M60 crash J2–J3 clockwise

Crash on the M60 clockwise at J2–J3 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 14:48. Still reported at 19:03 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 14:48 (4 h 15 min)

Location

M60 clockwise · J2–J3

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~58 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. 14:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 15:29 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 15:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 15:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. 15:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 16:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 16:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 16:38 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 17:01 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
10. 17:10 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. 17:21 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
12. 17:24 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
13. 17:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
14. 17:38 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
15. 17:39 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
16. 17:42 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~16)
17. 17:47 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
18. 17:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. 18:05 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
20. 18:09 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
21. 18:10 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~58)
22. 18:14 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~37)
23. 18:19 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic”
24. 18:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
25. 18:23 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
26. 18:28 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (6 signs; furthest along: M60 anti-clockwise within J1).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (5 signs; furthest along: M60 clockwise between J27 and J1).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M60 clockwise between J2 and J3).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M60 anti-clockwise within J1).

Other recent incidents on the M60

• M60 crash J12–J11 anticlockwise17:01 · Live
• M60 stopped traffic J13–J12 anticlockwise13:00 · cleared after 3 h 20 min
• M60 stopped traffic J9 clockwise11:57 · cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M60 stopped traffic J1606:38 · cleared after 4 h 12 min
• M60 reported crash J24–J23 anticlockwiseyesterday 22:04 · cleared after 1 h
• M60 stopped traffic J12–J13yesterday 15:59 · cleared after 37 min
• M60 crash J6–J7 clockwiseyesterday 15:54 · cleared after 2 h 39 min
• M60 stopped traffic J27–J25yesterday 15:32 · cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M60 crash J5 anticlockwiseyesterday 10:42 · cleared after 4 h 20 min
• M60 stopped traffic J24–J23yesterday 06:45 · cleared after 2 h 49 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M60 J2 and M60 J3.

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.