M62 crash J22 eastbound

Crash on the M62 eastbound at J22 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 06:57. Cleared at 09:29 after 2 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 09:29 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 31 min

Location

M62 eastbound · J22

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~151 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Thu 06:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
2. Thu 07:00 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. Thu 07:02 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~26 min (was ~17), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
4. Thu 07:08 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~26)
5. Thu 07:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Thu 07:18 TomTom: delay now ~90 min (was ~58)
7. Thu 07:23 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
8. Thu 07:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. Thu 07:28 TomTom: collision, “Accident”
10. Thu 07:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~151 min
11. Thu 07:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Thu 07:54 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
13. Thu 07:58 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~99)
14. Thu 08:08 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~33)
15. Thu 08:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. Thu 08:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Thu 08:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Thu 08:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Thu 08:33 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. Thu 08:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Thu 08:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
22. Thu 09:29 TomTom no longer reports it
23. Thu 09:29 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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

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 J22.

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