M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 06:35. Cleared at 08:57 after 2 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:57 on 21 Oct 2026, after 2 h 22 min

Location

M61 · J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 07:39 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~19)
5. 08:57 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 08:57 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J9 southboundyesterday 13:40 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M61 crash J9 northboundyesterday 13:30 · cleared after 2 h 23 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 06:27 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Mon 06:24 · cleared after 3 h 44 min
• 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 southbound15 Oct 2026 06:05 · cleared after 4 h 38 min
• M61 stopped traffic J2–J3 northbound14 Oct 2026 06:35 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3 southbound12 Oct 2026 15:35 · cleared after 19 h 8 min

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