M65 crash J2 westbound
Crash on the M65 westbound at J2 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 14:16. Cleared at 17:23 after 3 h 7 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 17:23 on 20 Oct 2026, after 3 h 7 min
- Location
- M65 westbound · J2
- Reported as
- Collision
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION AT J2 EXIT”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~10 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION AT J2 EXIT”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 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 ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION AT J2 EXIT” (2 signs; furthest along: M65 westbound within J2).
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M65
- M65 stopped traffic J2–J3
- M65 crash J1–J2 eastbound
- M65 crash J2–J3 eastbound
- M65 reported crash J5–J6 eastbound
- M65 stopped traffic J5–J6
- M65 stopped traffic J5–J6
- M65 crash J3–J2
- M65 reported crash J1A–J1 eastbound
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