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TA1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,447 road traffic collisions in the TA1 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,498 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 763 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 51 collisions, down 16% on 2024 (61).

Collisions since 1979
5,447
441st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,498
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
53 people killed
Serious collisions
763
827 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
51
Down 16% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
56
Down 28% on 2024

Road collision statistics for TA1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal490.9%
  • Serious76314%
  • Slight4,63585%

What the data shows

  • TA1 had 616 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 1,047 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in TA1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 830 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA1, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in TA1.

Where TA1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
441st
Most casualties
586th
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
813th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday824 (15%)
  • Tuesday812 (15%)
  • Wednesday840 (15%)
  • Thursday880 (16%)
  • Friday954 (18%)
  • Saturday727 (13%)
  • Sunday410 (7.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight4,066 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,171 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting87 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown76 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit45 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,066 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway622 (11%)
  • Roundabout451 (8.3%)
  • One way street or slip road209 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded99 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph22 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph4,420 (81%)
  • 40 mph451 (8.3%)
  • 50 mph161 (3%)
  • 60 mph166 (3%)
  • 70 mph223 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,288 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds642 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds85 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds78 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist26 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (under 0.1%)
  • Other238 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded78 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,758 (42%)
  • Cyclist1,291 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist1,115 (17%)
  • Pedestrian1,058 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant79 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant66 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant38 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)33 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant25 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant24 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA1 peaked at 178 in 2001; 2025 had 51.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 51
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255156
20246178
20234756
20224859
20216580
20204047
20197685
20187686
20177894
20167488
20156883
2014103126
201399120
20126475
2011112131
2010103125
200997119
2008124159
2007133170
2006144166
2005142171
2004143169
2003149167
2002135161
2001178217
2000158193
1999124148
1998143175
1997149172
1996145183
1995127147
1994126151
1993124149
1992100119
1991131153
1990162171
1989148170
1988157174
1987160179
1986135170
1985129151
1984145185
1983139165
1982141180
1981150173
1980113144
1979131158

Map of recent crashes in TA1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA1

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA1

The 24 most recent collisions in TA1 happened between 26 July and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA1

The A38 has the most collisions in TA1, 1,488 of 5,447 (27%), followed by the A358 (494).

Collisions in TA1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA381,4881,80116202
2ndA358494595466
3rdA3027371398145
4thA3038286326341
5thM5181300626
6thB3170127156023
7thA306589116311
8thA30889902
9thA3619901
10thB313981412
11thB31515912
12thA393501
13thB30273300
14thB31353301
15thB31873501

Council area for TA1

TA1 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA1 accounts for 7.8% of them.

Town in TA1

Of the 5,447 collisions in TA1, 4,739 (87%) were in Taunton.