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TA17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 134 road traffic collisions in the TA17 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 202 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
134
2,623rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
202
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
7 people killed
Serious collisions
26
37 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.7%
  • Serious2619%
  • Slight10377%

What the data shows

  • TA17 had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% more than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in TA17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA17, 7.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in TA17.

Where TA17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,623rd
Most casualties
2,616th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,647th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (14%)
  • Tuesday17 (13%)
  • Wednesday19 (14%)
  • Thursday19 (14%)
  • Friday23 (17%)
  • Saturday26 (19%)
  • Sunday11 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (82%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (18%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway127 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph7 (5.2%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph122 (91%)
  • 70 mph3 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds103 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant164 (81%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (7.4%)
  • Cyclist6 (3%)
  • Van occupant6 (3%)
  • Pedestrian5 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA17 peaked at 7 in 2001; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202425
202311
202233
202133
202000
201933
2018511
201711
201611
201522
201413
201311
201222
201123
201011
200958
200811
200713
200611
200559
200448
200334
200222
200179
200067
199947
1998412
199769
199635
199511
199455
199322
199278
199123
199024
198922
198836
198735
198645
198537
198411
198379
198225
198100
198033
197946

Map of recent crashes in TA17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA17

The 24 most recent collisions in TA17 happened between 12 March 2015 and 18 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA17

Of the 134 collisions in TA17, 64 were on the A30.

Collisions in TA17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA306499415

Council area for TA17

TA17 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA17 accounts for 0.2% of them.