M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 15:24. Still reported at 16:39 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:24 (1 h 14 min)

Location

M61 · J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~6 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 15:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 15:29 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9)
3. 15:33 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~14)
4. 15:43 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 15:43 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 15:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
7. 15:52 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
8. 15:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. 16:01 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 16:01 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. 16:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
12. 16:10 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 16:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
14. 16:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J913:10 · Live
• M61 reported crash J14 southboundyesterday 20:44 · cleared after 34 min
• M61 stopped traffic J15 southboundyesterday 06:05 · cleared after 4 h 38 min
• M61 stopped traffic J2–J3 northboundWed 06:35 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3 southboundMon 15:35 · cleared after 19 h 8 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3Sat 17:34 · cleared after 18 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J28 Oct 2026 06:41 · cleared after 2 h 59 min
• M61 reported crash J15 southbound7 Oct 2026 03:53 · cleared after 40 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J26 Oct 2026 06:41 · cleared after 3 h 3 min
• M61 reported crash J14 northbound1 Oct 2026 18:36 · cleared after 49 min

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