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Minehead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 621 road traffic collisions in Minehead, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 731 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 104 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
621
1,019th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
731
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
104
109 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Minehead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.1%
  • Serious10417%
  • Slight51082%

What the data shows

  • Minehead had 80 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 125 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Minehead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 105 children under 16 were killed or injured in Minehead, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Minehead.

Where Minehead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,019th
Most casualties
1,075th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,117th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday92 (15%)
  • Tuesday87 (14%)
  • Wednesday86 (14%)
  • Thursday101 (16%)
  • Friday91 (15%)
  • Saturday97 (16%)
  • Sunday67 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight508 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit99 (16%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway553 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road28 (4.5%)
  • Roundabout16 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph570 (92%)
  • 40 mph27 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph18 (2.9%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds507 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded14 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant296 (40%)
  • Pedestrian209 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist113 (15%)
  • Cyclist87 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Minehead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Minehead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Minehead peaked at 25 in 2003; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251212
202466
202356
202244
202144
202024
20191113
20181212
20171418
20161011
20151216
20141723
20131114
201279
20111318
2010810
200968
20081313
20072325
20061520
20051013
20041418
20032536
20021719
20011517
20001018
19991617
19981818
1997810
19961314
19951315
19941820
199399
19921921
19912022
19901011
19891515
19881924
19871416
19861819
19851823
19841920
19832026
198299
19811316
19801214
19792425

Map of recent crashes in Minehead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Minehead

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Minehead

The 24 most recent collisions in Minehead happened between 19 December 2022 and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Minehead

Of the 621 collisions in Minehead, 179 were on the A39.

Collisions in Minehead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA39179221538

Council area for Minehead

Minehead is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Minehead accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Minehead

All 621 collisions in Minehead were in the TA24 postcode district.