M60 closed J15 clockwise (broken-down vehicle)

Road closure on the M60 clockwise at J15 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 06:05. Still reported at 09:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:05 (3 h 3 min)

Location

M60 clockwise · J15

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Delay

~35 min

At its worst

Road closed · stationary traffic · delay ~66 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom ×5

Timeline

1. 06:05 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 07:12 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
3. 07:12 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 07:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
5. 07:40 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~16)
6. 07:44 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~39)
7. 07:49 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~26)
8. 07:54 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~18)
9. 08:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 08:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~66 min
11. 08:03 TomTom: road closed
12. 08:07 TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~66)
13. 08:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. 08:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~46 min
15. 08:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 08:49 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
17. 08:58 TomTom no longer reports it
18. 08:58 All clear: no source reports it any more
19. 09:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
20. 09:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~35 min

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M60 clockwise within J15 after J14 access).
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Closed

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• M60 crash J23–J24 clockwise06:40 · Live
• M60 stopped traffic J1 anticlockwiseyesterday 06:48 · cleared after 10 h 57 min
• M60 stopped traffic J11 clockwiseyesterday 06:30 · cleared after 12 h 28 min
• M60 stopped traffic J23–J24Tue 06:45 · cleared after 11 h 6 min
• M60 crash J15–J16 clockwiseTue 06:31 · cleared after 12 h 20 min
• M60 stopped traffic J17 clockwise9 Oct 2026 06:34 · cleared after 12 h 38 min
• M60 stopped traffic J9–J10 clockwise8 Oct 2026 16:39 · cleared after 2 h 38 min
• M60 closed J27–J258 Oct 2026 07:28 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M60 stopped traffic J14–J13 anticlockwise7 Oct 2026 13:00 · cleared after 5 h 17 min
• M60 reported crash J14–J13 anticlockwise6 Oct 2026 19:00 · cleared after 163 h 58 min

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