M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 06:39. Cleared at 09:37 after 2 h 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:37 on 3 Nov 2026, after 2 h 58 min

Location

M61 J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 06:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. 06:43 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 06:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 07:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. 07:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
6. 07:24 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
7. 08:28 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 08:28 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. 08:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min (reported again)
10. 09:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 09:37 TomTom no longer reports it
12. 09:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 stopped traffic J9 northbound07:16 · cleared after 2 h 21 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 southboundWed 19:08 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M61 stopped traffic J327 Oct 2026 06:34 · cleared after 3 h 54 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

Live traffic and past incidents at M61 J4 and M61 J3.

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