Council area · Scotland
Highland road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 1,190 injury collisions in Highland's highway authority area, 665 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 1,190
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 1,790
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 85
- 580 serious, 525 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 35%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, Highland recorded 125 fatal or serious collisions, 6% below its average of 133 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | 88 | 106 | 207 | 295 |
101
|
| 2022 | 24 | 88 | 94 | 206 | 308 |
112
|
| 2023 | 14 | 146 | 99 | 259 | 390 |
160
|
| 2024 | 16 | 151 | 106 | 273 | 405 |
167
|
| 2025 | 18 | 107 | 120 | 245 | 392 |
125
|
| 2021–2025 | 85 | 580 | 525 | 1,190 | 1,790 | 665 |
Casualties by road user
1,790 people were hurt in these collisions: 98 killed, 735 seriously injured and 957 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 35% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 104 | 5.8% | 61 | 7.3% |
| Pedal cyclists | 61 | 3.4% | 37 | 4.4% |
| Motorcyclists | 268 | 15.0% | 197 | 23.6% |
| All road users | 1,790 | 100% | 833 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in Highland, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A9 182 collisions · 104 fatal or serious
- A82 165 collisions · 90 fatal or serious
- A87 81 collisions · 45 fatal or serious
- A832 58 collisions · 31 fatal or serious
- A96 51 collisions · 30 fatal or serious
- A835 43 collisions · 23 fatal or serious
- A830 32 collisions · 16 fatal or serious
- A836 32 collisions · 20 fatal or serious
- A86 25 collisions · 15 fatal or serious
- A99 18 collisions · 8 fatal or serious
Areas within Highland
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from Highland
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check Highland's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.