M62 crash J22–J21 eastbound

Crash on the M62 eastbound at J22–J21 on Sunday 25 October 2026, from 15:50. Cleared at 19:00 after 3 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:00 on 25 Oct 2026, after 3 h 10 min

Location

M62 eastbound · J22–J21

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sun 15:50 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Sun 16:08 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~8 min
3. Sun 16:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Sun 16:18 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8)
5. Sun 16:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Sun 16:22 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
7. Sun 16:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. Sun 16:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Sun 16:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
10. Sun 16:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Sun 16:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Sun 17:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
13. Sun 17:26 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
14. Sun 17:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Sun 17:36 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
16. Sun 17:40 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
17. Sun 17:45 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
18. Sun 17:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
19. Sun 18:17 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Sun 19:00 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
21. Sun 19:00 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic, Accident
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J21 and J22).

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 crash J22 eastboundyesterday 18:37 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M62 stopped traffic J6Fri 21:23 · cleared after 32 min
• M62 stopped traffic J26–J27Fri 20:19 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M62 crash J23–J22 westboundFri 17:48 · cleared after 57 min
• M62 crash J23–J22 westboundFri 17:22 · cleared after 2 h 24 min
• M62 stopped traffic J24–J25 eastboundFri 16:43 · cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M62 crash J22–J21 westboundWed 19:24 · cleared after 1 h 40 min
• M62 crash J32–J32A eastboundWed 16:54 · cleared after 1 h 13 min
• M62 crash J28–J27 westboundWed 14:50 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M62 reported crash J19 eastboundWed 10:25 · cleared after 37 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J22 and M62 J21.

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