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HS8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
172
2,591st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
268
1.56 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
74
102 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for HS8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal95.2%
  • Serious7443%
  • Slight8952%

What the data shows

  • HS8 had 13 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 48% of collisions in HS8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in HS8, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in HS8.

Where HS8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,591st
Most casualties
2,585th
Most fatal collisions
2,449th
Most serious collisions
2,521st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (14%)
  • Tuesday22 (13%)
  • Wednesday17 (9.9%)
  • Thursday20 (12%)
  • Friday35 (20%)
  • Saturday29 (17%)
  • Sunday25 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight102 (59%)
  • Dark, no street lighting51 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (4.7%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (4.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway168 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph4 (2.3%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph160 (93%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds119 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (4.1%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (4.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other10 (5.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant187 (70%)
  • Pedestrian26 (9.7%)
  • Van occupant17 (6.3%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (4.1%)
  • Motorcyclist9 (3.4%)
  • Cyclist7 (2.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HS8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HS8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HS8 peaked at 11 in 1982; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202422
202324
202200
202122
202024
201911
201800
201722
201600
201533
201447
201311
201200
201122
201000
200945
200833
200748
2006511
200545
200445
200335
200222
200144
200046
199923
1998712
199746
1996722
1995910
199435
199344
199268
199122
199044
1989815
1988510
198756
198648
1985816
198422
198347
19821115
198156
1980817
197945

Map of recent crashes in HS8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HS8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HS8

The 24 most recent collisions in HS8 happened between 29 September 2009 and 27 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HS8

The A865 has the most collisions in HS8, 114 of 172 (66%), followed by the B888 (28).

Collisions in HS8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA865114188650
2ndB8882842211

Council area for HS8

HS8 is in Na h-Eileanan Siar, where police recorded 2,237 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HS8 accounts for 7.7% of them.