M60 crash J12–J11 anticlockwise

Crash on the M60 anticlockwise at J12–J11 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 17:01. Still reported at 19:03 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 17:01 (2 h 2 min)

Location

M60 anticlockwise · J12–J11

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~27 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~29 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 17:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 17:06 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 17:06 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 17:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
5. 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
6. 17:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
7. 17:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
8. 17:58 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
9. 18:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
10. 18:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 18:30 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
12. 18:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
13. 18:37 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
14. 18:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15. 18:42 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
16. 18:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. 18:51 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~20)

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M60 J19 anti-clockwise exit).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M60 anti-clockwise between J12 and J11).

Other recent incidents on the M60

• M60 crash J2–J3 clockwise14:48 · 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 J12 and M60 J11.

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