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TA3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,828 road traffic collisions in the TA3 postcode district, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,309 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 78 were fatal and 549 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 28 collisions, level with 2024.

Collisions since 1979
2,828
1,379th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,309
1.52 per collision
Fatal collisions
78
86 people killed
Serious collisions
549
701 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
28
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
43
Down 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for TA3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal782.8%
  • Serious54919%
  • Slight2,20178%

What the data shows

  • TA3 had 320 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 501 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in TA3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 374 children under 16 were killed or injured in TA3, 8.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in TA3.

Where TA3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,379th
Most casualties
1,214th
Most fatal collisions
534th
Most serious collisions
1,354th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday438 (15%)
  • Tuesday392 (14%)
  • Wednesday394 (14%)
  • Thursday420 (15%)
  • Friday438 (15%)
  • Saturday398 (14%)
  • Sunday348 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,120 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting548 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit124 (4.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown26 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,123 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway619 (22%)
  • Roundabout27 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded39 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph504 (18%)
  • 40 mph166 (5.9%)
  • 50 mph114 (4%)
  • 60 mph1,455 (51%)
  • 70 mph582 (21%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,117 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds380 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds65 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds44 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist42 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other133 (4.7%)
  • Not recorded32 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,296 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist393 (9.1%)
  • Pedestrian163 (3.8%)
  • Cyclist158 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant117 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)83 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant41 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant28 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant19 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider7 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TA3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TA3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TA3 peaked at 96 in 1994; 2025 had 28.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252843
20242845
20232130
20222848
20212435
20201418
20193971
20184270
20174072
20165696
20153753
20143253
20134572
20123954
20113865
20105582
20096295
20086188
200771107
200661109
200575117
20045680
20036594
200281122
200191138
200092136
199981131
199894146
199793144
199682116
199592142
199496139
19935879
19926696
199176120
19907393
198977122
198871107
198757100
19864979
19856087
198471104
19836898
19825879
198185113
198071111
197969110

Map of recent crashes in TA3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TA3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TA3

The 24 most recent collisions in TA3 happened between 21 February and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TA3

The A358 has the most collisions in TA3, 655 of 2,828 (23%), followed by the M5 (431).

Collisions in TA3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3586551,01917139
2ndM54317252160
3rdA3782003241046
4thB3170170325233
5thA361150208734
6thA38283604
7thA30385500
8thA30655700
9thB31395512
10thA30274400
11thB31514620
12thB31873601

Council area for TA3

TA3 is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TA3 accounts for 4% of them.

Towns in TA3

Collisions in TA3 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Ruishton (122) and Taunton (6).