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Portree road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 102 road traffic collisions in Portree, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 117 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 24 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
102
2,804th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
117
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
24
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Portree

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2424%
  • Slight7876%

What the data shows

  • Portree had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Portree were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in Portree, 37% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Portree.

Where Portree ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,804th
Most casualties
2,847th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (15%)
  • Tuesday12 (12%)
  • Wednesday16 (16%)
  • Thursday19 (19%)
  • Friday22 (22%)
  • Saturday11 (11%)
  • Sunday7 (6.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway91 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (5.9%)
  • Roundabout2 (2%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (3.9%)
  • 30 mph91 (89%)
  • 40 mph3 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph4 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds67 (66%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (19%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.9%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other7 (6.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian47 (40%)
  • Car occupant46 (39%)
  • Cyclist12 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist7 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Portree road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Portree, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Portree peaked at 7 in 1988; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202211
202100
202011
201900
201822
201723
201622
201522
201411
201335
201200
201111
201011
200922
200811
200700
200633
200522
200415
200311
200211
200144
200034
199933
199811
199722
199633
199544
199445
199322
199233
199122
199022
198944
198877
198722
198623
198522
198456
198347
198278
198122
198011
197955

Map of recent crashes in Portree

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Portree

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Portree

The 24 most recent collisions in Portree happened between 1 August 2005 and 5 April 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Portree

The A850 has the most collisions in Portree, 28 of 102 (27%), followed by the A87 (18).

Collisions in Portree on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA850283105
2ndA87182305
3rdA855172207

Council area for Portree

Portree is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Portree accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Portree

All 102 collisions in Portree were in the IV51 postcode district.