M65 crash J2–J3 eastbound
Crash on the M65 eastbound at J2–J3 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 17:19. Cleared at 20:23 after 3 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 20:23 on 28 Oct 2026, after 3 h 4 min
- Location
- M65 eastbound · J2–J3
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~51 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~44 min (was ~33)
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Queuing traffic
- Queuing traffic, Incident
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M65 eastbound between J2 and J3).
Other recent incidents on the M65
- M65 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M65 crash J2 westbound
- M65 stopped traffic J2–J3
- M65 crash J1–J2 eastbound
- M65 crash J2–J3 eastbound
- M65 reported crash J5–J6 eastbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M65 J2 and M65 J3.
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