A41 crash in Shropshire on 2 August 2025 at 19:59 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a Volkswagen ID4 and two Mercedes C Class cars were involved in a crash on the A41 in Shropshire at 19:59 on Saturday 2 August 2025. The 39-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 19:59
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84748, longitude -2.47283, in the TF9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025221627293
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2023.
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 4 September 2023
At the same spotRef 2023221349943
Fatal
Hyundai i10 crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 2 March 2025
2 m awayRef 2025221564928
Serious
Honda CBF125M crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 12 May 2019
3 m awayRef 2019220838969
Serious
Scania crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 18 November 1992
3 m awayRef 1992220811025
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 16 April 1997
3 m awayRef 199722FD02465
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 10 July 1981
3 m awayRef 1981220607026
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen ID4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 4: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025221627293 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 2025.