M62 stopped traffic J29–J30 eastbound

Stopped traffic on the M62 eastbound at J29–J30 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 05:40. Still reported at 07:57 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 05:40 (2 h 17 min)

Location

M62 eastbound · J29–J30

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Delay

~64 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~159 min

Sources

TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 05:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
2. 06:26 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~17)
3. 06:30 TomTom: delay now ~159 min (was ~34)
4. 06:35 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~159)
5. 07:25 TomTom: delay now ~72 min (was ~52)
6. 07:31 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
7. 07:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M62 eastbound between J29 and J30).

Other recent incidents on the M62

• 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
• M62 crash J22–J21 eastboundSat 17:36 · cleared after 1 h 31 min

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