M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Live Still reported at 09:04 UK time, since 06:38 (2 h 26 min).

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Wednesday 30 September 2026, from 06:38. Still reported at 09:04 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M61 · J4–J3

   Queueing traffic

   since 06:38 (2 h 26 min) · delay ~28 min · queue 4.6 mi

   TomTom

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Timeline

1. 06:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 06:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 07:01 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 07:01 All clear: no source reports it any more
6. 07:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
7. 08:01 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~19)

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J8–J9 northbound · 07:04, still reported
• M61 crash J1 southbound · Thu 16:13, cleared after 53 min
• M61 reported crash J2 northbound · Thu 16:10, cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M61 crash J9 northbound · 24 Sept 2026 08:24, cleared after 45 min
• M61 closed J4–J3 southbound · 24 Sept 2026 07:20, cleared after 80 h 41 min
• M61 crash J9 northbound · 23 Sept 2026 07:16, cleared after 3 h 9 min

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