M62 crash J23–J22 westbound

Crash on the M62 westbound at J23–J22 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 17:12. Cleared at 18:17 after 1 h 5 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 18:17 on 30 Oct 2026, after 1 h 5 min

Location

M62 westbound · J23–J22

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~12 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Fri 17:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Fri 17:28 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 17:28 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 17:34 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
5. Fri 17:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
6. Fri 17:43 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
7. Fri 17:58 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
8. Fri 18:03 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Fri 18:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
10. Fri 18:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
11. Fri 18:13 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Fri 18:17 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound between J23 and J22).

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 J23 and M62 J22.

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