M62 crash J21–J22 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 08:35 on 6 Oct 2026, after 57 min.
Crash on the M62 eastbound at J21–J22 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 07:38. Cleared at 08:35 after 57 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M62 eastbound · J21–J22
Collision
07:38–08:35 (cleared after 57 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 3.9 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J21 and J22).
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- M62 stopped traffic J24–J25
- M62 crash J21–J20 westbound
- M62 crash J26–J27 eastbound
- M62 delays J26 westbound
- M62 crash J23–J22 westbound
- M62 crash J22–J21 westbound
- M62 crash J22–J23 eastbound
About this page
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