2,964 (14%)
  • Tuesday2,873 (14%)
  • Wednesday2,933 (14%)
  • Thursday2,997 (14%)
  • Friday3,579 (17%)
  • Saturday3,134 (15%)
  • Sunday2,387 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:59763 (3.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59326 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:592,671 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:593,152 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:593,878 (19%)
  • 15:00 to 17:595,092 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:593,105 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:591,880 (9%)

Collisions by month

  • January1,686 (8.1%)
  • February1,384 (6.6%)
  • March1,501 (7.2%)
  • April1,505 (7.2%)
  • May1,704 (8.2%)
  • June1,746 (8.4%)
  • July1,899 (9.1%)
  • August1,878 (9%)
  • September1,925 (9.2%)
  • October1,864 (8.9%)
  • November1,907 (9.1%)
  • December1,868 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight15,412 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2,877 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit2,193 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown232 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit99 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded54 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds15,799 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds2,739 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds440 (2.1%)
  • Fine with high winds310 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist274 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds62 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds32 (0.2%)
  • Other894 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded317 (1.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry13,164 (63%)
  • Wet or damp7,001 (34%)
  • Frost or ice461 (2.2%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep74 (0.4%)
  • Snow68 (0.3%)
  • Mud26 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel9 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded64 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph247 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph8,412 (40%)
  • 40 mph913 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph405 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph9,509 (46%)
  • 70 mph1,348 (6.5%)
  • Not recorded33 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway17,346 (83%)
  • Roundabout1,414 (6.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1,331 (6.4%)
  • One way street or slip road496 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded280 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in South Somerset

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant19,823 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist4,002 (13%)
  • Pedestrian2,529 (8.5%)
  • Cyclist1,632 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant663 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)368 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant216 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant185 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant138 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant82 (0.3%)
  • Other43 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 5555 (1.9%)
  • 6 to 10961 (3.2%)
  • 11 to 151,423 (4.8%)
  • 16 to 206,051 (20%)
  • 21 to 253,718 (13%)
  • 26 to 355,006 (17%)
  • 36 to 453,757 (13%)
  • 46 to 552,978 (10%)
  • 56 to 652,164 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 751,635 (5.5%)
  • Over 751,205 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded233 (0.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider18,711 (63%)
  • Passenger8,446 (28%)
  • Pedestrian2,529 (8.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car28,126 (74%)
  • Motorcycle4,003 (10%)
  • Pedal cycle1,685 (4.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes1,567 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,545 (4%)
  • Other vehicle475 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach335 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car161 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle148 (0.4%)
  • Minibus136 (0.4%)
  • Other34 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded15 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in South Somerset

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in South Somerset

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 South Somerset

Yeovil South, Somerset, BA20 1DY area is the busiest accident hotspot in South Somerset, with 575 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 2 of them fatal.

Roads in South Somerset with the most crashes

The A303 had the most collisions in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025: 2,759, including 129 fatal and 548 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Somerset, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3032,7594,452129548
2ndA302,4503,46675514
3rdA371,1791,80635219
4thA3581,0001,57643235
5thA3598081,15522179
6thA30886189041998
7thB315157890816139
8thA3724686971394
9thA3564246051180
10thB3165400535888
11thB31533785281198
12thA371320486881
13thA3783034101162
14thB3081258399669
15thA357225325451
16thB3168169226723
17thB314575129015
18thB31627391110
19thB31677198518
20thA30667099119

Towns in South Somerset

Yeovil had the most collisions of any town in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025: 4,258.

Postcode districts in South Somerset

BA22 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025: 3,958.

Somerset and its former districts

Somerset recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025, and 30% of them were in the old South Somerset district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in South Somerset

Of the latest 24 crashes in South Somerset, 3 were fatal and 6 were serious. The most recent was on 29 December 2025.

Severity