M61 crash J4–J3 southbound
Crash on the M61 southbound at J4–J3 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 12:03. Cleared at 04:50 after 16 h 47 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 04:50 on 12 Nov 2026, after 16 h 47 min
- Location
- M61 southbound · J4–J3
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Delay ~16 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M61 southbound between J4 and J3).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M61 southbound within J3 for A666).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M61 southbound between J4 and J3).
Other recent incidents on the M61
- M61 crash J1 southbound
- M61 stopped traffic J9 northbound
- M61 stopped traffic J4–J3 southbound
- M61 stopped traffic J4–J3
- M61 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M61 crash J4–J3 southbound
- M61 crash J1–J2 northbound
- M61 closed J2–J1 southbound
- M61 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M61 stopped traffic J3
Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J4 and M61 J3.
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