A461 crash in Dudley on 7 July 2025 at 09:00 involving a Renault Kadjar
A Renault Kadjar and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 09:00 on Monday 7 July 2025. The 64-year-old female driver of the Renault Kadjar and the 24-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Monday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kadjar and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.51128, longitude -2.07526, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. James's, Dudley, DY2 7AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dudley
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201612498
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 461
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 461
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2015.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A461 in Dudley, 2 October 2015
1 m awayRef 201520J010165
Serious
MAN crash on the A461 in Dudley, 16 May 2008
1 m awayRef 200820J044901
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A461 in Dudley, 25 November 2008
1 m awayRef 200820J509801
Serious
Iveco Daily crash on the A461 in Dudley, 13 June 2012
11 m awayRef 201220J007532
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Dudley, 27 December 2004
11 m awayRef 200420J502101
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A461 in Dudley, 16 April 2021
11 m awayRef 2021201053069
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kadjar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Kadjar)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025201612498 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dudley road accident statistics for 2025.