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IV1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,145 road traffic collisions in the IV1 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,406 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 26 were fatal and 300 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,145
2,144th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,406
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
26
30 people killed
Serious collisions
300
338 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal262.3%
  • Serious30026%
  • Slight81972%

What the data shows

  • IV1 had 76 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 59% fewer than the 184 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in IV1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 131 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV1, 9.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in IV1.

Where IV1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,144th
Most casualties
2,196th
Most fatal collisions
1,970th
Most serious collisions
2,008th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday146 (13%)
  • Tuesday165 (14%)
  • Wednesday169 (15%)
  • Thursday191 (17%)
  • Friday209 (18%)
  • Saturday172 (15%)
  • Sunday93 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight807 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit247 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting60 (5.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit24 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway462 (40%)
  • Dual carriageway380 (33%)
  • One way street or slip road208 (18%)
  • Roundabout71 (6.2%)
  • Not recorded24 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph20 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph753 (66%)
  • 40 mph31 (2.7%)
  • 50 mph19 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph88 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph231 (20%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds866 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds174 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist11 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other40 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant629 (45%)
  • Pedestrian436 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist138 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist133 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant24 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV1 peaked at 48 in 1985; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202466
202355
202255
202146
202077
20191116
201889
20171011
20161423
2015911
20142126
20131415
20121820
20111922
20101618
20092535
20081517
20072532
20062233
20052934
20043346
20032133
20022736
20013139
20002528
19993437
19983546
19972634
19962840
19952833
19942630
19932428
19922530
19913135
19904757
19893651
19884552
19873337
19864151
19854861
19842627
19833948
19824651
19814652
19803136
19792429

Map of recent crashes in IV1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV1

The 24 most recent collisions in IV1 happened between 19 November 2021 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV1

The A9 has the most collisions in IV1, 302 of 1,145 (26%), followed by the A82 (212).

Collisions in IV1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA93024501691
2ndA82212237250
3rdB91617288221
4thB8653236014
5thB861282913
6thB9146262808
7thB862172106
8thA8628902

Council area for IV1

IV1 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV1 accounts for 4% of them.

Town in IV1

Of the 1,145 collisions in IV1, 716 (63%) were in Inverness.