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A643 crash in Kirklees on 22 April 2025 at 15:45 involving an Audi RS4

An Audi RS4 and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A643 in Kirklees at 15:45 on Tuesday 22 April 2025. The 33-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 2025
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Audi RS4 and Audi A3
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.73199, longitude -1.65965, in the WF17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Batley. It is one of the crashes that make up the Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees, WF17 9EA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025131581435
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
643
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi RS4

    Car

    Travelling from
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    2,894 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025131581435 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 2025.