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HS1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 444 road traffic collisions in the HS1 postcode district, Na h-Eileanan Siar, from 1979 to 2025, and 551 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 149 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
444
2,451st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
551
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
13 people killed
Serious collisions
149
171 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for HS1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal112.5%
  • Serious14934%
  • Slight28464%

What the data shows

  • HS1 had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 60 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in HS1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 102 children under 16 were killed or injured in HS1, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in HS1.

Where HS1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,451st
Most casualties
2,473rd
Most fatal collisions
2,396th
Most serious collisions
2,352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday83 (19%)
  • Tuesday58 (13%)
  • Wednesday63 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (13%)
  • Friday69 (16%)
  • Saturday89 (20%)
  • Sunday23 (5.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight287 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit138 (31%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway391 (88%)
  • Roundabout21 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph434 (98%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph9 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds297 (67%)
  • Raining, no high winds102 (23%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (3.8%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other17 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant218 (40%)
  • Pedestrian202 (37%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (12%)
  • Cyclist27 (4.9%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HS1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HS1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HS1 peaked at 28 in 1982; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202323
202200
202111
202000
201989
201844
201733
201622
201533
201489
201355
201245
201167
201044
200956
200899
20071014
200666
20051120
2004810
200399
20021325
20011215
20001517
1999910
19981011
1997914
199666
19951318
19941111
19931415
19921519
19911112
1990912
19891415
19882021
19871517
19861920
19851719
19841013
19831522
19822841
19811623
19801214
19792029

Map of recent crashes in HS1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HS1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HS1

The 24 most recent collisions in HS1 happened between 28 November 2015 and 15 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HS1

The A857 has the most collisions in HS1, 159 of 444 (36%), followed by the A866 (52).

Collisions in HS1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA857159190660
2ndA8665265019
3rdB80273239012
4thA859131505
5thA8583300

Council area for HS1

HS1 is in Na h-Eileanan Siar, where police recorded 2,237 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HS1 accounts for 20% of them.

Town in HS1

Of the 444 collisions in HS1, 327 (74%) were in Stornoway.