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Nairn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 450 road traffic collisions in Nairn, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 541 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 109 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
450
1,232nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
541
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
109
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Nairn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.2%
  • Serious10924%
  • Slight33174%

What the data shows

  • Nairn had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 61% fewer than the 77 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Nairn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 123 children under 16 were killed or injured in Nairn, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Nairn.

Where Nairn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,232nd
Most casualties
1,266th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (12%)
  • Tuesday63 (14%)
  • Wednesday65 (14%)
  • Thursday72 (16%)
  • Friday80 (18%)
  • Saturday80 (18%)
  • Sunday35 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight343 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway378 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road36 (8%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (2.9%)
  • Roundabout13 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded10 (2.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph383 (85%)
  • 40 mph42 (9.3%)
  • 60 mph15 (3.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds361 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other19 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant202 (37%)
  • Pedestrian149 (28%)
  • Cyclist108 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist55 (10%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Nairn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nairn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Nairn peaked at 22 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
202411
202367
202245
202112
202024
201935
201833
201745
201657
201545
2014910
20131113
201268
20111114
201066
20091117
200888
200745
200677
20051718
20041015
20031014
200278
200199
20001111
199999
1998812
19971516
19961515
19951313
199478
19931317
19921922
19911316
19901013
19891515
19881821
19871216
19861515
19851515
19841116
19831013
19821113
19811720
19802235
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Nairn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Nairn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Nairn

The 24 most recent collisions in Nairn happened between 14 August 2017 and 9 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Nairn

The A96 has the most collisions in Nairn, 212 of 450 (47%), followed by the B9090 (51).

Collisions in Nairn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA96212269661
2ndB90905157012
3rdB90914401

Council area for Nairn

Nairn is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Nairn accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Nairn

All 450 collisions in Nairn were in the IV12 postcode district.