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Caldy road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 134 road traffic collisions in Caldy, Wirral, from 1979 to 2025, and 223 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 29 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 7 July 2022.

Collisions since 1979
134
2,427th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
223
1.66 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
5 people killed
Serious collisions
29
34 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
7 Jul 2022
Busiest year
1989
10 collisions

Road collision statistics for Caldy

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.2%
  • Serious2922%
  • Slight10276%

What the data shows

  • Caldy had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Caldy were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Caldy, 6.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Caldy.

Where Caldy ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,427th
Most casualties
2,137th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (13%)
  • Tuesday13 (9.7%)
  • Wednesday24 (18%)
  • Thursday18 (13%)
  • Friday17 (13%)
  • Saturday25 (19%)
  • Sunday19 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight105 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway118 (88%)
  • Roundabout16 (12%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph71 (53%)
  • 40 mph7 (5.2%)
  • 50 mph15 (11%)
  • 60 mph40 (30%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds108 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant148 (66%)
  • Cyclist22 (9.9%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (4.5%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (4.5%)
  • Pedestrian4 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Caldy road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Caldy, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Caldy peaked at 10 in 1989; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202222
202100
202039
201900
201811
201711
201633
2015510
201435
201311
201212
201111
201022
200911
200812
200725
200622
200556
200412
200334
200234
200122
200000
199944
199847
199757
199633
199548
199435
199335
1992715
199156
199036
19891020
1988911
198746
198659
1985513
198424
1983212
198235
198112
198034
197966

Map of recent crashes in Caldy

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Caldy

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Caldy

The 24 most recent collisions in Caldy happened between 18 March 2009 and 7 July 2022.

Severity

Crashes by road in Caldy

The A540 has the most collisions in Caldy, 67 of 134 (50%), followed by the B5140 (30).

Collisions in Caldy on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA54067110312
2ndB5140305809
3rdB5141182704

Council area for Caldy

Caldy is in Wirral, where police recorded 43,865 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Caldy accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Caldy

All 134 collisions in Caldy were in the CH48 postcode district.