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IV40 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 519 road traffic collisions in the IV40 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 878 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 27 were fatal and 172 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
519
2,415th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
878
1.69 per collision
Fatal collisions
27
30 people killed
Serious collisions
172
236 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV40

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal275.2%
  • Serious17233%
  • Slight32062%

What the data shows

  • IV40 had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 38% of collisions in IV40 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 71 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV40, 8.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 50% of collisions in IV40.

Where IV40 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,415th
Most casualties
2,361st
Most fatal collisions
1,946th
Most serious collisions
2,302nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday70 (13%)
  • Tuesday60 (12%)
  • Wednesday67 (13%)
  • Thursday62 (12%)
  • Friday104 (20%)
  • Saturday95 (18%)
  • Sunday61 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight371 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting116 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway502 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph33 (6.4%)
  • 40 mph22 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph462 (89%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds301 (58%)
  • Raining, no high winds126 (24%)
  • Raining with high winds42 (8.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Other23 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant689 (78%)
  • Motorcyclist94 (11%)
  • Van occupant27 (3.1%)
  • Pedestrian19 (2.2%)
  • Cyclist12 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV40 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV40, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV40 peaked at 22 in 1984; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202448
2023717
202224
202149
202022
201945
20181014
2017710
201677
2015710
2014910
201369
201266
20111220
2010711
20091627
20081523
20071218
20061119
20051330
20041829
20031531
20021223
200169
2000712
199957
199858
19971432
19961016
199549
199458
19931221
19921319
19911923
19901526
19891220
19881728
19872142
19861834
19851740
19842232
19831622
19821627
19811322
19802033
19792240

Map of recent crashes in IV40

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV40

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV40

The 24 most recent collisions in IV40 happened between 11 October 2019 and 26 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV40

The A87 has the most collisions in IV40, 368 of 519 (71%), followed by the A890 (12).

Collisions in IV40 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8736863424125
2ndA890122616
3rdA95112202
4thA9398803
5thA823401
6thA93303

Council area for IV40

IV40 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV40 accounts for 1.8% of them.