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M53 J10 at 14:03 on Tuesday 6 October: roadworks at this junction · 4 nearby · closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Chester, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Tarporley.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 730 collisions are on record, 11 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M53 itself, within 2 miles of J10. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M53 J10 → 11 of 12 junctions on the M53 · see where it ranks nationallyM53 J10 is at Chester & Backford. National Highways signs it as Backford. The nearest town is Chester.
Not at M53 J10 itself as of 14:03. Nearby, National Highways report: The M53 southbound between junctions J8 and J9. Other Roadworks. All lanes will be closed. Lanes one and two will be closed. From 21:00 on 25 October 2026 to 06:00 on 26 October 2026. Pending (1 junction away).
Not right now. Planned: M53 Northbound Jct 10 to 7 Carriageway Closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Wed 7 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 19 collisions on the M53 within 2 miles of J10, including 0 fatal and 2 serious. Counting every road in the area, 730 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 499 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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