M60 crash J5 anticlockwise

Crash on the M60 anticlockwise at J5 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 10:42. Still reported at 13:25 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Live since 10:42 (2 h 43 min)

Location

M60 anticlockwise · J5

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×7

Timeline

1. 10:42 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 11:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
3. 11:09 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
4. 11:10 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~26 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. 11:15 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 11:23 National Highways: road closed
7. 11:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
8. 11:32 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
9. 11:33 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~16), “Slow traffic”
10. 11:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 11:47 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
12. 11:52 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 11:55 National Highways: road closed

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M60 anti-clockwise within J5).
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M60 J6 anti-clockwise exit).
• M60 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5
• M60 anti-clockwise within J5

Other recent incidents on the M60

• M60 stopped traffic J24–J2306:45 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M60 crash J14–J13 anticlockwise06:36 · cleared after 5 h 16 min
• M60 crash J23 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:27 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M60 crash J15–J16 clockwiseyesterday 14:26 · cleared after 14 h 34 min
• M60 stopped traffic J2–J3 clockwiseyesterday 07:20 · cleared after 1 h 58 min
• M60 crash J13 clockwiseyesterday 06:34 · cleared after 3 h 21 min
• M60 stopped traffic J12–J11 anticlockwiseMon 14:14 · cleared after 4 h 38 min
• M60 reported crash J20–J21 clockwiseSat 17:28 · cleared after 41 min
• M60 crash J9 clockwiseSat 14:39 · cleared after 2 h 30 min
• M60 crash J14 anticlockwiseFri 17:38 · cleared after 2 h 26 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M60 J5.

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