PlannedLink road closureNational Highways
M61 link road closure at J9, planned, starts Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61 and M65
- Junctions
- J9
- Starts
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
M61 southbound lane closure at J9, 28 Aug 2026
Cleared
This incident on the M61 has cleared. It started at 03:43 on Fri 28 Aug and cleared at 03:50 on Fri 28 Aug.
Last updated by National Highways at 03:50 on Friday 28 August 2026.
Closure details and map
- Status
- Cleared
- Closure type
- Lane closure
- Category
- Incident
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Location
- M61 southbound between M6 and J9
- Started
- 03:43 on Friday 28 August 2026
- Cleared
- 03:50 on Friday 28 August 2026
- Source
- National Highways
- Last updated by the source
- 03:50 on Friday 28 August 2026
Map of the M61 southbound lane closure at J9
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- Cleared
Other M61 closures and crash records
No other closures are in force on the M61 right now, and 31 closures are planned in the next 7 days.
The M61 accident statistics from 1979 to 2025 record 3,209 collisions on the road, 88 of them fatal.
- PlannedEntry slip road closureNational Highways
M61 northbound entry slip road closure at J4, planned, starts Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Starts
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M61 northbound exit slip road closure at J4, planned, starts Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Northbound
- Junctions
- J4
- Starts
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedExit slip road closureNational Highways
M61 southbound exit slip road closure at J9, planned, starts Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J9
- Starts
- Mon 5 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Tue 6 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLane closureNational Highways
M61 southbound lane closure between J4 and J3, planned, starts Tue 6 Oct, 20:00
- Road
- M61
- Direction
- Southbound
- Junctions
- J4 to J3
- Starts
- Tue 6 Oct, 20:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- PlannedLink road closureNational Highways
M61 link road closure at J9, planned, starts Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Road
- M61 and M65
- Junctions
- J9
- Starts
- Tue 6 Oct, 21:00
- Expected to clear
- Wed 7 Oct, 06:00
- Category
- Road Maintenance