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Alness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 219 road traffic collisions in Alness, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 257 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 66 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
219
1,856th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
257
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
66
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Alness

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.4%
  • Serious6630%
  • Slight15068%

What the data shows

  • Alness had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in Alness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 94 children under 16 were killed or injured in Alness, 37% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Alness.

Where Alness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,856th
Most casualties
1,972nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,487th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (12%)
  • Tuesday29 (13%)
  • Wednesday33 (15%)
  • Thursday36 (16%)
  • Friday40 (18%)
  • Saturday32 (15%)
  • Sunday23 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight164 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway206 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (3.7%)
  • 30 mph200 (91%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph9 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds176 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (10%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other9 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian113 (44%)
  • Car occupant86 (33%)
  • Cyclist31 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (8.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Alness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Alness, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Alness peaked at 16 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202300
202235
202100
202022
201933
201845
201724
201655
201511
201477
201333
201211
201133
201026
200911
200833
200733
200644
200544
200489
2003610
20021012
200133
200055
199967
199834
199711
199600
199544
199478
199379
199222
199145
199033
198933
198800
198766
1986810
19851014
19841112
19831415
19821316
1981911
19801619
197988

Map of recent crashes in Alness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Alness

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Alness

The 24 most recent collisions in Alness happened between 14 July 2014 and 4 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Alness

The B817 has the most collisions in Alness, 68 of 219 (31%), followed by the A9 (50).

Collisions in Alness on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB8176883017
2ndA95060220

Council area for Alness

Alness is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Alness accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Alness

Of the 219 collisions in Alness, 218 (99.5%) were in the IV17 postcode district.