M61 crash J9 northbound

Crash on the M61 northbound at J9 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 08:24. Cleared at 09:09 after 45 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:09 on 24 Sept 2026, after 45 min

Location

M61 northbound · J9

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Thu 08:24 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Thu 08:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
3. Thu 08:39 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~19)
4. Thu 08:43 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~26)
5. Thu 08:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
6. Thu 09:00 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
7. Thu 09:04 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
8. Thu 09:09 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Thu 09:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M61 northbound within J9).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3 southboundyesterday 09:54 · cleared after 1 h 45 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3yesterday 06:37 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Mon 06:33 · cleared after 2 h 54 min
• M61 crash J4–J3 southboundSat 18:13 · cleared after 39 min
• 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 J34 Nov 2026 06:45 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M61 crash J14 southbound3 Nov 2026 22:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J23 Nov 2026 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 45 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J9.

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