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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Birkenhead, Bebington, Liverpool, Wallasey.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,468 collisions are on record, 19 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 J3. 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 J3 → 4 of 12 junctions on the M53 · see where it ranks nationallyM53 J3 is at Birkenhead & Woodchurch. National Highways signs it as Woodchurch. The nearest town is Birkenhead.
Live incidents for the whole M53 are listed on the M53 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 17 collisions on the M53 within 2 miles of J3, including 1 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,468 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 328 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M53, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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