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M58 J5 at 05:41 on Monday 12 October: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Skelmersdale, Wigan, St Helens, Ormskirk.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 504 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 M58 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 M58 J5 → 3 of 5 junctions on the M58 · see where it ranks nationallyM58 J5 is at Wigan & Orrell. National Highways signs it as Orrell. The nearest town is Skelmersdale.
No — as of 05:41 National Highways list nothing at M58 J5. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M58 J5 as of 05:41.
Police STATS19 records show 23 collisions on the M58 within 2 miles of J5, including 0 fatal and 4 serious. Counting every road in the area, 504 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 460 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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