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Cannington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 108 road traffic collisions in Cannington, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 141 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 23 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
108
2,728th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
141
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
23
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cannington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.9%
  • Serious2321%
  • Slight8377%

What the data shows

  • Cannington had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Cannington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 12 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cannington, 8.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Cannington.

Where Cannington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,728th
Most casualties
2,736th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday21 (19%)
  • Wednesday11 (10%)
  • Thursday19 (18%)
  • Friday23 (21%)
  • Saturday12 (11%)
  • Sunday8 (7.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight81 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway101 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (89%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph10 (9.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (3.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant68 (48%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (22%)
  • Pedestrian26 (18%)
  • Cyclist12 (8.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cannington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cannington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cannington peaked at 8 in 1984; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202311
202235
202111
202022
201913
201800
201711
201623
201522
201422
201311
201211
201146
201034
200900
200811
200711
200622
200522
200448
200322
200211
200111
200011
199900
199822
199724
199622
199523
199446
199345
199211
199122
199029
198922
198856
198766
198645
198533
1984811
198357
198211
198144
198077
197923

Map of recent crashes in Cannington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cannington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cannington

The 24 most recent collisions in Cannington happened between 21 July 2010 and 23 January 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cannington

Of the 108 collisions in Cannington, 54 were on the A39.

Collisions in Cannington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA395475113

Council area for Cannington

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

Postcode district for Cannington

All 108 collisions in Cannington were in the TA5 postcode district.