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HS6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 106 road traffic collisions in the HS6 postcode district, Na h-Eileanan Siar, from 1979 to 2025, and 145 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 29 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 20 December 2023.

Collisions since 1979
106
2,641st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
145
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
29
38 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
20 Dec 2023
Busiest year
2008
7 collisions

Road collision statistics for HS6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal54.7%
  • Serious2927%
  • Slight7268%

What the data shows

  • HS6 had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 72% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in HS6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in HS6 are between 9am and noon, with 18% of collisions.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in HS6, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where HS6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,641st
Most casualties
2,642nd
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (18%)
  • Tuesday7 (6.6%)
  • Wednesday15 (14%)
  • Thursday11 (10%)
  • Friday26 (25%)
  • Saturday13 (12%)
  • Sunday15 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight71 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights lit3 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway103 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph12 (11%)
  • 40 mph6 (5.7%)
  • 60 mph88 (83%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds65 (61%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (5.7%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (4.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant101 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist10 (6.9%)
  • Pedestrian9 (6.2%)
  • Cyclist7 (4.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (4.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (4.1%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HS6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HS6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HS6 peaked at 7 in 2008; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202200
202111
202000
201922
201811
201711
201633
201534
201444
201322
201222
201133
201058
200911
2008713
200700
200655
200523
200411
200325
200236
200113
200000
199900
199847
199722
199669
199566
199411
199358
199245
199146
199069
198922
198845
198748
198611
198522
198400
198311
198222
198111
198000
197911

Map of recent crashes in HS6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HS6

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HS6

The 24 most recent collisions in HS6 happened between 8 December 2010 and 20 December 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in HS6

Of the 106 collisions in HS6, 65 were on the A865.

Collisions in HS6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8656593319

Council area for HS6

HS6 is in Na h-Eileanan Siar, where police recorded 2,237 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HS6 accounts for 4.7% of them.