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IV4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 416 road traffic collisions in the IV4 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 612 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 159 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
416
2,461st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
612
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
21 people killed
Serious collisions
159
196 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV4

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal163.8%
  • Serious15938%
  • Slight24158%

What the data shows

  • IV4 had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 65% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 42% of collisions in IV4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 48 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV4, 7.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in IV4.

Where IV4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,461st
Most casualties
2,455th
Most fatal collisions
2,259th
Most serious collisions
2,333rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday44 (11%)
  • Tuesday54 (13%)
  • Wednesday52 (13%)
  • Thursday48 (12%)
  • Friday80 (19%)
  • Saturday68 (16%)
  • Sunday70 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight274 (66%)
  • Dark, no street lighting110 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (5.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway406 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph71 (17%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 50 mph4 (1%)
  • 60 mph333 (80%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds311 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other18 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant418 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (10%)
  • Pedestrian55 (9%)
  • Cyclist36 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant23 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV4, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV4 peaked at 33 in 1980; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025512
202422
202312
202200
202122
202034
201915
201855
201722
201633
201535
20141010
2013511
201289
201178
201022
20091219
200868
2007513
20061015
20051727
200459
20031113
2002611
200167
200079
19991522
19981019
199768
1996915
1995815
1994815
199389
19921727
19911316
1990912
19891624
198857
1987716
1986911
19851215
19841014
19831324
19821823
19812336
19803340
19792331

Map of recent crashes in IV4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV4

The 24 most recent collisions in IV4 happened between 10 June 2016 and 3 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV4

The A862 has the most collisions in IV4, 132 of 416 (32%), followed by the A833 (63).

Collisions in IV4 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8621322071144
2ndA8336392227
3rdA95578326
4thA8315273020
5thA824501
6thA954602
7thA8553400

Council area for IV4

IV4 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV4 accounts for 1.5% of them.