M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 06:36. Cleared at 09:21 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:21 on 2 Nov 2026, after 2 h 45 min

Location

M61 J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 06:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. yesterday 06:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. yesterday 06:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. yesterday 07:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. yesterday 08:53 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~19)
6. yesterday 09:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. yesterday 09:21 TomTom no longer reports it
8. yesterday 09:21 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 reported crash J2 northboundSun 16:14 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M61 closed J4–J3 southboundFri 03:00 · cleared after 5 h 1 min
• M61 crash J4–J3 southboundThu 19:16 · cleared after 38 min
• M61 crash J2 southboundWed 19:08 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M61 stopped traffic J327 Oct 2026 06:34 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northbound26 Oct 2026 15:42 · cleared after 51 min
• M61 crash J2–J1 southbound25 Oct 2026 08:25 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M61 reported crash J2–J3 northbound23 Oct 2026 14:40 · cleared after 53 min
• M61 reported crash J4–J3 southbound23 Oct 2026 14:40 · cleared after 53 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J322 Oct 2026 06:33 · cleared after 3 h 54 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J3 and M61 J2.

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