M62 crash J22–J23 eastbound

Crash on the M62 eastbound at J22–J23 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 14:07. Cleared at 16:52 after 2 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 16:52 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 45 min

Location

M62 eastbound · J22–J23

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

Sources

TomTom ×9 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 14:07 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Fri 14:10 Motorway signs: “COLLISION AFTER J24”
3. Fri 14:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
4. Fri 14:16 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. Fri 14:21 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~28)
6. Fri 14:32 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~53)
7. Fri 14:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. Fri 15:02 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION AFTER J24”
9. Fri 15:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
10. Fri 15:07 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~28), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
11. Fri 15:12 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~12)
12. Fri 15:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. Fri 15:17 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~22)
14. Fri 15:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
15. Fri 15:21 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
16. Fri 15:22 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~8)
17. Fri 15:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Fri 15:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
19. Fri 15:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. Fri 15:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
21. Fri 15:32 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
22. Fri 15:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Fri 15:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
24. Fri 15:42 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
25. Fri 15:47 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~16 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic”
26. Fri 16:02 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~18)
27. Fri 16:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
28. Fri 16:02 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
29. Fri 16:07 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. Fri 16:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
31. Fri 16:22 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11)
32. Fri 16:52 TomTom no longer reports it
33. Fri 16:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION AFTER J24” (4 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J22 and J23).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 J23 eastbound exit).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J23 and J24).

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 and M62 J23.

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