Slight
Mazda CX-5 crash on the A540 in Wirral, 8 Sep 2025, 09:15
- Mazda CX-5 and Mercedes E Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025052501678
Heswall, Wirral, CH60 2SW area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 130 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Heswall ward, Wirral, from 2001 to 2025, with 174 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 24 were serious.
In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 2 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 130
- 6,322nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 174
- 1.34 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 2
- 2 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 1
- 2 in 2024
Crash severity at the CH60 2SW hotspot
26 of the 130 collisions here (20%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal21.5%
- Serious2418%
- Slight10480%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 2
- Seriously injured
- 24
- Slightly injured
- 148
- All casualties
- 174
Accidents by year at the CH60 2SW hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 13 in 2006, against an average of 5.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the CH60 2SW hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 1
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 17 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 |
| 2006 | 13 | 15 |
| 2005 | 9 | 12 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 12 |
| 2002 | 8 | 10 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10 |
Map of crashes at the CH60 2SW hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CH60 2SW.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Heswall, Wirral, CH60 2SW area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Fatal
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the CH60 2SW hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
Towns near the CH60 2SW hotspot
109 of the 130 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Heswall.
Accident hotspots near CH60 2SW
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7TD area, 1.2 km away, with 211 collisions.
- Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7TD area1.2 km away, 272 casualties211 collisions
- Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, CH64 3TH area1.8 km away, 100 casualties72 collisions
- Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 5XW area2.2 km away, 209 casualties151 collisions
- Pensby and Thingwall, Wirral, CH61 7UX area3.1 km away, 191 casualties137 collisions
- Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, CH64 9NH area3.7 km away, 153 casualties101 collisions
- Clatterbridge, Wirral, CH63 6HA area3.8 km away, 130 casualties78 collisions
- Greasby, Frankby and Irby, Wirral, CH61 0HA area3.9 km away, 123 casualties90 collisions
- Clatterbridge, Wirral, CH63 0LU area4.4 km away, 146 casualties98 collisions
All 130 crashes at the CH60 2SW hotspot
Newest first, from 28 January 2001 to 8 September 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A540 in Wirral, 21 Sep 2024, 21:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024052402070
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 12 Apr 2024, 16:30
- Ford Focus and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024052400785
- Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 31 Oct 2023, 16:10
- Mercedes Gla Class and Mazda CX-5
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023052302615
- Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 26 May 2023, 19:00
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Honda Civic
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023052301253
- Slight
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 21 Jul 2022, 18:15
- Seat Leon and Suzuki GSXR
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022052201797
- Slight
Renault Grand Scenic crash on the A551 in Wirral, 23 Jun 2022, 07:45
- Renault Grand Scenic and Lexmoto Isca 125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022052201550
- Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A551 in Wirral, 10 Jan 2022, 16:30
- Honda Civic and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022052200059
- Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A540 in Wirral, 13 Nov 2021, 11:35
- Ford Fiesta and Kawasaki KLE650
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021052102477
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A551 in Wirral, 29 Jun 2021, 17:21
- Mini Cooper, Vauxhall Corsa and a lorry
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021052101242
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 19 May 2021, 22:31
- Volkswagen Polo and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021052100980
- Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A551 in Wirral, 28 Dec 2020, 14:35
- Volkswagen UP and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020052002708
- Slight
Car crash on the A551 in Wirral, 30 Oct 2020, 12:33
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020052002235
- Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A540 in Wirral, 14 Jul 2020, 18:20
- Peugeot 107 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020052001376
- Serious
Mazda 6 crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 19 Dec 2019, 18:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051913278
- Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 29 Nov 2019, 15:00
- Hyundai i20 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051913062
- Slight
Lexus RX300 crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 27 Oct 2019, 12:55
- Lexus RX300 and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051912731
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A551 in Wirral, 20 Sep 2019, 14:50
- Ford Focus and Mercedes C Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051912409
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A540 in Wirral, 21 Jan 2019, 18:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019051910214
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A551 in Wirral, 30 Dec 2018, 15:44
- Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 107
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018051840796
- Serious
Renault crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 19 Jul 2018, 18:00
- Renault and Vauxhall Agila
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2018051801685
- Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A551 in Wirral, 28 Jun 2018, 19:00
- Mazda MX-5 and Saab 9-3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051801557
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A540 in Wirral, 27 Jun 2018, 11:12
- Ford Mondeo and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018051801509
- Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A551 in Wirral, 20 Jun 2018, 22:35
- Kia Rio and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051801405
- Slight
Audi Q5 crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 3 Jun 2018, 12:40
- Audi Q5 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018051801239
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A540 in Wirral, 10 Jul 2017, 20:00
- 2 Ford Fiestas
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2017051701674
- Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 26 Jun 2017, 07:09
- Saab 9-3, Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Vectra
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017051701542
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A540 in Wirral, 27 Dec 2016, 02:30
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2016051700009
- Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A551 in Wirral, 27 Apr 2016, 17:00
- Vauxhall Astra and Kia Picanto
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016051601418
- Slight
Audi Q7 crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 22 Apr 2016, 17:10
- Audi Q7 and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016051601354
- Slight
Mazda 2 crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 2 Oct 2015, 10:35
- Mazda 2, Ford Transit and Nissan Qashqai
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015051502390
- Serious
Car crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 12 Apr 2015, 14:11
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015051500974
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 2 Sep 2014, 13:59
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201405AA04350
- Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 30 Aug 2014, 09:00
- Volkswagen Golf and a van
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201405AA04315
- Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A551 in Wirral, 26 Aug 2014, 10:15
- Peugeot 3008 and Vauxhall Combo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201405AA04313
- Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A540 in Wirral, 18 Aug 2014, 17:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201405AA04167
- Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A540 in Wirral, 26 May 2014, 17:45
- Vauxhall Zafira and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201405AA03009
- Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 30 Sep 2013, 15:21
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201305AA04485
- Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A540 in Wirral, 26 Jun 2013, 13:30
- BMW 1 Series and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201305AA03278
- Slight
Lexus IS220 crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 3 Aug 2012, 15:28
- Lexus IS220 and Honda CRV
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201205AA04459
- Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 30 Mar 2012, 11:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201205AA02478
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A551 in Wirral, 13 Feb 2012, 22:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201205AA01712
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Wirral, 2 Sep 2011, 10:25
- Volkswagen Golf and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105AA05101
- Slight
Honda crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 1 Sep 2011, 08:30
- Honda and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105AA05127
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A551 in Wirral, 6 Jul 2011, 08:57
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105AA04094
- Slight
Toyota Landcruiser crash on the A551 in Wirral, 3 Jul 2011, 09:30
- Toyota Landcruiser and 2 bicycles
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201105AA04050
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A551 in Wirral, 28 Feb 2011, 18:00
- Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105AA01871
- Serious
Rover 75 crash on the A5137 in Wirral, 28 Jan 2011, 17:29
- Rover 75 and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201105AA01387