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Dudley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 35,585 road traffic collisions in Dudley from 1979 to 2025, and 47,246 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 445 were fatal and 6,599 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 392 collisions, down 1% on 2024 (396), and casualties fell from 518 to 502.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
35,585
75th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
47,246
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
445
1.3% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
392
Down 1% on 2024

Crash severity in Dudley

1.3% of collisions in Dudley from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 19% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal4451.3%
  • Serious6,59919%
  • Slight28,54180%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal4731%
  • Serious7,44716%
  • Slight39,32683%

Dudley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dudley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,072 in 2000. In 2025 there were 392, down 1% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 392
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025392502
2024396518
2023431574
2022400547
2021381501
2020291386
2019411541
2018430563
2017408534
2016504679
2015432566
2014461622
2013419549
2012422601
2011447600
2010555731
2009679936
20087501,109
20077741,083
20068011,136
20059081,273
20048141,111
20038671,194
20021,0061,351
20019651,290
20001,0721,407
19991,0111,403
19989741,334
19971,0331,386
19969511,284
19959591,326
19949211,230
19938841,136
19929601,226
19919501,244
19901,0381,368
19891,0021,315
19889471,183
19878211,021
19869481,188
19859961,274
19849691,240
19839211,159
19821,0091,317
19819731,249
19809901,251
19799121,208

When and where crashes happen in Dudley

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday5,005 (14%)
  • Tuesday4,940 (14%)
  • Wednesday5,155 (14%)
  • Thursday5,355 (15%)
  • Friday6,228 (18%)
  • Saturday5,137 (14%)
  • Sunday3,765 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,277 (3.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59399 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:594,111 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,526 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:596,252 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:599,020 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:595,903 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:594,097 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,949 (8.3%)
  • February2,568 (7.2%)
  • March2,922 (8.2%)
  • April2,770 (7.8%)
  • May2,967 (8.3%)
  • June2,891 (8.1%)
  • July2,919 (8.2%)
  • August2,804 (7.9%)
  • September2,988 (8.4%)
  • October3,377 (9.5%)
  • November3,436 (9.7%)
  • December2,994 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight24,995 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10,072 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting213 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown209 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit96 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds25,934 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds5,107 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds428 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds401 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds232 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist211 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds42 (0.1%)
  • Other2,543 (7.1%)
  • Not recorded687 (1.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry22,101 (62%)
  • Wet or damp12,515 (35%)
  • Frost or ice643 (1.8%)
  • Snow247 (0.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep20 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel19 (0.1%)
  • Mud7 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded33 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph11 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph6 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph130 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph30,641 (86%)
  • 40 mph3,764 (11%)
  • 50 mph226 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph357 (1%)
  • 70 mph449 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway27,591 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway4,988 (14%)
  • Roundabout1,772 (5%)
  • One way street or slip road860 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded374 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Dudley

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant26,394 (56%)
  • Pedestrian9,684 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist5,171 (11%)
  • Cyclist3,119 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant1,096 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant891 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant353 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)218 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant143 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant128 (0.3%)
  • Other33 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded16 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,260 (2.7%)
  • 6 to 102,494 (5.3%)
  • 11 to 153,879 (8.2%)
  • 16 to 209,251 (20%)
  • 21 to 256,187 (13%)
  • 26 to 357,954 (17%)
  • 36 to 455,463 (12%)
  • 46 to 553,971 (8.4%)
  • 56 to 652,760 (5.8%)
  • 66 to 751,873 (4%)
  • Over 751,429 (3%)
  • Not recorded725 (1.5%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider25,920 (55%)
  • Passenger11,642 (25%)
  • Pedestrian9,684 (20%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car46,988 (74%)
  • Motorcycle5,306 (8.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes3,412 (5.4%)
  • Pedal cycle3,154 (5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,611 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach1,200 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle566 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car498 (0.8%)
  • Minibus202 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown60 (0.1%)
  • Other40 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded81 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Dudley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Dudley

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Dudley ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Dudley had the 75th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
75th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
73rd
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
104th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
64th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
72ndSouthampton36,38444,2083436,828
73rdNorth Lanarkshire36,24948,5637138,598
74thPortsmouth36,24743,4072766,570
75thDudley (this area)35,58547,2464456,599
76thRotherham35,56449,4035605,955
77thDerby35,36845,1313755,741
78thWolverhampton34,90445,8224266,479

Accident hotspots in Dudley

St. James's, Dudley, DY2 7AD area is the busiest accident hotspot in Dudley, with 983 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 13 of them fatal.

Roads in Dudley with the most crashes

The A461 had the most collisions in Dudley from 1979 to 2025: 2,752, including 38 fatal and 433 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Dudley, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4612,7523,73038433
2ndA4592,3513,16835433
3rdA4582,2712,98116491
4thA4912,0632,73629402
5thA40361,3902,02829269
6thA41011,0271,39515198
7thA41239521,42527148
8thB417665589912126
9thB4175577767498
10thA4565547511599
11thA4100534665571
12thA463458633589
13thB4179458604784
14thB4186419499781
15thA457383526564
16thA449334506573
17thB4171333475744
18thA4168328408451
19thB4180299415256
20thA451289394763

Towns in Dudley

Dudley, Dudley had the most collisions of any town in Dudley from 1979 to 2025: 8,783.

Postcode districts in Dudley

DY5 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Dudley from 1979 to 2025: 5,282.

Latest crashes in Dudley

Of the latest 24 crashes in Dudley, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity