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Watchet road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 128 road traffic collisions in Watchet, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 154 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 27 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
128
2,493rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
154
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
27
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Watchet

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2721%
  • Slight10179%

What the data shows

  • Watchet had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Watchet were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Watchet, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Watchet.

Where Watchet ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,493rd
Most casualties
2,635th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (16%)
  • Tuesday16 (13%)
  • Wednesday15 (12%)
  • Thursday22 (17%)
  • Friday20 (16%)
  • Saturday13 (10%)
  • Sunday22 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight94 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (6.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (3.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway123 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph110 (86%)
  • 40 mph12 (9.4%)
  • 60 mph4 (3.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds108 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant71 (46%)
  • Pedestrian34 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (12%)
  • Cyclist16 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (3.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Watchet road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Watchet, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Watchet peaked at 9 in 1985; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202433
202311
202211
202111
202033
201911
201822
201734
201611
201522
201433
2013610
201223
201133
201046
200944
200845
2007610
200611
200534
200455
200334
200200
200100
200033
199977
199811
199711
199633
199533
199411
199300
199233
199133
199035
198911
198822
198767
198634
1985911
198445
198333
198223
198122
198012
197911

Map of recent crashes in Watchet

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Watchet

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Watchet

The 24 most recent collisions in Watchet happened between 24 April 2014 and 27 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Watchet

The B3191 has the most collisions in Watchet, 27 of 128 (21%), followed by the B3190 (23).

Collisions in Watchet on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3191273305
2ndB3190233106

Council area for Watchet

Watchet is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Watchet accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Watchet

All 128 collisions in Watchet were in the TA23 postcode district.