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West Somerset road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 57 road traffic collisions in West Somerset in 2025, and 96 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 16 were serious.

Collisions were up 8% on 2024 (53), and casualties rose from 73.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 4,155 collisions in West Somerset.

District council until April 2019, now part of Somerset. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 2025
57
Up 8% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
96
Up 32% on 2024
Fatal collisions
1
1.8% of collisions
Serious collisions
16
28% of collisions

Crash severity in West Somerset in 2025

1.8% of collisions in West Somerset in 2025 were fatal and 28% serious, against 2.8% and 22% in West Somerset from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal11.8%
  • Serious1628%
  • Slight4070%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious2930%
  • Slight6669%

West Somerset road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Somerset, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 128 in 1984. 2025 is highlighted, with 57, up 8% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255796
20245373
20233254
20223448
20213140
20202233
20195985
20185992
201764107
201661106
201576120
201484122
201371113
201262100
201185125
201074113
200991158
2008102165
2007119187
2006123192
2005109165
2004105147
2003125180
200298153
2001109148
200096147
1999114139
1998113148
1997106141
199689126
1995102148
1994109161
199365108
1992111168
199179105
199085114
198979109
198899143
1987107148
198699134
1985102136
1984128190
1983119193
1982107146
1981108154
1980113156
1979120169

When and where crashes happen in West Somerset in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (18%)
  • Tuesday11 (19%)
  • Wednesday9 (16%)
  • Thursday8 (14%)
  • Friday6 (11%)
  • Saturday8 (14%)
  • Sunday5 (8.8%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592 (3.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (3.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:597 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:597 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5913 (23%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5913 (23%)
  • 18:00 to 20:598 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:595 (8.8%)

Collisions by month

  • January6 (11%)
  • March8 (14%)
  • April3 (5.3%)
  • May3 (5.3%)
  • June8 (14%)
  • July9 (16%)
  • August2 (3.5%)
  • September5 (8.8%)
  • October6 (11%)
  • November4 (7%)
  • December3 (5.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight44 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit3 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds50 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds6 (11%)
  • Other1 (1.8%)

Road surface

  • Dry43 (75%)
  • Wet or damp12 (21%)
  • Frost or ice1 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (3.5%)
  • 30 mph21 (37%)
  • 40 mph6 (11%)
  • 50 mph9 (16%)
  • 60 mph19 (33%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway55 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (1.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in West Somerset in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant48 (50%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist9 (9.4%)
  • Pedestrian8 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist3 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant2 (2.1%)
  • Horse rider1 (1%)

Casualties by age

  • 6 to 1022 (23%)
  • 16 to 2013 (14%)
  • 21 to 254 (4.2%)
  • 26 to 3511 (11%)
  • 36 to 4516 (17%)
  • 46 to 557 (7.3%)
  • 56 to 658 (8.3%)
  • 66 to 758 (8.3%)
  • Over 756 (6.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider52 (54%)
  • Passenger36 (38%)
  • Pedestrian8 (8.3%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car66 (74%)
  • Motorcycle10 (11%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes5 (5.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3 (3.4%)
  • Pedal cycle3 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach1 (1.1%)
  • Ridden horse1 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for West Somerset in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 in West Somerset

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in West Somerset with the most crashes in 2025

The A39 had the most collisions in West Somerset in 2025: 14, including 3 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in West Somerset, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39142003
2ndA39653010
3rdA3583300
4thB31903500
5thB31912300
6thB32242202
7thB13901100
8thB32221100
9thB32231100

Towns in West Somerset: crashes in 2025

Minehead had the most collisions of any town in West Somerset in 2025: 12.

Postcode districts in West Somerset: crashes in 2025

TA24 had the most collisions of any postcode district in West Somerset in 2025: 27.

Somerset and its former districts in 2025

Somerset recorded 856 collisions in 2025, and 6.7% of them were in the old West Somerset district.

Other former districts in Somerset

Latest crashes in West Somerset in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in West Somerset in 2025, 1 was fatal and 10 were serious. The last was on 29 December 2025.

Severity

West Somerset road accidents in other years