M60 stopped traffic J13–J12 anticlockwise

Stopped traffic on the M60 anticlockwise at J13–J12 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 13:00. Cleared at 16:20 after 3 h 20 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:20 on 5 Nov 2026, after 3 h 20 min

Location

M60 anticlockwise · J13–J12

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. 13:00 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 13:38 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
3. 13:38 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 14:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. 14:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 14:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 14:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 14:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 14:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 15:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 16:20 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 16:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M60 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12).
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M60

• M60 stopped traffic J4–J514:48 · Live
• 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
• M60 crash J14–J13 anticlockwiseyesterday 06:36 · cleared after 5 h 16 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M60 J13 and M60 J12.

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