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M56 J15 at 07:48 on Monday 12 October: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Chester, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham, Tarporley.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 263 collisions are on record, 6 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 M56 itself, within 2 miles of J15. 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 M56 J15 → 14 of 14 junctions on the M56 · see where it ranks nationallyM56 J15 is at Ellesmere Port & Dunham. National Highways signs it as M53 Interchange. The nearest town is Chester.
No — as of 07:48 National Highways list nothing at M56 J15. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at M56 J15 as of 07:48.
Police STATS19 records show 8 collisions on the M56 within 2 miles of J15, including 0 fatal and 1 serious. Counting every road in the area, 263 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 538 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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