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Wincanton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 267 road traffic collisions in Wincanton, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 334 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
267
1,667th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
334
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
53
59 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wincanton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.2%
  • Serious5320%
  • Slight20878%

What the data shows

  • Wincanton had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Wincanton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wincanton, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Wincanton.

Where Wincanton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,667th
Most casualties
1,701st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (14%)
  • Tuesday36 (13%)
  • Wednesday46 (17%)
  • Thursday36 (13%)
  • Friday51 (19%)
  • Saturday37 (14%)
  • Sunday24 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight207 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit42 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway200 (75%)
  • One way street or slip road39 (15%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (7.5%)
  • Roundabout6 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph207 (78%)
  • 40 mph7 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph28 (10%)
  • 70 mph21 (7.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds200 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other12 (4.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant177 (53%)
  • Pedestrian66 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (15%)
  • Cyclist24 (7.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wincanton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wincanton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wincanton peaked at 15 in 1979; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202547
202445
202356
202222
202111
202011
201922
2018610
201733
201657
201534
201467
201369
201222
201179
201057
200999
200859
200746
20061016
2005911
20041013
200367
20021113
200155
200033
19991011
199878
199789
199644
199555
199455
199333
1992510
199177
199055
198999
198844
198766
198667
198544
198468
198335
19821114
198133
198078
19791525

Map of recent crashes in Wincanton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wincanton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wincanton

The 24 most recent collisions in Wincanton happened between 18 May 2018 and 19 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wincanton

The B3081 has the most collisions in Wincanton, 41 of 267 (15%), followed by the A303 (20).

Collisions in Wincanton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB3081415217
2ndA303203025
3rdA371142106

Council area for Wincanton

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

Postcode district for Wincanton

All 267 collisions in Wincanton were in the BA9 postcode district.