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Dingwall road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 242 road traffic collisions in Dingwall, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 308 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 76 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
242
1,762nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
308
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
76
92 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dingwall

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.7%
  • Serious7631%
  • Slight16267%

What the data shows

  • Dingwall had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 82% fewer than the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Dingwall were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 63 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dingwall, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Dingwall.

Where Dingwall ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,762nd
Most casualties
1,786th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (12%)
  • Tuesday38 (16%)
  • Wednesday35 (14%)
  • Thursday33 (14%)
  • Friday38 (16%)
  • Saturday44 (18%)
  • Sunday24 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight178 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway184 (76%)
  • One way street or slip road43 (18%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (4.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph211 (87%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph28 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds191 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other10 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant132 (43%)
  • Pedestrian104 (34%)
  • Cyclist26 (8.4%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dingwall road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dingwall, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dingwall peaked at 13 in 1981; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202300
202211
202100
202000
201922
201811
201711
201623
201522
201433
2013710
201233
201177
2010810
200933
200856
200766
200655
200535
200489
2003514
200255
200148
200033
19991114
1998916
199756
1996913
1995811
199455
199378
199222
199156
199022
1989811
198833
198777
19861213
198568
198499
198344
1982917
19811316
19801013
19791214

Map of recent crashes in Dingwall

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dingwall

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dingwall

The 24 most recent collisions in Dingwall happened between 16 March 2012 and 28 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dingwall

The A862 has the most collisions in Dingwall, 57 of 242 (24%), followed by the A834 (48).

Collisions in Dingwall on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA8625775118
2ndA8344864212
3rdA92331012

Council area for Dingwall

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

Postcode district for Dingwall

All 242 collisions in Dingwall were in the IV15 postcode district.