M62 closed J12–J11 westbound (broken-down vehicle)
Cleared Cleared at 13:31 on 14 Oct 2026, after 2 h 8 min.
Road closure on the M62 westbound at J12–J11 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 11:23. Cleared at 13:31 after 2 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
M62 westbound · J12–J11
Broken-down vehicle
Road closed · 11:23–13:31 (cleared after 2 h 8 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 2.4 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom · National Highways
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: road closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: road reopened
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound between J12 and J11).
- Stationary traffic
- M62 westbound between J12 and J11
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (6 signs; furthest along: M62 westbound between J12 and J11).
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- M62 crash J29–J28 westbound
- M62 crash J31 eastbound
- M62 crash J10 westbound
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- M62 crash J9–J10 eastbound
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