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Highbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 376 road traffic collisions in Highbridge, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 445 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
376
1,360th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
445
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
70
76 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Highbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious7019%
  • Slight30280%

What the data shows

  • Highbridge had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 66 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Highbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in Highbridge, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Highbridge.

Where Highbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,360th
Most casualties
1,430th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (16%)
  • Tuesday57 (15%)
  • Wednesday55 (15%)
  • Thursday67 (18%)
  • Friday51 (14%)
  • Saturday51 (14%)
  • Sunday35 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight280 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit78 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway306 (81%)
  • Roundabout53 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph334 (89%)
  • 40 mph18 (4.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph14 (3.7%)
  • 70 mph8 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (9.3%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant155 (35%)
  • Cyclist97 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (21%)
  • Pedestrian85 (19%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Highbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Highbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Highbridge peaked at 14 in 2005; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251216
202457
202357
202233
202177
202055
201958
2018810
201755
20161012
201533
201455
201389
201278
201133
201067
2009910
200867
2007911
20061011
20051416
200468
20031111
2002911
20011316
200078
199988
19981010
199777
19961113
19951214
19941017
19931214
199255
19911111
19901314
198978
19881014
1987813
198688
198579
198468
19831012
19821114
198169
198044
197999

Map of recent crashes in Highbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Highbridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Highbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Highbridge happened between 22 August 2022 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Highbridge

The A38 has the most collisions in Highbridge, 191 of 376 (51%), followed by the B3139 (91).

Collisions in Highbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38191221230
2ndB313991110214
3rdM581004
4thB31404501

Council area for Highbridge

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

Postcode district for Highbridge

All 376 collisions in Highbridge were in the TA9 postcode district.