M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 06:33. Still reported at 08:09 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:33 (1 h 36 min)

Location

M61 · J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~22 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J14 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 1 h 24 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 06:35 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M61 crash J9 southboundTue 13:40 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M61 crash J9 northboundTue 13:30 · cleared after 2 h 23 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Tue 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 southbound15 Oct 2026 20:44 · cleared after 34 min
• M61 stopped traffic J15 southbound15 Oct 2026 06:05 · cleared after 4 h 38 min

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