M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 06:24. Still reported at 08:51 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:24 (2 h 27 min)

Location

M61 · J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~28 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~46 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:42 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
4. 06:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 07:37 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~26)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Fri 15:24 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M61 closed J8–J9 northboundFri 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 southbound12 Oct 2026 15:35 · cleared after 19 h 8 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J212 Oct 2026 06:43 · cleared after 3 h 12 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

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