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Stornoway road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 380 road traffic collisions in Stornoway, Na h-Eileanan Siar, from 1979 to 2025, and 487 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 133 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
380
1,351st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
487
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
14 people killed
Serious collisions
133
166 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Stornoway

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal123.2%
  • Serious13335%
  • Slight23562%

What the data shows

  • Stornoway had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 52 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 38% of collisions in Stornoway were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Stornoway, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in Stornoway.

Where Stornoway ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,351st
Most casualties
1,347th
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
946th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (18%)
  • Tuesday50 (13%)
  • Wednesday54 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (16%)
  • Friday55 (14%)
  • Saturday72 (19%)
  • Sunday23 (6.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight247 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit114 (30%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (2.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway334 (88%)
  • Roundabout17 (4.5%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (2.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph359 (94%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph15 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds252 (66%)
  • Raining, no high winds81 (21%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other19 (5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant225 (46%)
  • Pedestrian160 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (11%)
  • Cyclist23 (4.7%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Stornoway road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Stornoway, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Stornoway peaked at 24 in 1982; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202334
202200
202111
202011
201955
201844
201733
201611
201545
201489
201355
201247
201167
201055
200933
200877
200746
200666
20051016
2004913
200377
20021427
2001911
20001416
1999912
1998913
199759
1996811
19951217
19941010
19931315
19921214
199178
19901015
19891319
19881718
198779
19861314
19851415
1984911
19831117
19822432
19811112
19801112
19791831

Map of recent crashes in Stornoway

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Stornoway

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Stornoway

The 24 most recent collisions in Stornoway happened between 12 September 2015 and 30 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Stornoway

The A857 has the most collisions in Stornoway, 141 of 380 (37%), followed by the A866 (36).

Collisions in Stornoway on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA857141178753
2ndA8663647014
3rdB80273239012
4thA859162519

Council area for Stornoway

Stornoway is in Na h-Eileanan Siar, where police recorded 2,237 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Stornoway accounts for 17% of them.

Postcode districts in Stornoway

Collisions in Stornoway were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by HS1 (327) and HS2 (53).