M61 stopped traffic J3–J2

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J3–J2 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 17:20. Cleared at 19:05 after 1 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:05 on 3 Nov 2026, after 1 h 45 min

Location

M61 J3–J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 17:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. 17:29 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 17:29 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 17:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
5. 17:42 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 17:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min (reported again)
7. 18:51 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17)
8. 19:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. 19:05 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 19:05 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J1–J2 northbound13:43 · cleared after 43 min
• M61 crash J14 northbound10:50 · cleared after 36 min
• M61 stopped traffic J9 northbound07:16 · cleared after 2 h 21 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J306:39 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• 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 southbound28 Oct 2026 19:08 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M61 stopped traffic J327 Oct 2026 06:34 · cleared after 3 h 54 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J3 and M61 J2.

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