Skip to main content
CrashStats

IV7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 542 road traffic collisions in the IV7 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 885 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 40 were fatal and 195 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
542
2,395th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
885
1.63 per collision
Fatal collisions
40
51 people killed
Serious collisions
195
283 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV7

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal407.4%
  • Serious19536%
  • Slight30757%

What the data shows

  • IV7 had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 92 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 43% of collisions in IV7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV7, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in IV7.

Where IV7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,395th
Most casualties
2,357th
Most fatal collisions
1,503rd
Most serious collisions
2,249th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday71 (13%)
  • Tuesday76 (14%)
  • Wednesday73 (13%)
  • Thursday73 (13%)
  • Friday92 (17%)
  • Saturday95 (18%)
  • Sunday62 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight368 (68%)
  • Dark, no street lighting127 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (6.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway507 (94%)
  • Roundabout14 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph101 (19%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph430 (79%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds376 (69%)
  • Raining, no high winds94 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Other26 (4.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant661 (75%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (7.1%)
  • Pedestrian58 (6.6%)
  • Cyclist35 (4%)
  • Van occupant31 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV7, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV7 peaked at 28 in 1979; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202539
202422
202378
2022810
202100
202044
20191219
201888
2017510
2016811
2015613
20141012
201346
201247
201169
2010814
2009713
20081732
20071836
20061215
20051625
20041017
20031630
20021221
20011425
20001017
19991017
19981625
19971627
19961529
19951637
199478
19931424
19921725
19911732
19901218
19891324
19881217
19872031
19861017
19851829
19841732
19831318
19821723
19811829
1980913
19792837

Map of recent crashes in IV7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV7

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV7

The 24 most recent collisions in IV7 happened between 20 March 2020 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV7

The A9 has the most collisions in IV7, 139 of 542 (26%), followed by the A835 (101).

Collisions in IV7 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA91392781653
2ndA8351011671433
3rdA86297143143
4thB91635179612
5thB91693447213
6thB91764504
7thA8323302
8thA8343400

Council area for IV7

IV7 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV7 accounts for 1.9% of them.