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Ilminster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 291 road traffic collisions in Ilminster, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 366 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 58 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
291
1,581st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
366
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
58
62 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ilminster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious5820%
  • Slight23079%

What the data shows

  • Ilminster had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Ilminster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ilminster, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Ilminster.

Where Ilminster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,581st
Most casualties
1,602nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,603rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (14%)
  • Tuesday38 (13%)
  • Wednesday44 (15%)
  • Thursday51 (18%)
  • Friday52 (18%)
  • Saturday40 (14%)
  • Sunday26 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight228 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (18%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway249 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (6.9%)
  • Roundabout13 (4.5%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (2.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (6.2%)
  • 30 mph236 (81%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph26 (8.9%)
  • 70 mph4 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds231 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant182 (50%)
  • Pedestrian88 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (19%)
  • Cyclist18 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ilminster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ilminster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ilminster peaked at 16 in 1986; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202447
202334
202200
202159
202089
201955
201833
201724
201644
201534
201456
201357
201267
201145
201088
200988
2008810
2007812
200668
200567
200456
20031013
20021010
2001611
200068
199979
199822
199788
1996811
199511
199444
199344
199256
199144
1990710
198946
19881222
19871011
19861622
19851012
1984810
198388
198289
198133
19801012
19791215

Map of recent crashes in Ilminster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ilminster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ilminster

The 24 most recent collisions in Ilminster happened between 10 September 2019 and 26 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ilminster

The A303 has the most collisions in Ilminster, 69 of 291 (24%), followed by the B3168 (47).

Collisions in Ilminster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3036986220
2ndB3168476306
3rdA3037242813

Council area for Ilminster

Ilminster is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ilminster accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Ilminster

All 291 collisions in Ilminster were in the TA19 postcode district.