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Fort William road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 362 road traffic collisions in Fort William, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 425 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 75 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
362
1,391st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
425
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
75
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Fort William

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious7521%
  • Slight28378%

What the data shows

  • Fort William had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 42 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Fort William were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 90 children under 16 were killed or injured in Fort William, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Fort William.

Where Fort William ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,391st
Most casualties
1,469th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (14%)
  • Tuesday42 (12%)
  • Wednesday50 (14%)
  • Thursday67 (19%)
  • Friday61 (17%)
  • Saturday57 (16%)
  • Sunday33 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight277 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway303 (84%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (6.6%)
  • One way street or slip road15 (4.1%)
  • Roundabout10 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph266 (73%)
  • 40 mph80 (22%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph13 (3.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds245 (68%)
  • Raining, no high winds86 (24%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other13 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant152 (36%)
  • Pedestrian129 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (16%)
  • Cyclist45 (11%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Fort William road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Fort William, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Fort William peaked at 22 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
202437
202300
202222
202166
202034
201911
201844
201734
201611
201511
201478
201367
201247
201145
201022
200933
200878
200755
200634
2005810
200468
20031113
20021620
200178
2000910
19991111
19981113
1997911
1996914
199578
199488
19931315
19921314
19911416
199066
19891218
198866
19871112
198655
19851618
1984810
1983810
19821519
19811822
19802223
19791818

Map of recent crashes in Fort William

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Fort William

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Fort William

The 24 most recent collisions in Fort William happened between 4 June 2015 and 24 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Fort William

Of the 362 collisions in Fort William, 194 were on the A82.

Collisions in Fort William on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA82194243434

Council area for Fort William

Fort William is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Fort William accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Fort William

All 362 collisions in Fort William were in the PH33 postcode district.