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Glastonbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 700 road traffic collisions in Glastonbury, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 870 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 152 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
700
946th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
870
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
152
171 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Glastonbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal162.3%
  • Serious15222%
  • Slight53276%

What the data shows

  • Glastonbury had 128 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 144 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Glastonbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in Glastonbury, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Glastonbury.

Where Glastonbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
946th
Most casualties
951st
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday107 (15%)
  • Tuesday109 (16%)
  • Wednesday89 (13%)
  • Thursday105 (15%)
  • Friday128 (18%)
  • Saturday99 (14%)
  • Sunday63 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight503 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit167 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway602 (86%)
  • Roundabout64 (9.1%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded16 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph25 (3.6%)
  • 30 mph512 (73%)
  • 40 mph91 (13%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph60 (8.6%)
  • 70 mph10 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds572 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other21 (3%)
  • Not recorded13 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant409 (47%)
  • Pedestrian203 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist128 (15%)
  • Cyclist95 (11%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Glastonbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Glastonbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Glastonbury peaked at 31 in 1990; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251212
20241115
20232023
20221111
202178
20201010
20191921
20181316
20171316
20161213
2015913
20141012
20131622
20121723
20111516
20101517
20091519
20081519
20071315
20061923
20051723
20041217
20032130
200288
2001814
20001517
19991011
19981216
19971515
1996810
19951115
19942329
19931824
19921315
19912734
19903139
19892025
19882128
19871417
19861113
19851619
19841516
19831517
19821427
19811013
19801317
19793037

Map of recent crashes in Glastonbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Glastonbury

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Glastonbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Glastonbury happened between 3 December 2023 and 14 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Glastonbury

The A39 has the most collisions in Glastonbury, 226 of 700 (32%), followed by the A361 (116).

Collisions in Glastonbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39226306455
2ndA361116149026
3rdB31514252310

Council area for Glastonbury

Glastonbury is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Glastonbury accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Glastonbury

All 700 collisions in Glastonbury were in the BA6 postcode district.