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IV18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 643 road traffic collisions in the IV18 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 995 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 191 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
643
2,346th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
995
1.55 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
41 people killed
Serious collisions
191
277 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal396.1%
  • Serious19130%
  • Slight41364%

What the data shows

  • IV18 had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 99 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in IV18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 106 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV18, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in IV18.

Where IV18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,346th
Most casualties
2,318th
Most fatal collisions
1,538th
Most serious collisions
2,261st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday93 (14%)
  • Tuesday73 (11%)
  • Wednesday86 (13%)
  • Thursday102 (16%)
  • Friday105 (16%)
  • Saturday104 (16%)
  • Sunday80 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight438 (68%)
  • Dark, no street lighting145 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway629 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph162 (25%)
  • 40 mph33 (5.1%)
  • 50 mph10 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph434 (67%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds482 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Other38 (5.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant685 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (8%)
  • Pedestrian74 (7.4%)
  • Cyclist46 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant27 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant26 (2.6%)
  • Minibus occupant20 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV18 peaked at 36 in 1979; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251113
202469
2023610
202200
202169
202069
201977
20181216
201746
2016712
201557
20141117
201344
2012916
20111421
20101215
20091323
20081319
2007812
20061011
20051944
20041928
20031218
20021315
20011219
20001219
19991931
19981526
19971825
19961523
19951220
1994720
19931728
19922134
19912029
19901831
19891929
198800
19871422
19861515
19851317
19841926
19832554
19822841
19813452
19802735
19793658

Map of recent crashes in IV18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV18

The 24 most recent collisions in IV18 happened between 8 November 2021 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV18

The A9 has the most collisions in IV18, 261 of 643 (41%), followed by the B817 (166).

Collisions in IV18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA92614422178
2ndB8171662691155

Council area for IV18

IV18 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV18 accounts for 2.2% of them.

Town in IV18

Of the 643 collisions in IV18, 139 (22%) were in Invergordon.