M53 road closures & live traffic incidents

No live closures are reported on the M53 right now.

Live M53 updates from National Highways and Traffic Wales: incident closures, roadworks in force, planned closures for the week ahead and recently cleared disruption.

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M53 closures planned this week

M53 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 20/8 to 21/9)

Planned Roadworks National Highways

Wirral M53 · M53 Southbound Between J4 And J5

Starts in 2 hours 24 minutes

Starts 12 Oct 2026, 19:00 Expected clear 13 Oct 2026, 04:00

M53 Southbound lane 1 closure (MP 20/8 to 21/9)

Category: Road Maintenance

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Recently cleared on the M53

M53 southbound hard shoulder closure (MP 33/1 to 33/4)
Cleared

Cleared 1 hour 25 minutes ago
M53 Northbound Jct 4 exit slip road lane closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 10 minutes ago
M53 Northbound Jct 4 entry slip road lane closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 hours 30 minutes ago
M53 Northbound Jct 4 exit slip road lane closure
Cleared

Cleared 7 hours 20 minutes ago
M53 northbound Jct 7 entry slip road lane 2 closure
Cleared

Cleared 12 hours 13 seconds ago
M53 Southbound Jct 6 exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 12 hours 15 minutes ago
M53 Southbound lane 3 closure (MP 14/0 to 19/6)
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 11 hours ago
M53 southbound jct 9 exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 1 day 20 hours ago
M53 westbound jct 2a exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 3 days 14 hours ago
M53 westbound jct 2a exit slip road closure
Cleared

Cleared 4 days 16 hours ago

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