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KW14 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
1,092
2,161st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,569
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
57 people killed
Serious collisions
320
436 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KW14

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal494.5%
  • Serious32029%
  • Slight72366%

What the data shows

  • KW14 had 97 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 203 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in KW14 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 227 children under 16 were killed or injured in KW14, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in KW14.

Where KW14 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,161st
Most casualties
2,148th
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
1,951st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday126 (12%)
  • Tuesday156 (14%)
  • Wednesday132 (12%)
  • Thursday164 (15%)
  • Friday179 (16%)
  • Saturday196 (18%)
  • Sunday139 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight758 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting203 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit108 (9.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,034 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway36 (3.3%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph10 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph373 (34%)
  • 40 mph23 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph14 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph664 (61%)
  • 70 mph7 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds709 (65%)
  • Raining, no high winds158 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds44 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds37 (3.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds33 (3%)
  • Snowing with high winds17 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.6%)
  • Other82 (7.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,000 (64%)
  • Pedestrian211 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist163 (10%)
  • Cyclist90 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant45 (2.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.6%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KW14 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KW14, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KW14 peaked at 45 in 1982; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202457
2023711
202268
20211220
202033
2019810
20181117
20171621
20162335
20151316
20142027
20132126
20121623
20112030
20102331
20091618
20082021
20072231
20063244
20052936
20042025
20032334
20022533
20011526
20003543
19992532
19983347
19972430
19962035
19952033
19943045
19932839
19922442
19912943
19903551
19893758
19882639
19873140
19862636
19854176
19843248
19832935
19824562
19813446
19803753
19793976

Map of recent crashes in KW14

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KW14

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KW14

The 24 most recent collisions in KW14 happened between 4 February 2022 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KW14

The A836 has the most collisions in KW14, 497 of 1,092 (46%), followed by the B874 (117).

Collisions in KW14 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA83649777129146
2ndB874117167338
3rdA88271131537
4thA96384616
5thB876212714
6thB8706600

Council area for KW14

KW14 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KW14 accounts for 3.8% of them.

Town in KW14

Of the 1,092 collisions in KW14, 289 (26%) were in Thurso.