M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 06:37. Still reported at 08:43 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:37 (2 h 6 min)

Location

M61 J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~19 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 06:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 06:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 06:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 07:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 07:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 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
• M61 crash J1–J2 northbound3 Nov 2026 13:43 · cleared after 43 min
• M61 crash J14 northbound3 Nov 2026 10:50 · cleared after 36 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J4 and M61 J3.

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