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Weston-super-Mare Central, North Somerset, BS23 1XU area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
895
452nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,057
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
22
Down 12% on 2024

Crash severity at the BS23 1XU hotspot

102 of the 895 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.6%
  • Serious9711%
  • Slight79389%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
100
Slightly injured
952
All casualties
1,057

Accidents by year at the BS23 1XU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 66 in 2003, against an average of 36 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BS23 1XU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252225
20242532
20232232
20222934
20212226
20201521
20191922
20183138
20172531
20162023
20153136
20143842
20134252
20123743
20113043
20103643
20093237
20082628
20074652
20064963
20056374
20046167
20036670
20024855
20016068

Map of crashes at the BS23 1XU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BS23 1XU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Weston-super-Mare Central, North Somerset, BS23 1XU area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BS23 1XU hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Weston-super-Mare Central
Council area
North Somerset
Nearest postcode to the centre
BS23 1XU
Postcode district
BS23
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.3459, -2.9739
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 November 2025
Rank by collisions
452nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BS23 1XU hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A370, with 208 of 895, followed by the B3440 with 82.

Collisions at the BS23 1XU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA370208252124
2ndB34408210106
3rdA3033465306
4thB31301100

Towns near the BS23 1XU hotspot

All 895 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Weston-super-Mare.

All 895 crashes at the BS23 1XU hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 5 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year