M61 stopped traffic J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 06:34. Cleared at 10:28 after 3 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:28 on 27 Oct 2026, after 3 h 54 min

Location

M61 J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~34 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 06:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Tue 06:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Tue 06:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Tue 07:01 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
5. Tue 09:01 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12)
6. Tue 09:56 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Tue 09:56 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Tue 10:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
9. Tue 10:28 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Tue 10:28 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 06:36 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northboundSun 16:14 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M61 closed J4–J3 southboundFri 03:00 · cleared after 5 h 1 min
• M61 crash J4–J3 southboundThu 19:16 · cleared after 38 min
• M61 crash J2 southboundWed 19:08 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northbound26 Oct 2026 15:42 · cleared after 51 min
• M61 crash J2–J1 southbound25 Oct 2026 08:25 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M61 reported crash J2–J3 northbound23 Oct 2026 14:40 · cleared after 53 min
• M61 reported crash J4–J3 southbound23 Oct 2026 14:40 · cleared after 53 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J322 Oct 2026 06:33 · cleared after 3 h 54 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J3.

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