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IV48 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 167 road traffic collisions in the IV48 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 281 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
167
2,595th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
281
1.68 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
48
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV48

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53%
  • Serious4829%
  • Slight11468%

What the data shows

  • IV48 had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in IV48 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV48, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 60% of collisions in IV48.

Where IV48 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,595th
Most casualties
2,578th
Most fatal collisions
2,533rd
Most serious collisions
2,592nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (16%)
  • Tuesday20 (12%)
  • Wednesday15 (9%)
  • Thursday27 (16%)
  • Friday24 (14%)
  • Saturday33 (20%)
  • Sunday22 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight131 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway156 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph162 (97%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds74 (44%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (24%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (19%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (4.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (3%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (2.4%)
  • Other4 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant181 (64%)
  • Bus or coach occupant42 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (9.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (2.5%)
  • Cyclist6 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Pedestrian2 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV48 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV48, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV48 peaked at 8 in 2015; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202514
202425
202333
202222
202111
202044
201922
201834
201756
201657
2015810
201457
201333
201222
201124
201026
200922
200855
2007611
200646
200578
200466
200345
200246
2001612
200058
199934
199844
199755
1996611
199511
1994310
199367
199223
199112
199022
1989612
198833
198723
1986440
198545
198437
198315
198245
198122
198024
197947

Map of recent crashes in IV48

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV48

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV48

The 24 most recent collisions in IV48 happened between 21 December 2016 and 23 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV48

The A87 has the most collisions in IV48, 113 of 167 (68%), followed by the A850 (50).

Collisions in IV48 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA87113153428
2ndA85050119117

Council area for IV48

IV48 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV48 accounts for 0.6% of them.