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Backwell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 361 road traffic collisions in Backwell, North Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 468 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 82 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
361
1,396th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
468
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
82
95 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Backwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.8%
  • Serious8223%
  • Slight26975%

What the data shows

  • Backwell had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 62 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Backwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 71 children under 16 were killed or injured in Backwell, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Backwell.

Where Backwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,396th
Most casualties
1,382nd
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (15%)
  • Tuesday47 (13%)
  • Wednesday57 (16%)
  • Thursday53 (15%)
  • Friday71 (20%)
  • Saturday52 (14%)
  • Sunday28 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight265 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit77 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (3.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway350 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (3%)
  • 30 mph279 (77%)
  • 40 mph65 (18%)
  • 60 mph6 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds279 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds53 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant230 (49%)
  • Motorcyclist88 (19%)
  • Pedestrian82 (18%)
  • Cyclist49 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Backwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Backwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Backwell peaked at 24 in 1980; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025914
202455
202322
202222
202122
20201115
201912
20181012
201755
201655
2015810
201433
201322
201258
201178
201056
2009812
2008510
2007710
20061214
200569
20041517
200378
200279
200136
200067
19991112
199866
1997910
199689
199558
1994813
199359
1992610
1991711
19901213
198969
198855
198766
198679
19851018
198489
19832025
19821517
19811014
19802434
19791518

Map of recent crashes in Backwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Backwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Backwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Backwell happened between 9 October 2020 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Backwell

Of the 361 collisions in Backwell, 224 were on the A370.

Collisions in Backwell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA370224310962

Council area for Backwell

Backwell is in North Somerset, where police recorded 22,130 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Backwell accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Backwell

All 361 collisions in Backwell were in the BS48 postcode district.