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Downside road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 203 road traffic collisions in Downside, North Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 306 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 43 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
203
1,935th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
306
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
43
56 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Downside

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42%
  • Serious4321%
  • Slight15677%

What the data shows

  • Downside had 31 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Downside were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in Downside, 5.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Downside.

Where Downside ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,935th
Most casualties
1,794th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,903rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (12%)
  • Tuesday37 (18%)
  • Wednesday27 (13%)
  • Thursday27 (13%)
  • Friday24 (12%)
  • Saturday32 (16%)
  • Sunday31 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight145 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway184 (91%)
  • Roundabout15 (7.4%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph9 (4.4%)
  • 40 mph70 (34%)
  • 50 mph25 (12%)
  • 60 mph94 (46%)
  • 70 mph4 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds152 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (5.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1%)
  • Other6 (3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant232 (76%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (11%)
  • Cyclist11 (3.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (2.6%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.6%)
  • Pedestrian5 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Downside road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Downside, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Downside peaked at 11 in 2005; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202547
202445
202359
202245
202122
202012
201922
201844
201722
201636
201579
201433
201368
201233
201111
201058
200933
200833
200756
200649
20051115
2004611
200322
200211
200169
200014
19991119
19981118
1997712
199644
199569
199445
1993917
199226
199122
199022
198968
198855
198722
198634
198558
198459
198334
1982412
198166
1980410
197945

Map of recent crashes in Downside

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Downside

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Downside

The 24 most recent collisions in Downside happened between 11 August 2018 and 26 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Downside

Of the 203 collisions in Downside, 153 were on the A38.

Collisions in Downside on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38153245333

Council area for Downside

Downside is in North Somerset, where police recorded 22,130 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Downside accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Downside

Collisions in Downside were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BS40 (138) and BS48 (65).