M62 crash J23–J22 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 08:24 on 9 Oct 2026, after 3 h 24 min.
Crash on the M62 eastbound at J23–J22 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 05:00. Cleared at 08:24 after 3 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M62 eastbound · J23–J22
Collision
yesterday 05:00–yesterday 08:24 (cleared after 3 h 24 min) · delay ~124 min · queue 6.3 mi
TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “SERIOUS COLLISION”
- TomTom: collision, “Accident, Overturned vehicle, Lane closed”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~23)
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: delay now ~59 min (was ~40)
- TomTom: delay now ~56 min (was ~97)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~163 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “SERIOUS COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~75 min
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~61)
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~34)
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Accident, Overturned vehicle, Lane closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J22 and J23).
- Overhead signs read “SERIOUS COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 eastbound within J22).
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M62
- M62 closed J34–J35 eastbound
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- M62 stopped traffic J25–J24
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- M62 crash J30–J29 westbound
- M62 crash J26–J25 westbound
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.