Overview

• A collision during Wednesday’s morning peak closed two lanes of the M62 eastbound between Junctions 11 (A574 Birchwood Way) and 12 (M60 Eccles Interchange).
• Highways England initially reported queues of around 20 minutes and warned that traffic conditions would take up to an hour to return to normal.
• National Highways confirmed mid-morning that all lanes had reopened, although lingering tailbacks continued to delay motorists by up to 60 minutes.
• Emergency services and National Highways Traffic Officers coordinated site clearance and recovery operations to restore traffic flow.
• This crash is the latest in a series of summer motorway incidents that have intensified calls for better incident transparency, diversion planning and real-time traffic management.