Road crashes in Wirral

16,981 recorded collisions since 2000.

Wirral has recorded 16,981 road collisions since 2000, 167 of them fatal and 2,913 causing serious injury. That makes it the 57th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 75% since 2000, from 1,387 to 342 in 2024. The A551 is the most affected road locally, with 1,099 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.