A461 crash in Dudley on 20 December 2025 at 23:30 involving a Renault Clio
A car and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A461 in Dudley at 23:30 on Saturday 20 December 2025. The 42-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2025
- Saturday, 23:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.50055, longitude -2.09098, in the DY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dudley. It is one of the crashes that make up the St. Thomas's, Dudley, DY2 8XN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025201688540
- Council area
- Dudley
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 461
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 4177
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4177 in Dudley, 2 May 2015
3 m awayRef 201520J006715
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B4177 in Dudley, 2 October 2014
3 m awayRef 201420J501614
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4177 in Dudley, 17 April 2008
3 m awayRef 200820J034701
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A459 in Dudley, 28 March 2002
3 m awayRef 200220J055201
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A461 in Dudley, 10 February 2023
6 m awayRef 2023201288833
Slight
Van crash on the A459 in Dudley, 12 September 2000
7 m awayRef 200020J101101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025201688540 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.