Motorbike recovery on the M58

A quiet road with few places to stop

The M58 is one of the quieter motorways in the North West, and there are no service areas on it. Traffic is light but fast. If the bike starts to fail, come off at the next junction if you can; Skelmersdale and Ormskirk are close to junctions 3 and 4.

Switch Island, at the western end where the M57, M58 and A5036 meet, is complicated and busy. If you stop on the slip roads there, get well off the carriageway and send a location pin, as it’s hard to describe.

Nearby: Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, Crosby and Maghull, Southport and Wigan.

If your bike stops on the motorway

1. Get to the left. Hard shoulder, emergency area or the next exit if the bike still moves.
2. Get behind the barrier. Leave the bike, climb over the barrier and stand well up the bank, away from the traffic.
3. Stuck in a live lane? Call 999 straight away. Keep your helmet on and get off the carriageway if you safely can.
4. Call us once you’re safe, and send a WhatsApp location pin or the number on the nearest marker post.

Never try to fix the bike on the hard shoulder. On smart motorways with no hard shoulder, use an emergency area (the orange-surfaced lay-bys) and the SOS phone there connects you to National Highways.