Road crashes in Highland

11,714 recorded collisions since 2000.

Highland has recorded 11,714 road collisions since 2000, 507 of them fatal and 2,692 causing serious injury. That makes it the 105th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 27% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 43.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 60% since 2000, from 687 to 273 in 2024. The A9 is the most affected road locally, with 1,730 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.