M62 crash J18

Crash on the M62 at J18 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 09:52. Cleared at 10:52 after 1 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 10:52 on 26 Oct 2026, after 1 h

Location

M62 J18

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~11 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Mon 09:52 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~11 min
2. Mon 09:57 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Mon 09:57 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Mon 10:01 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
5. Mon 10:10 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Mon 10:15 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
7. Mon 10:19 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Mon 10:19 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Mon 10:47 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
10. Mon 10:52 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Mon 10:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Accident, Hard shoulder closed

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 closed J27 eastboundyesterday 23:39 · cleared after 3 h 48 min
• M62 closed J27–J28 eastboundyesterday 23:22 · Live
• M62 stopped traffic J31 eastboundyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M62 crash J32A–J33 eastboundyesterday 15:21 · cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M62 stopped traffic J22–J21yesterday 09:57 · cleared after 37 min
• M62 crash J21 westboundyesterday 08:18 · cleared after 2 h 7 min
• M62 crash J24–J25 eastboundyesterday 06:59 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M62 crash J28–J27 eastboundSun 17:37 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M62 reported crash J10 eastboundSat 04:58 · cleared after 38 min
• M62 crash J10 westboundSat 04:58 · cleared after 4 h 9 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J18.

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.