M62 crash J18–J19 eastbound

Crash on the M62 eastbound at J18–J19 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 11:05. Cleared at 17:13 after 6 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:13 on 29 Oct 2026, after 6 h 8 min

Location

M62 eastbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom

Timeline

1. Thu 11:05 Motorway signs: “M62 J18 - J19 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
2. Thu 11:25 Motorway signs no longer show “M62 J18 - J19 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
3. Thu 11:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
4. Thu 11:55 Motorway signs no longer show “M62 J18 - J19 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
5. Thu 12:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. Thu 12:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Thu 12:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. Thu 13:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Thu 13:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. Thu 14:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Thu 14:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Thu 14:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Thu 14:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Thu 14:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Thu 15:32 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Thu 15:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Thu 15:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
18. Thu 17:13 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Thu 17:13 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Signs on the M60 clockwise read “M62 J18 - J19 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION” (1 sign; e.g. M60 clockwise between J12 and J13). Marker placed near M62 J18–J19 using the signs there, so it is approximate.
• Overhead signs read “M62 J18 - J19 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION” (4 signs; e.g. M62 eastbound between J11 and J12). Marker placed near M62 J18–J19 using the signs there, so it is approximate.
• Queuing traffic, Lane 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 and M62 J19.

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