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BA10 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 336 road traffic collisions in the BA10 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 480 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 78 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
336
2,502nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
480
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
78
91 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for BA10

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal113.3%
  • Serious7823%
  • Slight24774%

What the data shows

  • BA10 had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in BA10 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 70 children under 16 were killed or injured in BA10, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in BA10.

Where BA10 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,502nd
Most casualties
2,500th
Most fatal collisions
2,396th
Most serious collisions
2,514th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (14%)
  • Tuesday43 (13%)
  • Wednesday50 (15%)
  • Thursday53 (16%)
  • Friday58 (17%)
  • Saturday49 (15%)
  • Sunday37 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight247 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting55 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (8.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway308 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph105 (31%)
  • 40 mph15 (4.5%)
  • 60 mph204 (61%)
  • 70 mph9 (2.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds257 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded7 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant307 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist89 (19%)
  • Pedestrian46 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist13 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BA10 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BA10, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BA10 peaked at 13 in 2005; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202456
202368
202223
202112
202000
201948
201823
201737
201656
201579
2014814
201345
201222
201166
2010711
20091120
200877
20071017
2006710
20051319
2004610
2003915
20021010
2001812
20001115
19991216
199858
1997911
1996910
1995711
199489
199367
199277
19911117
199078
1989610
1988822
1987610
1986911
1985912
198479
19831114
19821215
19811116
19801014
1979814

Map of recent crashes in BA10

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BA10

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BA10

The 24 most recent collisions in BA10 happened between 7 May 2018 and 29 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BA10

The A359 has the most collisions in BA10, 140 of 336 (42%), followed by the B3081 (58).

Collisions in BA10 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA359140206631
2ndB30815890315

Council area for BA10

BA10 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BA10 accounts for 0.5% of them.

Town in BA10

Of the 336 collisions in BA10, 118 (35%) were in Bruton.