M62 delays J26

Long delays on the M62 at J26 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 06:49. Cleared at 09:06 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:06 on 21 Oct 2026, after 2 h 17 min

Location

M62 · J26

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 06:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 07:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 07:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 07:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 08:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. 08:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 08:06 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
9. 08:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. 08:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 08:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 09:06 TomTom no longer reports it
13. 09:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 stopped traffic J29–J30 eastbound05:40 · Live
• 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
• M62 stopped traffic J12–J11 westboundMon 07:33 · cleared after 3 h 40 min
• M62 stopped traffic J7–J6Mon 07:28 · cleared after 1 h 9 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.