M61 stopped traffic J4–J3

Stopped traffic on the M61 at J4–J3 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 06:45. Still reported at 09:14 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:45 (2 h 29 min)

Location

M61 J4–J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~13 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 06:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. 06:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 06:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 07:03 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
5. 08:35 TomTom: “traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
6. 08:53 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 08:53 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. 08:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~13 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed

Other recent incidents on the M61

• M61 crash J14 southboundyesterday 22:32 · cleared after 2 h 27 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 17:20 · cleared after 1 h 45 min
• M61 crash J1–J2 northboundyesterday 13:43 · cleared after 43 min
• M61 crash J14 northboundyesterday 10:50 · cleared after 36 min
• M61 stopped traffic J9 northboundyesterday 07:16 · cleared after 2 h 21 min
• M61 stopped traffic J4–J3yesterday 06:39 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• M61 stopped traffic J3–J2Mon 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

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

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