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BA16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,173 road traffic collisions in the BA16 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,573 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 36 were fatal and 237 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,173
2,131st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,573
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
36
38 people killed
Serious collisions
237
286 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for BA16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal363.1%
  • Serious23720%
  • Slight90077%

What the data shows

  • BA16 had 149 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 245 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in BA16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 196 children under 16 were killed or injured in BA16, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in BA16.

Where BA16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,131st
Most casualties
2,145th
Most fatal collisions
1,639th
Most serious collisions
2,157th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday170 (14%)
  • Tuesday153 (13%)
  • Wednesday147 (13%)
  • Thursday176 (15%)
  • Friday215 (18%)
  • Saturday176 (15%)
  • Sunday136 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight849 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit215 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,011 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway91 (7.8%)
  • Roundabout49 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded16 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph69 (5.9%)
  • 30 mph580 (49%)
  • 40 mph146 (12%)
  • 50 mph31 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph315 (27%)
  • 70 mph31 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds944 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds125 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist14 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other44 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant944 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist211 (13%)
  • Pedestrian196 (12%)
  • Cyclist158 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BA16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BA16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BA16 peaked at 40 in 2006; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
20241017
20232536
20221416
202199
20201114
20191727
20182129
20172132
20161534
20152639
20141628
20132025
20121619
20112229
20102025
20093438
20082229
20072937
20064053
20053240
20042834
20033239
20023540
20012944
20003142
19992431
19982435
19973236
19963338
19952944
19942738
19932837
19922332
19913048
19902633
19893143
19883952
19872930
19862529
19852938
19842840
19833245
19823953
19811928
19802634
19791926

Map of recent crashes in BA16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BA16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BA16

The 24 most recent collisions in BA16 happened between 1 September 2023 and 22 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BA16

The A39 has the most collisions in BA16, 341 of 1,173 (29%), followed by the B3151 (177).

Collisions in BA16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA393415171366
2ndB3151177244538
3rdB31395502

Council area for BA16

BA16 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BA16 accounts for 1.7% of them.

Town in BA16

Of the 1,173 collisions in BA16, 634 (54%) were in Street.