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TA23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 529 road traffic collisions in the TA23 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 771 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 119 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
529
2,409th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
771
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
14 people killed
Serious collisions
119
153 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TA23

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.5%
  • Serious11922%
  • Slight39775%

What the data shows

  • TA23 had 59 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 128 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in TA23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 100 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA23, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in TA23.

Where TA23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,409th
Most casualties
2,396th
Most fatal collisions
2,336th
Most serious collisions
2,414th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (14%)
  • Tuesday70 (13%)
  • Wednesday62 (12%)
  • Thursday79 (15%)
  • Friday85 (16%)
  • Saturday66 (12%)
  • Sunday94 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight398 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting78 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (7.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway510 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph218 (41%)
  • 40 mph17 (3.2%)
  • 50 mph30 (5.7%)
  • 60 mph248 (47%)
  • 70 mph15 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds420 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (11%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant516 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist98 (13%)
  • Pedestrian60 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist43 (5.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA23, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA23 peaked at 21 in 2007; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
202455
202333
202257
202133
202056
201956
201867
2017814
2016918
2015912
2014811
20131118
2012918
20111217
20101317
20091519
20081936
20072135
20061113
20052036
20041414
20031628
2002813
20011118
20001523
19991621
19981418
199789
19961220
19951727
19941117
1993613
1992910
19911116
19901114
19891314
19881320
19871315
19861421
19851923
19841433
19831518
198256
1981910
19801216
19791620

Map of recent crashes in TA23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA23

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA23

The 24 most recent collisions in TA23 happened between 9 October 2021 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA23

The A39 has the most collisions in TA23, 154 of 529 (29%), followed by the B3190 (84).

Collisions in TA23 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39154255633
2ndB319084120324
3rdB31915177215
4thB3224264805

Council area for TA23

TA23 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA23 accounts for 0.8% of them.

Town in TA23

Of the 529 collisions in TA23, 128 (24%) were in Watchet.