M60 stopped traffic J16–J17

Stopped traffic on the M60 at J16–J17 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 05:44. Still reported at 10:02 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 05:44 (4 h 18 min)

Location

M60 · J16–J17

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~7 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 05:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 05:49 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 05:49 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 05:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
5. 06:03 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 06:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
7. 06:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 06:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. 06:30 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 06:30 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. 06:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
12. 06:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 07:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 07:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~24 min
15. 07:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. 08:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 08:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 08:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. 09:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. 09:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. 09:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M60

• M60 stopped traffic J24–J2306:39 · cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M60 reported crash J26 clockwiseyesterday 19:06 · cleared after 42 min
• M60 crash J27–J1 clockwiseyesterday 16:33 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M60 crash J2–J1 anticlockwiseyesterday 15:37 · cleared after 4 h 41 min
• M60 crash J27–J1 clockwiseyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 4 h
• M60 stopped traffic J12 anticlockwiseyesterday 06:32 · cleared after 13 h 41 min
• M60 crash J1 clockwiseMon 08:18 · cleared after 11 h 36 min
• M60 crash J8–J6 anticlockwiseMon 07:30 · cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M60 stopped traffic J26Mon 07:10 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M60 reported crash J14–J13 anticlockwiseMon 05:55 · cleared after 44 min

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