M61 traffic: live crashes, closures and delays
No incidents reported on the M61 right now.
Updated 22:43 UK time. The live map updates every minute.
Right now on the M61
Nothing reported on the M61 at the moment.
Earlier today
M61 southbound · J1
Collision
16:13–17:06 (cleared after 53 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 2.5 mi
TomTom · Motorway signs
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
M61 northbound · J2
Collision
16:10–18:30 (cleared after 2 h 20 min)
Motorway signs
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
M61 northbound · J9
Collision
08:24–09:09 (cleared after 45 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 2.9 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
M61 southbound · J4–J3
Road closed
07:20–15:59 (cleared after 8 h 38 min) · delay ~7 min · queue 2.7 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: road closed
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
The M61 over the last 7 days
- 9 incidents recorded, 4 of them collisions
- Typical time to clear: 53 min (median of 9)
- Most incidents started between 00:00–01:00
About this page
This page lists incidents on the M61 as the data sources report them: lane and road closures set by National Highways, what the overhead message signs say ("REPORT OF COLLISION", "STRANDED VEHICLE"), and TomTom's reports with delay times and queue lengths. Reports of the same event are merged, and every line comes from the sources' own facts. Times are UK time. Always follow the signs on the road.