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Congresbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 357 road traffic collisions in Congresbury, North Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 513 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 62 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
357
1,402nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
513
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
62
68 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Congresbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious6217%
  • Slight29382%

What the data shows

  • Congresbury had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 78 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Congresbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 32 children under 16 were killed or injured in Congresbury, 6.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Congresbury.

Where Congresbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,402nd
Most casualties
1,302nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,551st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (15%)
  • Tuesday55 (15%)
  • Wednesday46 (13%)
  • Thursday42 (12%)
  • Friday61 (17%)
  • Saturday56 (16%)
  • Sunday43 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight258 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit74 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway344 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (3.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph236 (66%)
  • 40 mph50 (14%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph58 (16%)
  • 70 mph7 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds282 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other11 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant351 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (14%)
  • Pedestrian39 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist26 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Congresbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Congresbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Congresbury peaked at 14 in 2002; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
202459
202345
202268
202124
202046
2019611
2018915
2017813
201645
201568
20141115
201344
2012714
20111011
20101219
2009810
20081017
200746
2006614
200568
200479
2003710
20021417
20011118
20001021
19991120
199878
19971320
199635
199556
199456
19931016
1992912
19911111
1990912
19891012
1988813
1987915
198623
19851013
198411
198399
1982613
198166
1980910
19791415

Map of recent crashes in Congresbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Congresbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Congresbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Congresbury happened between 28 January 2022 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Congresbury

The A370 has the most collisions in Congresbury, 251 of 357 (70%), followed by the B3133 (69).

Collisions in Congresbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA370251380242
2ndB31336992011

Council area for Congresbury

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

Postcode district for Congresbury

All 357 collisions in Congresbury were in the BS49 postcode district.