M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Monday 12 October 2026, from 06:43. Cleared at 09:55 after 3 h 12 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:55 on 12 Oct 2026, after 3 h 12 min

Location

M61 · J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~14 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 06:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Mon 06:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Mon 07:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Mon 07:06 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
5. Mon 09:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Mon 09:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Mon 09:55 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Mon 09:55 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:24 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M61 closed J8–J9 northboundyesterday 13:10 · cleared after 6 h 14 min
• M61 reported crash J14 southboundThu 20:44 · cleared after 34 min
• M61 stopped traffic J15 southboundThu 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–J310 Oct 2026 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

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