M62 stopped traffic J26

Stopped traffic on the M62 at J26 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 16:13. Cleared at 19:21 after 3 h 7 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:21 on 28 Oct 2026, after 3 h 7 min

Location

M62 J26

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Wed 16:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 16:24 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Wed 16:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Wed 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
5. Wed 16:44 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Wed 16:44 All clear: no source reports it any more
7. Wed 16:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
8. Wed 16:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Wed 17:19 TomTom no longer reports it
10. Wed 17:19 All clear: no source reports it any more
11. Wed 17:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
12. Wed 17:29 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Wed 17:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
14. Wed 17:54 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~5)
15. Wed 18:05 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. Wed 19:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Wed 19:15 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
18. Wed 19:21 TomTom no longer reports it
19. Wed 19:21 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M62

• M62 closed J27 eastboundyesterday 23:39 · cleared after 3 h 48 min
• M62 closed J27–J28 eastboundyesterday 23:22 · Live
• M62 stopped traffic J31 eastboundyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 1 h 37 min
• M62 crash J32A–J33 eastboundyesterday 15:21 · cleared after 1 h 30 min
• M62 stopped traffic J22–J21yesterday 09:57 · cleared after 37 min
• M62 crash J21 westboundyesterday 08:18 · cleared after 2 h 7 min
• M62 crash J24–J25 eastboundyesterday 06:59 · cleared after 2 h 50 min
• M62 crash J28–J27 eastboundSun 17:37 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M62 reported crash J10 eastboundSat 04:58 · cleared after 38 min
• M62 crash J10 westboundSat 04:58 · cleared after 4 h 9 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J26.

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