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Castle Cary road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 159 road traffic collisions in Castle Cary, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 205 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
159
2,199th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
205
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
26
33 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Castle Cary

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.5%
  • Serious2616%
  • Slight12981%

What the data shows

  • Castle Cary had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Castle Cary were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Castle Cary, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Castle Cary.

Where Castle Cary ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,199th
Most casualties
2,233rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (12%)
  • Tuesday25 (16%)
  • Wednesday28 (18%)
  • Thursday23 (14%)
  • Friday19 (12%)
  • Saturday25 (16%)
  • Sunday20 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight114 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway141 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (9.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph143 (90%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph12 (7.5%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds122 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant119 (58%)
  • Pedestrian42 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (13%)
  • Cyclist13 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Castle Cary road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Castle Cary, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Castle Cary peaked at 12 in 1979; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202423
202323
202200
202122
202011
201979
201813
201756
201622
201522
2014913
201333
201244
201111
201022
200922
200813
200777
200655
200545
200456
200300
200211
200169
200011
1999711
199837
199789
199613
199533
199446
199311
199258
199145
199044
198944
198845
198722
198644
198522
198444
198344
198223
198135
198011
19791218

Map of recent crashes in Castle Cary

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Castle Cary

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Castle Cary

The 24 most recent collisions in Castle Cary happened between 23 January 2016 and 26 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Castle Cary

The A371 has the most collisions in Castle Cary, 58 of 159 (36%), followed by the B3152 (37).

Collisions in Castle Cary on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3715889211
2ndB3152374507
3rdB31825600

Council area for Castle Cary

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

Postcode district for Castle Cary

All 159 collisions in Castle Cary were in the BA7 postcode district.