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Thurso road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 289 road traffic collisions in Thurso, Highland, from 1979 to 2025, and 343 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 77 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
289
1,588th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
343
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
77
89 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thurso

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.7%
  • Serious7727%
  • Slight20772%

What the data shows

  • Thurso had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Thurso were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thurso, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Thurso.

Where Thurso ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,588th
Most casualties
1,679th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,342nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (10%)
  • Tuesday54 (19%)
  • Wednesday41 (14%)
  • Thursday56 (19%)
  • Friday48 (17%)
  • Saturday39 (13%)
  • Sunday22 (7.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight214 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit65 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway261 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (3.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph6 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph258 (89%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.7%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph18 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds216 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (3.1%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (2.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (4.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian126 (37%)
  • Car occupant122 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (13%)
  • Cyclist40 (12%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thurso road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thurso, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thurso peaked at 13 in 1979; 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
202311
202211
202112
202022
201946
201822
201767
201677
201533
201457
201366
201278
201156
201067
20091012
200888
2007810
20061012
200577
200455
200344
20021115
200159
200077
199967
199888
199733
199689
199566
1994913
199379
199245
199155
1990712
198956
198888
198788
198656
19851011
19841218
198356
19821013
19811011
1980810
19791314

Map of recent crashes in Thurso

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thurso

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thurso

The 24 most recent collisions in Thurso happened between 22 January 2016 and 25 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thurso

The B874 has the most collisions in Thurso, 51 of 289 (18%), followed by the A9 (32).

Collisions in Thurso on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB8745156012
2ndA9323637
3rdA8822643214
4thA836243508

Council area for Thurso

Thurso is in Highland, where police recorded 28,651 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thurso accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Thurso

All 289 collisions in Thurso were in the KW14 postcode district.