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IV23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 521 road traffic collisions in the IV23 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 840 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 190 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
521
2,411th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
840
1.61 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
29 people killed
Serious collisions
190
256 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV23

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal234.4%
  • Serious19036%
  • Slight30859%

What the data shows

  • IV23 had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 82 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 41% of collisions in IV23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV23, 5.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 51% of collisions in IV23.

Where IV23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,411th
Most casualties
2,371st
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
2,265th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (13%)
  • Tuesday60 (12%)
  • Wednesday71 (14%)
  • Thursday85 (16%)
  • Friday76 (15%)
  • Saturday100 (19%)
  • Sunday62 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight394 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting98 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway486 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (2.5%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph70 (13%)
  • 40 mph13 (2.5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph426 (82%)
  • 70 mph8 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds313 (60%)
  • Raining, no high winds97 (19%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (5.2%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (4.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds22 (4.2%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Other24 (4.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant521 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist107 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant35 (4.2%)
  • Minibus occupant35 (4.2%)
  • Pedestrian35 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant31 (3.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant27 (3.2%)
  • Cyclist26 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV23, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV23 peaked at 26 in 1990; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025919
202455
202368
2022714
202144
202058
201968
2018811
201749
20161013
20151113
201467
2013712
201259
201179
201069
20091012
20081220
2007910
2006913
20051019
20041727
2003915
20021521
20011929
2000910
19991630
19981128
199755
199622
19951016
19941520
19931618
19921637
199199
19902637
19891723
19881620
19872028
19861623
19852031
19841319
19831458
19821330
19811010
19801228
19791934

Map of recent crashes in IV23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV23

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV23

The 24 most recent collisions in IV23 happened between 31 August 2022 and 17 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV23

The A835 has the most collisions in IV23, 270 of 521 (52%), followed by the A832 (125).

Collisions in IV23 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA83527046014114
2ndA832125200746
3rdA82192207
4thA9133515
5thA965901
6thB90065801
7thB8614501
8thB91614400
9thA8623300
10thB8513401

Council area for IV23

IV23 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV23 accounts for 1.8% of them.