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BA20 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,021 road traffic collisions in the BA20 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,523 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 278 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,021
1,748th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,523
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
22 people killed
Serious collisions
278
290 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
Level with 2024

Road collision statistics for BA20

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal221.1%
  • Serious27814%
  • Slight1,72185%

What the data shows

  • BA20 had 233 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 406 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in BA20 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 228 children under 16 were killed or injured in BA20, 9.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in BA20.

Where BA20 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,748th
Most casualties
1,844th
Most fatal collisions
2,104th
Most serious collisions
2,063rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday302 (15%)
  • Tuesday274 (14%)
  • Wednesday325 (16%)
  • Thursday278 (14%)
  • Friday389 (19%)
  • Saturday289 (14%)
  • Sunday164 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,459 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit482 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting38 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit19 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,239 (61%)
  • Roundabout326 (16%)
  • Dual carriageway215 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road205 (10%)
  • Not recorded36 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph25 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph1,690 (84%)
  • 40 mph113 (5.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph181 (9%)
  • 70 mph11 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,568 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds257 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds41 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds30 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other81 (4%)
  • Not recorded25 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,291 (51%)
  • Pedestrian462 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist449 (18%)
  • Cyclist229 (9.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant41 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant25 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BA20 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BA20, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BA20 peaked at 70 in 1986; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251821
20241521
20232028
20222028
20212125
20201416
20192631
20183341
20173037
20163650
20153649
20144046
20133749
20123137
20112832
20103441
20094653
20083946
20075976
20065668
20056176
20044350
20034759
20026173
20014871
20004662
19994044
19984865
19974249
19965167
19954757
19944353
19933846
19925083
19916579
19905260
19896069
19885668
19876378
19867086
19854558
19846472
19835762
19824250
19815370
19804765
19794356

Map of recent crashes in BA20

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BA20

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BA20

The 24 most recent collisions in BA20 happened between 28 July 2024 and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BA20

The A30 has the most collisions in BA20, 477 of 2,021 (24%), followed by the A3088 (222).

Collisions in BA20 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA304775961083
2ndA3088222298232
3rdA37136184014
4thB31393300
5thB31513301

Council area for BA20

BA20 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BA20 accounts for 2.9% of them.

Town in BA20

Of the 2,021 collisions in BA20, 1,841 (91%) were in Yeovil.