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TA16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 140 road traffic collisions in the TA16 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 184 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 41 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
140
2,617th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
184
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
41
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.6%
  • Serious4129%
  • Slight9467%

What the data shows

  • TA16 had 6 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 83% fewer than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in TA16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in TA16 are between 9am and noon, with 23% of collisions.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA16, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where TA16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,617th
Most casualties
2,625th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,609th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (14%)
  • Tuesday21 (15%)
  • Wednesday20 (14%)
  • Thursday15 (11%)
  • Friday25 (18%)
  • Saturday26 (19%)
  • Sunday14 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (7.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway132 (94%)
  • Roundabout6 (4.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph82 (59%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph55 (39%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds109 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other8 (5.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant102 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (20%)
  • Pedestrian18 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist14 (7.6%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA16 peaked at 7 in 2011; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202311
202200
202100
202000
201900
201812
201711
201622
201534
201400
201347
201233
201177
201028
200968
200846
200736
200636
200544
200444
200345
200244
200123
200069
199944
199877
199735
199622
1995612
199433
199336
199233
199156
199067
198945
198823
198733
198644
198512
198444
198356
198244
198122
198000
197945

Map of recent crashes in TA16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA16

The 24 most recent collisions in TA16 happened between 4 August 2010 and 8 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA16

The A356 has the most collisions in TA16, 49 of 140 (35%), followed by the B3165 (4).

Collisions in TA16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3564981416
2ndB31654402

Council area for TA16

TA16 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA16 accounts for 0.2% of them.