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TA14 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 449 road traffic collisions in the TA14 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 657 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 96 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
449
2,450th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
657
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
14 people killed
Serious collisions
96
112 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA14

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal143.1%
  • Serious9621%
  • Slight33976%

What the data shows

  • TA14 had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 74 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in TA14 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 70 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA14, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in TA14.

Where TA14 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,450th
Most casualties
2,441st
Most fatal collisions
2,302nd
Most serious collisions
2,468th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (14%)
  • Tuesday56 (12%)
  • Wednesday70 (16%)
  • Thursday56 (12%)
  • Friday87 (19%)
  • Saturday67 (15%)
  • Sunday52 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight338 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting74 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (6.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway372 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway69 (15%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.7%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph144 (32%)
  • 40 mph15 (3.3%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph216 (48%)
  • 70 mph69 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds337 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (12%)
  • Fog or mist11 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other27 (6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant433 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (16%)
  • Pedestrian43 (6.5%)
  • Cyclist35 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA14 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA14, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA14 peaked at 27 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202445
202344
202279
202158
202057
2019813
201847
201747
201611
201545
201434
2013714
201255
201166
20101217
2009919
200858
20071023
20061319
2005914
200469
20031825
20021017
20011017
20001117
19991319
1998911
199768
199666
19951010
1994912
199335
199279
199167
19901623
19891821
19882030
19871321
19861116
19851527
19842024
19831724
19821521
19812737
19801528
19791115

Map of recent crashes in TA14

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA14

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA14

The 24 most recent collisions in TA14 happened between 13 July 2020 and 28 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA14

The A303 has the most collisions in TA14, 152 of 449 (34%), followed by the A356 (56).

Collisions in TA14 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA303152245637
2ndA356569029
3rdA30884254111
4thB3165131813

Council area for TA14

TA14 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA14 accounts for 0.6% of them.

Town in TA14

Of the 449 collisions in TA14, 100 (22%) were in Stoke sub Hamdon.