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Langport road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 251 road traffic collisions in Langport, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 313 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
251
1,731st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
313
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
52
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Langport

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.8%
  • Serious5221%
  • Slight19276%

What the data shows

  • Langport had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Langport were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Langport, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Langport.

Where Langport ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,731st
Most casualties
1,760th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (15%)
  • Tuesday42 (17%)
  • Wednesday25 (10%)
  • Thursday26 (10%)
  • Friday56 (22%)
  • Saturday37 (15%)
  • Sunday28 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight186 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit38 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (8.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway240 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph35 (14%)
  • 30 mph152 (61%)
  • 40 mph30 (12%)
  • 50 mph6 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph25 (10%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds208 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant167 (53%)
  • Pedestrian70 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (16%)
  • Cyclist14 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Langport road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Langport, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Langport peaked at 17 in 2002; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202468
202300
202233
202144
202033
2019810
201877
201733
201624
201511
201445
201378
201247
201144
201046
200944
2008813
200766
200644
200577
200479
200388
20021722
200155
200078
199944
199846
199735
1996810
199569
199422
199345
199244
199167
199078
198957
198835
198744
1986911
198545
198400
198347
1982710
19811113
19801524
197933

Map of recent crashes in Langport

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Langport

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Langport

The 24 most recent collisions in Langport happened between 2 November 2019 and 25 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Langport

The A378 has the most collisions in Langport, 98 of 251 (39%), followed by the A372 (75).

Collisions in Langport on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA37898123516
2ndA3727588116
3rdB31533143113

Council area for Langport

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

Postcode district for Langport

All 251 collisions in Langport were in the TA10 postcode district.