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BA6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,515 road traffic collisions in the BA6 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,053 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 45 were fatal and 350 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, up from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,515
1,963rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,053
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
45
47 people killed
Serious collisions
350
426 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
30
Up 30% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BA6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal453%
  • Serious35023%
  • Slight1,12074%

What the data shows

  • BA6 had 230 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 291 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in BA6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 188 children under 16 were killed or injured in BA6, 9.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in BA6.

Where BA6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,963rd
Most casualties
1,984th
Most fatal collisions
1,348th
Most serious collisions
1,893rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday227 (15%)
  • Tuesday220 (15%)
  • Wednesday193 (13%)
  • Thursday239 (16%)
  • Friday253 (17%)
  • Saturday224 (15%)
  • Sunday159 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,084 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting201 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit194 (13%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown31 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,381 (91%)
  • Roundabout80 (5.3%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded25 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph26 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph655 (43%)
  • 40 mph180 (12%)
  • 50 mph42 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph583 (38%)
  • 70 mph28 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,215 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds146 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist23 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other55 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded20 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,259 (61%)
  • Pedestrian264 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist261 (13%)
  • Cyclist164 (8%)
  • Van occupant44 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)25 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BA6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BA6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BA6 peaked at 56 in 1990; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252230
20241723
20233137
20222125
20211822
20201622
20192933
20182838
20172332
20162533
20151722
20142333
20132941
20122944
20112634
20103240
20093347
20084061
20073239
20063042
20053851
20043151
20033956
20022834
20013553
20004360
19992836
19983245
19974761
19963442
19952643
19944658
19934354
19923042
19915263
19905672
19894761
19883854
19873238
19862835
19854569
19844156
19832532
19823456
19812439
19803139
19794155

Map of recent crashes in BA6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BA6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BA6

The 24 most recent collisions in BA6 happened between 7 November 2024 and 14 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BA6

The A361 has the most collisions in BA6, 366 of 1,515 (24%), followed by the A39 (356).

Collisions in BA6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3613665381392
2ndA393564971084
3rdB3151150203735
4thA3851202

Council area for BA6

BA6 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BA6 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in BA6

Of the 1,515 collisions in BA6, 700 (46%) were in Glastonbury.