M61 crash J4–J3 southbound

Crash on the M61 southbound at J4–J3 on Saturday 7 November 2026, from 18:13. Cleared at 18:52 after 39 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:52 on 7 Nov 2026, after 39 min

Location

M61 southbound · J4–J3

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~12 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 18:13 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. yesterday 18:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
3. yesterday 18:39 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
4. yesterday 18:48 TomTom no longer reports it
5. yesterday 18:52 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. yesterday 18:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M61 southbound between J4 and J3).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J1–J2 northboundFri 20:45 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M61 closed J2–J1 southboundThu 19:39 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Thu 06:43 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3Wed 06:45 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M61 crash J14 southboundTue 22:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Tue 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 45 min
• M61 crash J1–J2 northboundTue 13:43 · cleared after 43 min
• M61 crash J14 northboundTue 10:50 · cleared after 36 min
• M61 stopped traffic J9 northboundTue 07:16 · cleared after 2 h 21 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3Tue 06:39 · cleared after 2 h 58 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J4 and M61 J3.

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