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Hoylake road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 397 road traffic collisions in Hoylake, Wirral, from 1979 to 2025, and 501 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
397
1,314th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
501
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
68
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hoylake

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.8%
  • Serious6817%
  • Slight32281%

What the data shows

  • Hoylake had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Hoylake were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 53 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hoylake, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Hoylake.

Where Hoylake ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,314th
Most casualties
1,321st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (14%)
  • Tuesday56 (14%)
  • Wednesday57 (14%)
  • Thursday67 (17%)
  • Friday54 (14%)
  • Saturday61 (15%)
  • Sunday47 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight312 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit83 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway357 (90%)
  • Roundabout24 (6%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (3.5%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph392 (99%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds331 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant243 (49%)
  • Pedestrian130 (26%)
  • Cyclist59 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hoylake road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hoylake, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hoylake peaked at 18 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202433
202368
202288
202155
202000
201966
201833
201758
201679
2015711
201455
201337
201233
201157
201055
200968
200845
200746
200667
20051013
2004911
20031117
20021113
200167
2000813
19991112
1998912
19971522
19961516
19951015
19941214
199379
19921213
19911216
19901520
19891216
19881114
19871619
19861420
19851314
19841015
198378
198278
1981810
19801819
19791620

Map of recent crashes in Hoylake

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hoylake

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hoylake

The 24 most recent collisions in Hoylake happened between 5 December 2019 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hoylake

The A553 has the most collisions in Hoylake, 150 of 397 (38%), followed by the A540 (62).

Collisions in Hoylake on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA553150200532
2ndA540628419
3rdB51474500

Council area for Hoylake

Hoylake is in Wirral, where police recorded 43,865 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hoylake accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Hoylake

Collisions in Hoylake were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CH47 (389) and CH48 (6).