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KW3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 132 road traffic collisions in the KW3 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 206 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 44 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 17 August 2023.

Collisions since 1979
132
2,625th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
206
1.56 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
44
61 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
17 Aug 2023
Busiest year
1980
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for KW3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal96.8%
  • Serious4433%
  • Slight7960%

What the data shows

  • KW3 had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 40% of collisions in KW3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in KW3, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in KW3.

Where KW3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,625th
Most casualties
2,614th
Most fatal collisions
2,449th
Most serious collisions
2,595th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (11%)
  • Tuesday19 (14%)
  • Wednesday19 (14%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday21 (16%)
  • Saturday24 (18%)
  • Sunday17 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight100 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (6.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway125 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph15 (11%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph114 (86%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds76 (58%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (6.8%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (5.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds7 (5.3%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.3%)
  • Other10 (7.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant142 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (8.7%)
  • Pedestrian14 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.4%)
  • Cyclist4 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant3 (1.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KW3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KW3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KW3 peaked at 9 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
202400
202311
202200
202114
202036
201911
201822
201722
201623
201522
201425
201327
201233
201122
201026
200925
200858
200746
200667
200578
2004612
200355
200224
200111
200011
199936
199813
199724
1996711
199535
199445
199345
199211
199123
199011
198935
198811
198723
198622
1985212
1984810
198333
198245
198122
1980911
197947

Map of recent crashes in KW3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KW3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KW3

The 24 most recent collisions in KW3 happened between 22 June 2010 and 17 August 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in KW3

The A99 has the most collisions in KW3, 64 of 132 (48%), followed by the A9 (48).

Collisions in KW3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA9964108714
2ndA94874223

Council area for KW3

KW3 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KW3 accounts for 0.5% of them.