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TA19 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,831 road traffic collisions in the TA19 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,831 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 81 were fatal and 341 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,831
1,826th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,831
1.55 per collision
Fatal collisions
81
87 people killed
Serious collisions
341
462 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
Down 27% on 2024

Road collision statistics for TA19

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal814.4%
  • Serious34119%
  • Slight1,40977%

What the data shows

  • TA19 had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 372 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in TA19 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 236 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA19, 8.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in TA19.

Where TA19 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,826th
Most casualties
1,718th
Most fatal collisions
495th
Most serious collisions
1,905th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday272 (15%)
  • Tuesday247 (13%)
  • Wednesday253 (14%)
  • Thursday243 (13%)
  • Friday325 (18%)
  • Saturday259 (14%)
  • Sunday232 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,388 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting318 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (5.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,596 (87%)
  • Roundabout120 (6.6%)
  • Dual carriageway64 (3.5%)
  • One way street or slip road32 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded19 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (1%)
  • 30 mph353 (19%)
  • 40 mph24 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph10 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph1,366 (75%)
  • 70 mph60 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,360 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds261 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds50 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds34 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist20 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other74 (4%)
  • Not recorded21 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,068 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist313 (11%)
  • Pedestrian156 (5.5%)
  • Cyclist82 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)81 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant73 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant17 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA19 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA19, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA19 peaked at 62 in 1989; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251824
20241533
20231923
20221622
20213147
20202228
20191930
20182135
20172745
20162839
20153770
20143356
20132641
20124164
20112842
20103761
20093445
20083862
20075891
20064056
20054157
20045291
20035077
20025166
20014777
200056114
19994777
19983961
19975479
19964977
19952841
19943756
19933557
19922434
19914071
19904563
198962105
19885780
19875372
19865080
19854765
19844878
19835370
19824766
19813258
19803754
19796291

Map of recent crashes in TA19

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA19

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA19

The 24 most recent collisions in TA19 happened between 8 July 2024 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA19

The A303 has the most collisions in TA19, 552 of 1,831 (30%), followed by the A358 (461).

Collisions in TA19 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA30355290837102
2ndA3584617772195
3rdB3168120164516
4thA3037455629
5thA30121411

Council area for TA19

TA19 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA19 accounts for 2.6% of them.

Town in TA19

Of the 1,831 collisions in TA19, 291 (16%) were in Ilminster.