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IV15 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 490 road traffic collisions in the IV15 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 700 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 161 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
490
2,427th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
700
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
161
214 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV15

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.7%
  • Serious16133%
  • Slight31664%

What the data shows

  • IV15 had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 90 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in IV15 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 104 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV15, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in IV15.

Where IV15 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,427th
Most casualties
2,424th
Most fatal collisions
2,336th
Most serious collisions
2,322nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (12%)
  • Tuesday65 (13%)
  • Wednesday62 (13%)
  • Thursday67 (14%)
  • Friday84 (17%)
  • Saturday96 (20%)
  • Sunday56 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight349 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting75 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (11%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway416 (85%)
  • One way street or slip road44 (9%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout7 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded14 (2.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph245 (50%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph240 (49%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds352 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds70 (14%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (2.7%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other25 (5.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant442 (63%)
  • Pedestrian117 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist45 (6.4%)
  • Cyclist30 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant26 (3.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV15 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV15, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV15 peaked at 30 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202433
202300
202233
202100
202067
201955
201855
201736
201667
201569
2014713
2013912
201267
20111213
20101214
200957
20081320
2007811
20061212
2005812
20041524
20031021
200288
2001814
20001015
19992127
19981631
19971115
19961323
19951420
19941119
19931216
19921218
19911422
19901124
19891627
198879
19871010
19861822
19851218
19841415
19831113
19821321
19813042
19802026
19792231

Map of recent crashes in IV15

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV15

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV15

The 24 most recent collisions in IV15 happened between 23 March 2018 and 8 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV15

The A862 has the most collisions in IV15, 144 of 490 (29%), followed by the A9 (99).

Collisions in IV15 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA862144216345
2ndA999150140
3rdA83486124626
4thA8324602

Council area for IV15

IV15 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV15 accounts for 1.7% of them.

Town in IV15

Of the 490 collisions in IV15, 242 (49%) were in Dingwall.