Car crashes in the Highlands spark a Police Scotland plea for motorists to take extra care amid ongoing Met Office weather warnings for snow and ice, and hazardous conditions in some parts
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MOTORISTS across the Highlands have been urged to take extra care on the region’s roads following “a number” of crashes this morning.
The police warning also comes amid a continuing Met Office alert for ice and snow in the region on Friday morning.
A police spokesman said: “Please drive according to road conditions if you have to go out. In the North Highland area in particular - Ross-shire, Caithness and Sutherland - there are hazardous road conditions this morning and a number of road traffic collisions reported to police.”
At the time of writing, the Met Office had two weather warning in place. The first, for ice only, covers western and northern Highland coastal areas. The second, for snow and ice, covers the remaining areas of Ross-shire, most of Sutherland and into parts of Caithness. It also extends south across all of Inverness-shire, Nairn-shire and Moray, and down into Badenoch & Strathspey.
A Met Office spokesman said: "Spells of snow will continue for the rest of Thursday and through Friday morning. Snow will be heavy at times, especially above 200 m, with the heaviest snow occurring east of the Great Glen.
"Snow accumulations of a few centimetres are possible at low-levels whilst 10-20cm snow is likely above around 200m.
"Icy stretches will be an additional hazard in places on Friday morning. In addition, strong winds will develop on Thursday, leading to blizzard conditions at times over higher ground, and icing on infrastructure, such as power lines. Winds will become less strong during Friday morning."
