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M53 J8 at 05:51 on Friday 9 October: roadworks at this junction · 4 nearby · part closure until 06:00 · part closure until 06:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Ellesmere Port, Bebington, Neston, Chester.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 551 collisions are on record, 5 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 J8. 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 J8 → 9 of 12 junctions on the M53 · see where it ranks nationallyM53 J8 is at Ellesmere Port & Little Stanney. National Highways signs it as Ellesmere Port. The nearest town is Ellesmere Port.
Not at M53 J8 itself as of 05:51. Nearby, National Highways report: The M53 southbound between junctions J9 and J10. Other Roadworks. All lanes will be closed. The hard shoulder, lanes one and two will be closed. From 21:00 on 13 November 2026 to 06:00 on 14 November… (1 junction away).
Partly — M53 Northbound Jct 8 exit slip road closure, until 06:00 (as of 05:51).
Police STATS19 records show 25 collisions on the M53 within 2 miles of J8, including 0 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 551 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 434 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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