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IV8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 117 road traffic collisions in the IV8 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 227 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
117
2,634th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
227
1.94 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
42
63 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for IV8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal76%
  • Serious4236%
  • Slight6858%

What the data shows

  • IV8 had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 42% of collisions in IV8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in IV8, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in IV8.

Where IV8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,634th
Most casualties
2,604th
Most fatal collisions
2,498th
Most serious collisions
2,602nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (10%)
  • Tuesday21 (18%)
  • Wednesday18 (15%)
  • Thursday19 (16%)
  • Friday13 (11%)
  • Saturday21 (18%)
  • Sunday13 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (17%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (6%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway113 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph9 (7.7%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph105 (90%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds91 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (15%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other5 (4.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant192 (85%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (4.4%)
  • Motorcyclist8 (3.5%)
  • Pedestrian5 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.2%)
  • Cyclist4 (1.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IV8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IV8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IV8 peaked at 6 in 1995; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
2024510
202300
202200
202100
202000
2019212
201845
201700
201635
201511
201434
201323
201224
201122
201012
200933
200822
200711
200624
200523
200435
200322
200236
200123
200056
199922
1998518
199749
199627
199568
199436
199336
199237
199100
199039
1989416
198823
198724
198644
1985411
198422
198300
198249
198145
198047
197947

Map of recent crashes in IV8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IV8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IV8

The 24 most recent collisions in IV8 happened between 5 April 2012 and 19 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IV8

The A832 has the most collisions in IV8, 70 of 117 (60%), followed by the B9161 (20).

Collisions in IV8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA83270143522
2ndB9161204516

Council area for IV8

IV8 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IV8 accounts for 0.4% of them.