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IV5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 121 road traffic collisions in the IV5 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 183 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 44 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
121
2,632nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
183
1.51 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
44
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal75.8%
  • Serious4436%
  • Slight7058%

What the data shows

  • IV5 had 5 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 13 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 42% of collisions in IV5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 13 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV5, 7.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in IV5.

Where IV5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,632nd
Most casualties
2,627th
Most fatal collisions
2,498th
Most serious collisions
2,595th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (11%)
  • Tuesday15 (12%)
  • Wednesday25 (21%)
  • Thursday10 (8.3%)
  • Friday15 (12%)
  • Saturday30 (25%)
  • Sunday13 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight75 (62%)
  • Dark, no street lighting37 (31%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6 (5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway118 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph9 (7.4%)
  • 40 mph10 (8.3%)
  • 60 mph101 (83%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (18%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Other4 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant125 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (13%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (4.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (3.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.6%)
  • Pedestrian3 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV5 peaked at 12 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202311
202200
202100
202000
201911
201811
201700
201600
201500
201412
201300
201211
201111
201011
200933
200834
200712
200626
200534
200422
200358
200222
200133
200046
199924
199833
199745
199634
199549
199400
199333
1992610
199168
199057
198923
198835
198700
198623
198533
198434
198322
198244
1981716
19801019
19791221

Map of recent crashes in IV5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV5

The 24 most recent collisions in IV5 happened between 14 December 2003 and 4 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV5

The A862 has the most collisions in IV5, 57 of 121 (47%), followed by the A9 (25).

Collisions in IV5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8625774313
2ndA92546211

Council area for IV5

IV5 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV5 accounts for 0.4% of them.