M61 crash J8–J9 northbound

Live Still reported at 09:04 UK time, since 07:04 (1 h 59 min).

Crash on the M61 northbound at J8–J9 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 07:04. Still reported at 09:04 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M61 northbound · J8–J9

   Collision

   since 07:04 (1 h 59 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 2.4 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 07:04 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 07:24 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~14 min
3. 07:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
4. 07:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
5. 07:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 07:52 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 08:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 08:16 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
9. 08:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 08:47 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 08:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. 08:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
13. 09:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M61 northbound between J8 and J9).
• Queuing traffic, Incident
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3 · 06:38, still reported
• M61 crash J1 southbound · Thu 16:13, cleared after 53 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northbound · Thu 16:10, cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M61 crash J9 northbound · 24 Sept 2026 08:24, cleared after 45 min
• M61 closed J4–J3 southbound · 24 Sept 2026 07:20, cleared after 80 h 41 min
• M61 crash J9 northbound · 23 Sept 2026 07:16, cleared after 3 h 9 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.