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IV19 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 572 road traffic collisions in the IV19 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 860 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 183 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
572
2,378th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
860
1.50 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
29 people killed
Serious collisions
183
236 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV19

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal254.4%
  • Serious18332%
  • Slight36464%

What the data shows

  • IV19 had 76 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 130 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in IV19 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 82 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV19, 9.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in IV19.

Where IV19 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,378th
Most casualties
2,367th
Most fatal collisions
1,994th
Most serious collisions
2,283rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (13%)
  • Tuesday72 (13%)
  • Wednesday77 (13%)
  • Thursday85 (15%)
  • Friday105 (18%)
  • Saturday96 (17%)
  • Sunday64 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight400 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting105 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (9.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway542 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (2.4%)
  • Roundabout6 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph126 (22%)
  • 40 mph7 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph15 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph423 (74%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds405 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds70 (12%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Other49 (8.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant616 (72%)
  • Pedestrian77 (9%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (7.3%)
  • Van occupant29 (3.4%)
  • Cyclist27 (3.1%)
  • Minibus occupant18 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV19 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV19, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV19 peaked at 23 in 1998; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
2024510
202349
202212
202149
20201213
20191219
2018917
2017815
20161422
20151115
20141318
20131618
201279
20111318
2010811
20091421
20081522
20071827
20061524
20051219
20041017
20031821
20021317
200144
20001424
19991019
19982335
19971329
19961115
19951417
19941221
199378
19921116
19911830
19901214
19891021
198800
1987811
19861925
19851723
19841419
19831926
19821926
19812344
19801518
19792031

Map of recent crashes in IV19

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV19

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV19

The 24 most recent collisions in IV19 happened between 8 August 2020 and 30 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV19

The A9 has the most collisions in IV19, 250 of 572 (44%), followed by the B9174 (49).

Collisions in IV19 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9250416978
2ndB91744959110
3rdA8364767318
4thB91753764521
5thB9165202706
6thB9176162105
7thA8323301

Council area for IV19

IV19 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV19 accounts for 2% of them.

Town in IV19

Of the 572 collisions in IV19, 119 (21%) were in Tain.