M62 stopped traffic J26

Stopped traffic on the M62 at J26 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 06:59. Cleared at 09:02 after 2 h 3 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 09:02 on 12 Nov 2026, after 2 h 3 min

Location

M62 J26

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

Sources

TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. 06:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 07:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. 07:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
4. 07:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
5. 07:31 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~8), “Slow traffic”
6. 07:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
7. 07:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
8. 07:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
9. 07:40 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~17)
10. 07:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 07:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. 08:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 08:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. 08:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 08:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
16. 08:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 09:02 TomTom no longer reports it
18. 09:02 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 crash J11–J12 eastbound07:40 · cleared after 6 h 42 min
• M62 stopped traffic J19 westbound07:04 · cleared after 3 h 48 min
• M62 reported crash J22–J23 eastbound06:52 · cleared after 59 min
• M62 crash J32A–J33 eastboundyesterday 16:50 · cleared after 2 h
• M62 stopped traffic J26 eastboundyesterday 16:45 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M62 crash J25–J26 eastboundyesterday 11:45 · cleared after 6 h 9 min
• M62 stopped traffic J26–J27 eastboundyesterday 06:46 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M62 stopped traffic J27–J26 westboundTue 15:14 · cleared after 3 h 21 min
• M62 stopped traffic J25–J26Tue 06:55 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M62 crash J27–J26 westboundMon 18:17 · cleared after 33 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J26.

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