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TA13 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 563 road traffic collisions in the TA13 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 792 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
563
2,382nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
792
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
20 people killed
Serious collisions
101
113 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA13

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal193.4%
  • Serious10118%
  • Slight44379%

What the data shows

  • TA13 had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in TA13 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA13, 9.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in TA13.

Where TA13 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,382nd
Most casualties
2,387th
Most fatal collisions
2,186th
Most serious collisions
2,456th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday87 (15%)
  • Tuesday68 (12%)
  • Wednesday73 (13%)
  • Thursday80 (14%)
  • Friday85 (15%)
  • Saturday98 (17%)
  • Sunday72 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight438 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting80 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (6.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway329 (58%)
  • Dual carriageway123 (22%)
  • Roundabout101 (18%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph126 (22%)
  • 40 mph28 (5%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph274 (49%)
  • 70 mph130 (23%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds425 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (14%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other19 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded13 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant536 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist101 (13%)
  • Pedestrian49 (6.2%)
  • Cyclist40 (5.1%)
  • Van occupant26 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)19 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA13 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA13, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA13 peaked at 26 in 1982; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202569
2024811
2023710
2022510
202179
2020911
201949
2018711
201777
2016911
201578
201449
20131015
20121114
20111322
201066
20091116
20081223
20071012
20062032
20051821
20041929
20031216
20021826
20011222
20001415
19991319
1998912
19972030
1996712
19951224
19941721
199378
19921217
19911317
19901111
19892025
19881522
19871826
19861319
19851927
19841415
198389
19822633
19811015
19801421
19791925

Map of recent crashes in TA13

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA13

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA13

The 24 most recent collisions in TA13 happened between 23 June 2022 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA13

The A303 has the most collisions in TA13, 258 of 563 (46%), followed by the A356 (14).

Collisions in TA13 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3032583781438
2ndA356141501
3rdB316581012

Council area for TA13

TA13 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA13 accounts for 0.8% of them.