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IV49 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 178 road traffic collisions in the IV49 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 302 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 60 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
178
2,586th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
302
1.70 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
60
82 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV49

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.2%
  • Serious6034%
  • Slight11464%

What the data shows

  • IV49 had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in IV49 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 24 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV49, 7.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in IV49.

Where IV49 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,586th
Most casualties
2,570th
Most fatal collisions
2,573rd
Most serious collisions
2,556th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (16%)
  • Tuesday17 (9.6%)
  • Wednesday18 (10%)
  • Thursday17 (9.6%)
  • Friday28 (16%)
  • Saturday39 (22%)
  • Sunday30 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight143 (80%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (4.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway173 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph49 (28%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph126 (71%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds109 (61%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (22%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (6.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Other9 (5.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant182 (60%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (8.9%)
  • Pedestrian26 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (2%)
  • Cyclist4 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV49 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV49, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV49 peaked at 11 in 1980; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202347
202200
202111
202000
201934
201811
201700
201657
201533
201422
201322
201211
201144
201012
200948
2008811
200747
200645
2005311
200411
200357
200211
2001541
200046
199956
1998911
1997714
199656
199567
199433
199346
1992412
199111
199069
1989712
198855
198759
198657
198546
198477
198356
198246
1981510
19801122
197934

Map of recent crashes in IV49

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV49

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV49

The 24 most recent collisions in IV49 happened between 6 September 2011 and 5 May 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV49

The A87 has the most collisions in IV49, 69 of 178 (39%), followed by the A850 (64).

Collisions in IV49 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8769138217
2ndA8506496226

Council area for IV49

IV49 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV49 accounts for 0.6% of them.