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TA12 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 471 road traffic collisions in the TA12 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 661 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
471
2,435th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
661
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
111
144 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA12

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.8%
  • Serious11124%
  • Slight34774%

What the data shows

  • TA12 had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in TA12 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 82 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA12, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in TA12.

Where TA12 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,435th
Most casualties
2,440th
Most fatal collisions
2,336th
Most serious collisions
2,435th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (13%)
  • Tuesday67 (14%)
  • Wednesday57 (12%)
  • Thursday64 (14%)
  • Friday85 (18%)
  • Saturday78 (17%)
  • Sunday59 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight347 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting71 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (9.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway449 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph250 (53%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph185 (39%)
  • 70 mph27 (5.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds364 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (11%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other24 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant420 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (15%)
  • Cyclist54 (8.2%)
  • Pedestrian52 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant19 (2.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA12 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA12, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA12 peaked at 22 in 1979; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
202434
202334
2022811
202122
202068
201979
201822
201779
201699
2015611
201479
201378
201234
201156
2010814
200922
20081221
200777
20061017
2005916
20041420
20031014
20021115
20011124
20001416
19991823
19981622
19971112
19961010
19952022
199469
19931214
19921318
19912034
19901619
1989812
1988912
19871216
19862026
19851416
19841515
19831219
198200
19812030
1980919
19792243

Map of recent crashes in TA12

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA12

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA12

The 24 most recent collisions in TA12 happened between 10 April 2020 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA12

The B3165 has the most collisions in TA12, 133 of 471 (28%), followed by the A303 (27).

Collisions in TA12 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3165133165138
2ndA303275726
3rdA356122102
4thB31534810

Council area for TA12

TA12 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA12 accounts for 0.7% of them.

Town in TA12

Of the 471 collisions in TA12, 151 (32%) were in Martock.