M62 stopped traffic J27–J26 westbound

Stopped traffic on the M62 westbound at J27–J26 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 06:41. Still reported at 08:57 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:41 (2 h 16 min)

Location

M62 westbound · J27–J26

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Delay

~14 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 06:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 06:59 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~8)
3. 07:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~15 min
4. 07:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
5. 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
6. 07:22 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18)
7. 07:27 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic”
8. 07:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. 07:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
10. 07:54 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~22)
11. 08:03 TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~13)
12. 08:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
13. 08:24 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14. 08:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 08:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound between J27 and J26).

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 stopped traffic J21–J2205:37 · cleared after 32 min
• M62 stopped traffic J11–J12 eastboundyesterday 13:57 · cleared after 6 h 55 min
• M62 stopped traffic J24yesterday 13:35 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• M62 crash J22–J23 eastboundyesterday 09:30 · cleared after 5 h 41 min
• M62 stopped traffic J12–J11 westboundyesterday 07:33 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• M62 stopped traffic J7–J6yesterday 07:28 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M62 crash J22–J21 eastboundSat 17:36 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M62 crash J25 eastboundSat 10:21 · cleared after 36 min
• M62 crash J23–J22 westboundFri 17:29 · cleared after 55 min
• M62 reported crash J22 eastboundFri 17:04 · cleared after 50 min

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