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Greasby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 559 road traffic collisions in Greasby, Wirral, from 1979 to 2025, and 740 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 102 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
559
1,087th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
740
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
102
110 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Greasby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.4%
  • Serious10218%
  • Slight44980%

What the data shows

  • Greasby had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Greasby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 117 children under 16 were killed or injured in Greasby, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Greasby.

Where Greasby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,087th
Most casualties
1,066th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,137th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday68 (12%)
  • Tuesday80 (14%)
  • Wednesday92 (16%)
  • Thursday88 (16%)
  • Friday84 (15%)
  • Saturday90 (16%)
  • Sunday57 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight400 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit141 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway514 (92%)
  • Roundabout29 (5.2%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph535 (96%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph11 (2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds438 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds82 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant400 (54%)
  • Pedestrian127 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (13%)
  • Cyclist73 (9.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Greasby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Greasby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Greasby peaked at 25 in 1991; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202444
202323
202268
202167
202022
201945
201879
201746
201668
201544
2014913
201367
201235
201178
2010610
200979
2008713
20071318
200678
20051324
20041319
20031520
20022030
20011518
20001722
19991317
19981519
19972126
19961524
19951323
19941421
19932024
19922026
19912531
19901418
19891522
19881111
19871620
19861620
19852027
19842228
19831518
19821113
19811820
19801922
19792027

Map of recent crashes in Greasby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Greasby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Greasby

The 24 most recent collisions in Greasby happened between 5 September 2019 and 2 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Greasby

The B5139 has the most collisions in Greasby, 288 of 559 (52%), followed by the A5027 (4).

Collisions in Greasby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5139288398360
2ndA50274500
3rdA5514402

Council area for Greasby

Greasby is in Wirral, where police recorded 43,865 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Greasby accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Greasby

Collisions in Greasby were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by CH49 (525) and CH48 (26).