M62 stopped traffic J21–J20 westbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:08 on 7 Oct 2026, after 6 h 23 min.
Stopped traffic on the M62 westbound at J21–J20 on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 11:45. Cleared at 18:08 after 6 h 23 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M62 westbound · J21–J20
Obstruction or hazard
Wed 11:45–Wed 18:08 (cleared after 6 h 23 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 3.3 mi
Motorway signs · TomTom ×2
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~35 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF ANIMALS” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 westbound between J21 and J20).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M62
- M62 closed J12–J11 westbound
- M62 crash J20–J21 eastbound
- M62 delays J26
- M62 closed J35–J36 eastbound
- M62 closed J32–J32A eastbound
- M62 closed J34–J35 eastbound
- M62 crash J29–J28 westbound
- M62 crash J31 eastbound
- M62 delays J7–J6
- M62 delays J26
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