M62 crash J22–J21 eastbound

Crash on the M62 eastbound at J22–J21 on Saturday 17 October 2026, from 17:36. Cleared at 19:07 after 1 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:07 on 17 Oct 2026, after 1 h 31 min

Location

M62 eastbound · J22–J21

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~46 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 17:36 Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
2. 17:54 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~20 min
3. 17:58 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~20)
4. 18:03 TomTom no longer reports it
5. 18:08 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~42 min (reported again)
6. 18:21 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~20 min
7. 18:22 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
8. 18:30 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15)
9. 18:35 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~9 min
10. 18:40 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
11. 18:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
12. 18:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 19:00 Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
14. 19:00 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15. 19:07 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 19:07 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle
• Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound within J22).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J21 and J22).
• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 crash J25 eastbound10:21 · cleared after 36 min
• M62 crash J23–J22 westboundyesterday 17:29 · cleared after 55 min
• M62 reported crash J22 eastboundyesterday 17:04 · cleared after 50 min
• M62 stopped traffic J27yesterday 15:43 · cleared after 55 min
• M62 stopped traffic J11–J12 eastboundyesterday 12:22 · cleared after 7 h 2 min
• M62 crash J26–J27 eastboundyesterday 10:47 · cleared after 10 h 38 min
• M62 crash J11–J12 eastboundyesterday 08:18 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• M62 closed J25–J26 eastboundyesterday 06:07 · cleared after 2 h 58 min
• M62 crash J26–J25 westboundyesterday 02:34 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M62 crash J21–J22 eastboundThu 22:07 · cleared after 1 h 11 min

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