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South Somerset road accidents in 2004: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 527 road traffic collisions in South Somerset in 2004, and 764 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 79 were serious.

Collisions were level with 2003 (526), and casualties rose from 725.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 20,867 collisions in South Somerset.

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

Collisions in 2004
527
Level with 2003
Casualties in 2004
764
Up 5% on 2003
Fatal collisions
14
2.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
79
15% of collisions

Crash severity in South Somerset in 2004

2.7% of collisions in South Somerset in 2004 were fatal and 15% serious, against 2.6% and 20% in South Somerset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal142.7%
  • Serious7915%
  • Slight43482%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal152%
  • Serious9613%
  • Slight65385%

South Somerset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Somerset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 610 in 2002. 2004 is highlighted, with 527, level with 2003.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2004
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
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 in 2004

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday59 (11%)
  • Tuesday73 (14%)
  • Wednesday85 (16%)
  • Thursday88 (17%)
  • Friday93 (18%)
  • Saturday68 (13%)
  • Sunday61 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5918 (3.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:595 (0.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5973 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5987 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5987 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59124 (24%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5987 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5946 (8.7%)

Collisions by month

  • January42 (8%)
  • February36 (6.8%)
  • March32 (6.1%)
  • April34 (6.5%)
  • May38 (7.2%)
  • June48 (9.1%)
  • July38 (7.2%)
  • August66 (13%)
  • September42 (8%)
  • October45 (8.5%)
  • November39 (7.4%)
  • December67 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight381 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting91 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (9.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds394 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds80 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other29 (5.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry320 (61%)
  • Wet or damp190 (36%)
  • Frost or ice9 (1.7%)
  • Mud6 (1.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)
  • Snow1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph180 (34%)
  • 40 mph26 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph25 (4.7%)
  • 60 mph241 (46%)
  • 70 mph45 (8.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway433 (82%)
  • Roundabout43 (8.2%)
  • Dual carriageway42 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Somerset in 2004

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant587 (77%)
  • Motorcyclist62 (8.1%)
  • Pedestrian50 (6.5%)
  • Cyclist31 (4.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 514 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 1023 (3%)
  • 11 to 1536 (4.7%)
  • 16 to 20153 (20%)
  • 21 to 25104 (14%)
  • 26 to 35119 (16%)
  • 36 to 45104 (14%)
  • 46 to 5582 (11%)
  • 56 to 6552 (6.8%)
  • 66 to 7543 (5.6%)
  • Over 7534 (4.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider486 (64%)
  • Passenger228 (30%)
  • Pedestrian50 (6.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car767 (79%)
  • Motorcycle61 (6.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes41 (4.2%)
  • Pedal cycle32 (3.3%)
  • Other vehicle25 (2.6%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes22 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach10 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle5 (0.5%)
  • Minibus1 (0.1%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Somerset in 2004

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2004 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 in 2004

Yeovil South, Somerset, BA20 1DY area was the busiest accident hotspot in South Somerset in 2004, with 23 collisions, 3 of them serious.

Roads in South Somerset with the most crashes in 2004

The A303 had the most collisions in South Somerset in 2004: 81, including 2 fatal and 10 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Somerset, 2004
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30381133210
2ndA306699112
3rdA358306029
4thA37284105
5thA3088182512
6thA359182615
7thB3153141913
8thB3151132102
9thA356121202
10thA372121300
11thA37881411
12thB308181210
13thA37161001
14thA3575500
15thB31625801
16thB31684600
17thB31653400
18thA30662200
19thA392400
20thB31672210

Towns in South Somerset: crashes in 2004

Yeovil had the most collisions of any town in South Somerset in 2004: 81.

Postcode districts in South Somerset: crashes in 2004

BA22 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Somerset in 2004: 111.

Somerset and its former districts in 2004

Somerset recorded 1,757 collisions in 2004, and 30% of them were in the old South Somerset district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in South Somerset in 2004

Of the last 24 crashes in South Somerset in 2004, 1 was fatal and 4 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2004.

Severity

South Somerset road accidents in other years