# Transport in Highland

North west Scotland. 237,260 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 26,159 square kilometres, the 2nd most sparsely populated council in the UK.

4 layers about transport for Highland, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland)

## Reported road collisions per 1,000 people

Highland: **1.0 per 1,000** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Department for Transport. Published 30 July 2026.

In the five years to 2025, reported road collisions in Highland averaged 1.0 per 1,000 people a year.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/road-collisions-rate?place=S12000017) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/road-collisions-rate) · https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport#l-road-collisions-rate

## People killed or seriously injured on roads

Highland: **156** (2025, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Department for Transport. Published 30 July 2026.

156 people were killed or seriously injured in reported road collisions in Highland in 2025.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/road-casualties-killed-seriously-injured?place=S12000017) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/road-casualties-killed-seriously-injured) · https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport#l-road-collisions-killed-seriously-injured

## Rail and Tube stations

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Transport and Office of Rail and Road.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Highland. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?place=S12000017) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations) · https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport#l-rail-stations

## Road collisions

Exact point level, Great Britain only. Source: Department for Transport.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Highland. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/road-collisions?place=S12000017) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/road-collisions) · https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport#l-road-collisions

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/highland)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/housing) (8)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/crime) (6)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/people) (15)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/deprivation) (2)
- [Health](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/health) (4)
- [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/education) (2)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/environment) (5)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/connectivity) (5)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/council-tax) (2)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/services) (1)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/highland/sources) (22)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000017/data?family=transport

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport#l-road-collisions-rate.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/highland/transport