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PH23 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 255 road traffic collisions in the PH23 postcode district, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 440 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 26 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
255
2,541st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
440
1.73 per collision
Fatal collisions
26
34 people killed
Serious collisions
71
99 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for PH23

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal2610%
  • Serious7128%
  • Slight15862%

What the data shows

  • PH23 had 31 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 47 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 38% of collisions in PH23 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in PH23, 6.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 60% of collisions in PH23.

Where PH23 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,541st
Most casualties
2,511th
Most fatal collisions
1,970th
Most serious collisions
2,532nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (12%)
  • Tuesday31 (12%)
  • Wednesday42 (16%)
  • Thursday29 (11%)
  • Friday41 (16%)
  • Saturday43 (17%)
  • Sunday38 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight168 (66%)
  • Dark, no street lighting74 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (3.5%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway237 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (6.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph14 (5.5%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph222 (87%)
  • 70 mph14 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds139 (55%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (8.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds17 (6.7%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (4.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (3.1%)
  • Other27 (11%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant319 (73%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (5%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (4.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant18 (4.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant14 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (2.5%)
  • Pedestrian11 (2.5%)
  • Cyclist9 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

PH23 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in PH23, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in PH23 peaked at 13 in 1988; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202537
2024610
202322
2022424
202100
202035
201936
201812
2017610
201635
201534
201411
201337
20121114
201148
201000
200959
2008411
200768
20061017
200549
2004912
200357
2002816
200133
2000610
199947
199846
199757
1996914
199557
199456
1993610
199255
199126
1990511
198979
19881328
19871018
198655
198522
1984712
19831120
198268
19811215
19801222
1979715

Map of recent crashes in PH23

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in PH23

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in PH23

The 24 most recent collisions in PH23 happened between 9 September 2017 and 15 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in PH23

The A9 has the most collisions in PH23, 143 of 255 (56%), followed by the A938 (56).

Collisions in PH23 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA91432861941
2ndA9385670415
3rdB9153233326
4thB9007182903

Council area for PH23

PH23 is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. PH23 accounts for 0.9% of them.