Overview
- Drivers reported waiting one to several hours to exit car parks, with footage showing standstill traffic and horns blaring around Trafford Boulevard and Barton Dock Road.
- Live service Inrix cited very slow traffic on the M60 anti-clockwise at Junction 10 with tailbacks to Junction 15 as people headed for the Trafford Centre.
- The Trafford Centre said it had advertised that all car parks were full and deployed traffic teams in coordination with Greater Manchester Police and highways authorities.
- Eyewitnesses described cars continuing to enter despite full notices, blocking lanes, while some shoppers left vehicles to help direct traffic and bus services suffered significant delays, according to the Bee Network.
- On Tuesday, a separate M60 crash between Junctions 11 and 10 caused a lane closure and five-mile queues, then cleared with delays reported to be easing.