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IV42 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 108 road traffic collisions in the IV42 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 184 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
108
2,639th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
184
1.70 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
31
47 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV42

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal54.6%
  • Serious3129%
  • Slight7267%

What the data shows

  • IV42 had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in IV42 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in IV42 are between noon and 3pm, with 20% of collisions.
  • 6 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV42, 3.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where IV42 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,639th
Most casualties
2,625th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,636th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (12%)
  • Tuesday13 (12%)
  • Wednesday14 (13%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday19 (18%)
  • Saturday14 (13%)
  • Sunday20 (19%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight74 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway103 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (4.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph3 (2.8%)
  • 40 mph31 (29%)
  • 60 mph74 (69%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds68 (63%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (18%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (8.3%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant145 (79%)
  • Motorcyclist13 (7.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.7%)
  • Pedestrian5 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist4 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV42 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV42, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV42 peaked at 6 in 1995; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202424
202325
202200
202111
202011
201900
201822
201700
201611
201500
201411
201346
201211
201137
2010410
200912
200835
200722
200622
200523
200412
200313
200213
200122
200011
199911
199800
199737
1996410
199569
199426
199346
199222
1991515
199044
198934
198823
198733
198623
198525
198444
198368
198223
198159
198058
197938

Map of recent crashes in IV42

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV42

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV42

The 24 most recent collisions in IV42 happened between 2 April 2010 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV42

The A850 has the most collisions in IV42, 57 of 108 (53%), followed by the A87 (36).

Collisions in IV42 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8505799320
2ndA87365926
3rdA851101703

Council area for IV42

IV42 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV42 accounts for 0.4% of them.