M66 crash J3

Crash on the M66 at J3 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 17:47. Cleared at 19:10 after 1 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:10 on 27 Oct 2026, after 1 h 22 min

Location

M66 J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~41 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Tue 17:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. Tue 17:52 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11)
3. Tue 17:57 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~20)
4. Tue 18:01 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. Tue 18:10 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
6. Tue 18:15 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~36)
7. Tue 18:19 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~23)
8. Tue 18:42 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~16)
9. Tue 18:56 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~21), “Slow traffic”
10. Tue 19:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Tue 19:10 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 19:10 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic

Live traffic and past incidents at M66 J3.

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