M62 delays J23–J22

Long delays on the M62 at J23–J22 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 14:49. Cleared at 16:12 after 1 h 23 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:12 on 21 Oct 2026, after 1 h 23 min

Location

M62 · J23–J22

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~21 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 14:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 15:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 15:30 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~15), “Slow traffic”
4. 15:35 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
5. 15:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 15:59 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 15:59 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. 16:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
9. 16:12 TomTom no longer reports it

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 crash J25–J24 westbound13:40 · Live
• M62 delays J2606:49 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• M62 stopped traffic J29–J30 eastbound05:40 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M62 reported crash J25–J26 eastboundyesterday 17:53 · cleared after 55 min
• M62 crash J12–J11 westboundyesterday 16:39 · cleared after 54 min
• M62 stopped traffic J27–J26 westboundyesterday 06:41 · cleared after 6 h 57 min
• M62 stopped traffic J21–J22yesterday 05:37 · cleared after 32 min
• M62 stopped traffic J11–J12 eastboundMon 13:57 · cleared after 6 h 55 min
• M62 stopped traffic J24Mon 13:35 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• M62 crash J22–J23 eastboundMon 09:30 · cleared after 5 h 41 min

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