M62 stopped traffic J31 eastbound
Stopped traffic on the M62 eastbound at J31 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 16:40. Cleared at 18:17 after 1 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 18:17 on 2 Nov 2026, after 1 h 37 min
- Location
- M62 eastbound · J31
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~55 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~17)
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J30 and J31).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M62 eastbound within J31).
Other recent incidents on the M62
- M62 closed J27 eastbound
- M62 closed J27–J28 eastbound
- M62 crash J32A–J33 eastbound
- M62 stopped traffic J22–J21
- M62 crash J21 westbound
- M62 crash J24–J25 eastbound
- M62 crash J28–J27 eastbound
- M62 reported crash J10 eastbound
- M62 crash J10 westbound
- M62 reported crash J32–J32A eastbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M62 J31.
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