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Cheddar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 359 road traffic collisions in Cheddar, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 488 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 78 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
359
1,399th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
488
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
78
89 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cheddar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious7822%
  • Slight27777%

What the data shows

  • Cheddar had 61 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Cheddar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 61 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cheddar, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Cheddar.

Where Cheddar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,399th
Most casualties
1,344th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,326th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (15%)
  • Tuesday46 (13%)
  • Wednesday45 (13%)
  • Thursday63 (18%)
  • Friday52 (14%)
  • Saturday52 (14%)
  • Sunday46 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight276 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit57 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (4.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway351 (98%)
  • Roundabout5 (1.4%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (3.3%)
  • 30 mph280 (78%)
  • 40 mph30 (8.4%)
  • 60 mph34 (9.5%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds299 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (9.2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant248 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist90 (18%)
  • Pedestrian76 (16%)
  • Cyclist50 (10%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.8%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cheddar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cheddar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cheddar peaked at 21 in 1980; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025712
2024910
202357
202248
202168
202059
201978
201856
20171012
201633
2015810
201424
201348
201244
2011711
2010712
200945
200879
2007812
20061014
20051216
20041015
20031013
2002811
2001711
200046
199968
19981013
19971012
199666
1995611
19941012
199367
199244
19911013
199077
19891213
198869
1987811
19861115
1985914
19841116
19831114
1982610
198169
19802128
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Cheddar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cheddar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cheddar

The 24 most recent collisions in Cheddar happened between 5 May 2022 and 13 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cheddar

The A371 has the most collisions in Cheddar, 168 of 359 (47%), followed by the B3135 (81).

Collisions in Cheddar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA371168241336
2ndB313581111016
3rdB3151172207

Council area for Cheddar

Cheddar is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cheddar accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Cheddar

Collisions in Cheddar were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BS27 (352) and BS26 (7).