Crap Towns / Birkenhead / Roads
How dangerous are the roads in Birkenhead?
There were 4.0 fatal or serious road collisions per 10,000 people a year in Birkenhead from 2021 to 2025, 1.7 times the typical town's 2.4. In 2025 it was 3.1, down from 3.7 in 2021.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.7 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 4.4 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Town | Distance | Collisions per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 9.6 km | 4.9 |
| Birkenhead | – | 4.0 |
| Bootle | 9.0 km | 4.0 |
| Wallasey | 3.6 km | 3.3 |
| Hoylake | 8.5 km | 3.2 |
| Bebington | 6.2 km | 2.6 |
| Neston | 9.8 km | 2.6 |
| Meols | 6.7 km | 2.0 |
| Heswall | 6.2 km | 1.6 |
| West Kirby | 7.5 km | 1.2 |
| Greasby | 4.5 km | 1.0 |
| The typical town | – | 2.4 |