M62 crash J21 westbound
Crash on the M62 westbound at J21 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 08:18. Cleared at 10:25 after 2 h 7 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 10:25 on 2 Nov 2026, after 2 h 7 min
- Location
- M62 westbound · J21
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~97 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×5 · TomTom ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~22 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~31)
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: delay now ~97 min (was ~53)
- TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~97)
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~47)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (3 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J19 and J20).
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M62 westbound within J20).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J19 and J20).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M62 westbound between J22 and J21).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound within J20).
- Closed
Other recent incidents on the M62
- M62 closed J27 eastbound
- M62 closed J27–J28 eastbound
- M62 stopped traffic J31 eastbound
- M62 crash J32A–J33 eastbound
- M62 stopped traffic J22–J21
- M62 crash J24–J25 eastbound
- M62 crash J28–J27 eastbound
- M62 reported crash J10 eastbound
- M62 crash J10 westbound
- M62 reported crash J32–J32A eastbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J21.
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