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Somerton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 216 road traffic collisions in Somerton, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 276 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
216
1,867th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
276
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
49
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Somerton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4923%
  • Slight16777%

What the data shows

  • Somerton had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Somerton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 37 children under 16 were killed or injured in Somerton, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Somerton.

Where Somerton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,867th
Most casualties
1,908th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (14%)
  • Tuesday27 (13%)
  • Wednesday32 (15%)
  • Thursday31 (14%)
  • Friday31 (14%)
  • Saturday38 (18%)
  • Sunday26 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight140 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (8.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway200 (93%)
  • Roundabout10 (4.6%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph172 (80%)
  • 40 mph7 (3.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph33 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds180 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other6 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant129 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (21%)
  • Pedestrian43 (16%)
  • Cyclist28 (10%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Somerton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Somerton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Somerton peaked at 14 in 1980; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202558
202411
202300
202224
202133
202022
201911
201839
201744
201611
201533
201433
201344
201222
201134
201033
200922
200858
20071010
200646
2005913
200456
200322
200255
200178
200034
199922
199844
1997510
199658
199523
19941013
1993912
199245
199145
1990712
198979
198856
1987913
198644
19851013
198477
198389
198233
198111
19801417
197944

Map of recent crashes in Somerton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Somerton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Somerton

The 24 most recent collisions in Somerton happened between 30 March 2015 and 24 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Somerton

The B3153 has the most collisions in Somerton, 82 of 216 (38%), followed by the B3151 (24).

Collisions in Somerton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB31538298020
2ndB3151244708
3rdB3165222404

Council area for Somerton

Somerton is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Somerton accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Somerton

All 216 collisions in Somerton were in the TA11 postcode district.