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West Kirby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 975 road traffic collisions in West Kirby, Wirral, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,255 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 152 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
975
771st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,255
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
152
165 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Kirby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.7%
  • Serious15216%
  • Slight81684%

What the data shows

  • West Kirby had 104 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 168 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in West Kirby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 173 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Kirby, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in West Kirby.

Where West Kirby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
771st
Most casualties
761st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday134 (14%)
  • Tuesday135 (14%)
  • Wednesday134 (14%)
  • Thursday162 (17%)
  • Friday161 (17%)
  • Saturday139 (14%)
  • Sunday110 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight769 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit193 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway909 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road31 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (1.9%)
  • Roundabout12 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph13 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph920 (94%)
  • 40 mph33 (3.4%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds798 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds110 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other16 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded15 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant682 (54%)
  • Pedestrian266 (21%)
  • Cyclist133 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist114 (9.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant34 (2.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Kirby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Kirby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Kirby peaked at 43 in 1987; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
20241314
202389
2022912
2021810
20201111
20191215
2018911
20171213
20161416
20151114
20141212
20131723
20121517
20111016
20101416
20092230
20081320
20072938
20062534
20052027
20041929
20032736
20022742
20013646
20002737
19992330
19982540
19972331
19962733
19952631
19942837
19932734
19922834
19913544
19903854
19892026
19882428
19874353
19862527
19851624
19842025
19832532
19822834
19811521
19802935
19792226

Map of recent crashes in West Kirby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Kirby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Kirby

The 24 most recent collisions in West Kirby happened between 4 September 2023 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Kirby

The A540 has the most collisions in West Kirby, 310 of 975 (32%), followed by the B5139 (163).

Collisions in West Kirby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA540310436452
2ndB5139163220326
3rdB514186100011
4thB51927802
5thB51403902

Council area for West Kirby

West Kirby is in Wirral, where police recorded 43,865 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Kirby accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode district for West Kirby

All 975 collisions in West Kirby were in the CH48 postcode district.