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Meols road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 319 road traffic collisions in Meols, Wirral, from 1979 to 2025, and 416 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
319
1,499th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
416
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
50
56 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Meols

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.2%
  • Serious5016%
  • Slight26282%

What the data shows

  • Meols had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Meols were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 48 children under 16 were killed or injured in Meols, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Meols.

Where Meols ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,499th
Most casualties
1,490th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (15%)
  • Tuesday45 (14%)
  • Wednesday47 (15%)
  • Thursday46 (14%)
  • Friday50 (16%)
  • Saturday47 (15%)
  • Sunday37 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight233 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit79 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway309 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph307 (96%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds255 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant235 (56%)
  • Cyclist61 (15%)
  • Pedestrian58 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist40 (9.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Meols road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Meols, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Meols peaked at 16 in 1994; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202445
202322
202244
202134
202045
201922
201888
201722
201633
201533
201424
2013811
201267
201157
201069
200968
20081022
20071114
200646
2005910
20041114
200389
2002913
200166
20001014
199967
199878
199766
199678
199567
19941621
19931115
19921320
199156
199077
198989
1988613
198768
19861015
19851011
1984914
198345
198267
198178
19801012
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Meols

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Meols

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Meols

The 24 most recent collisions in Meols happened between 30 December 2018 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Meols

The A553 has the most collisions in Meols, 193 of 319 (61%), followed by the A540 (3).

Collisions in Meols on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA553193264631
2ndA5403301

Council area for Meols

Meols is in Wirral, where police recorded 43,865 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Meols accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Meols

All 319 collisions in Meols were in the CH47 postcode district.