Road crashes in Dudley

15,024 recorded collisions since 2000.

Dudley has recorded 15,024 road collisions since 2000, 169 of them fatal and 2,190 causing serious injury. That makes it the 76th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 63% since 2000, from 1,072 to 396 in 2024. The A461 is the most affected road locally, with 1,189 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.