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Portishead road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 746 road traffic collisions in Portishead, North Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 891 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 137 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
746
916th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
891
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
137
145 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Portishead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.3%
  • Serious13718%
  • Slight59980%

What the data shows

  • Portishead had 105 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 151 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Portishead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 137 children under 16 were killed or injured in Portishead, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Portishead.

Where Portishead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
916th
Most casualties
937th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
926th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday96 (13%)
  • Tuesday120 (16%)
  • Wednesday130 (17%)
  • Thursday120 (16%)
  • Friday129 (17%)
  • Saturday87 (12%)
  • Sunday64 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight544 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit172 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway651 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway44 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road25 (3.4%)
  • Roundabout19 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph32 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph691 (93%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph9 (1.2%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds594 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other22 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant406 (46%)
  • Pedestrian185 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist175 (20%)
  • Cyclist102 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Portishead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Portishead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Portishead peaked at 30 in 1983; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
20241213
2023910
20221012
202178
20201012
20191213
20181012
20171214
20161619
20151820
20141620
20131010
20121417
20111213
20101616
20091820
20081518
20071924
20061315
20051925
20042026
20031825
20022731
20012129
20001719
19992126
19981316
19971619
19962125
19951923
199466
1993911
19921215
19912026
19901417
19892023
19881617
19871216
19861314
19851517
19841922
19833033
19821824
19812533
19802327
19792633

Map of recent crashes in Portishead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Portishead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Portishead

The 24 most recent collisions in Portishead happened between 23 July 2023 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Portishead

The B3124 has the most collisions in Portishead, 185 of 746 (25%), followed by the A369 (83).

Collisions in Portishead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3124185213235
2ndA3698396214

Council area for Portishead

Portishead is in North Somerset, where police recorded 22,130 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Portishead accounts for 3.4% of them.

Postcode district for Portishead

All 746 collisions in Portishead were in the BS20 postcode district.