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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Wellington, Taunton, Ilminster, Honiton.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 79 collisions are on record, 1 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M5 itself, within 2 miles of J26. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M5 J26 → 32 of 32 junctions on the M5 · see where it ranks nationallyM5 J26 is at Wellington & Rockwell Green. National Highways signs it as Wellington. The nearest town is Wellington.
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Police STATS19 records show 5 collisions on the M5 within 2 miles of J26, including 0 fatal and 0 serious. Counting every road in the area, 79 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 552 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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