A82 crash in Highland on 21 July 2025 at 15:00 involving a Kia Ceed
Seven vehicles, including two cars and a Kia Ceed, were involved in a crash on the A82 in Highland at 15:00 on Monday 21 July 2025. The 56-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 7
- Kia Ceed and 6 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.3238, longitude -4.4452, in the IV63 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991637257
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 82
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 62 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 September 2009.
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A82 in Highland, 14 September 2009
62 m awayRef 200991NN32080
Serious
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 3 August 1987
71 m awayRef 1987910090584
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A82 in Highland, 5 December 2001
71 m awayRef 200191NN42964
Slight
Scania crash on the A82 in Highland, 2 August 1996
75 m awayRef 199691N025011
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 5 September 1985
90 m awayRef 1985910090677
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 1 May 1992
90 m awayRef 1992910090313
Vehicles involved (7)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Ceed
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,482 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 4: Volvo
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 5: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 6: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 7: Skoda Fabia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025991637257 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 2025.