M53 motorway coach crash

M53 motorway coach crash
A Carvers Coach similar to the vehicle that was involved in the accident
Details
Date29 September 2023 (2023-09-29)
c. 08:00 BST
LocationNear junction 5 on the M53 motorway
CountryEngland
OperatorCarvers Coaches
ServiceW3 school bus route
Incident typeTraffic collision
CauseDriver collapsing
Statistics
Vehicles1
Passengers58
Deaths2
Injured17
DamageCoach destroyed

On 29 September 2023, a coach operating a school bus route overturned on the M53 motorway in The Wirral in north-western England, killing the driver and a 15-year-old passenger.