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M53 J9 at 14:45 on Monday 12 October: part closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Ellesmere Port, Bebington, Chester, Neston.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 536 collisions are on record, 4 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M53 itself, within 2 miles of J9. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M53 J9 → 8 of 12 junctions on the M53 · see where it ranks nationallyM53 J9 is at Dunham & Helsby. National Highways signs it as M56 Interchange. The nearest town is Ellesmere Port.
No — as of 14:45 National Highways list nothing at M53 J9. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M53 Northbound Jct 9 exit slip road closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 28 collisions on the M53 within 2 miles of J9, including 0 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 536 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 428 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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