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M53 J5 at 09:41 on Saturday 10 October: closure planned from 21:00 tomorrow.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Bebington, Neston, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 512 collisions are on record, 9 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 J5. 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 J5 → 2 of 12 junctions on the M53 · see where it ranks nationallyM53 J5 is at Eastham & Bromborough. National Highways signs it as Eastham. The nearest town is Bebington.
No — as of 09:41 National Highways list nothing at M53 J5. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M53 southbound Jct 5 to 7 carriageway closure, from 21:00 tomorrow until 06:00 Mon 12 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 19 collisions on the M53 within 2 miles of J5, including 2 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 512 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 203 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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