M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 06:43. Cleared at 09:00 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:00 on 5 Nov 2026, after 2 h 17 min

Location

M61 J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. 06:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 06:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 07:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 07:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 07:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 08:01 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20)
8. 09:00 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 09:00 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J3yesterday 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
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Mon 06:36 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northboundSun 16:14 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M61 closed J4–J3 southbound30 Oct 2026 03:00 · cleared after 5 h 1 min

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

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