M60 traffic stopped due to crash near M61 in early hours - RECAP

Traffic on the M60 was stopped due a collision near the M61 junction in the early hours of Thursday morning.

In a tweet shortly after 12.40am, National Highways said: "Traffic is currently stopped on the M60 clockwise between J13 and J15 near Manchester due to a collision. @NWmwaypolice [North West Motorway Police] are in attendance, more information to follow shortly. Thank you for your patience."

At 12.52am, roads and traffic monitoring service Inrix reported: "M60 clockwise closed, queueing traffic due to accident from J13 A575 Walkden Road ( Worsley ) to J15 M61 J1 (Swinton Interchange). The road has been closed since around 00:30 Thursday morning."

Live cameras showed that traffic was queuing near the scene. All lanes reopened shortly before 2am.

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Inrix update at 1.21am:

Three lanes closed and queueing traffic due to accident on M60 clockwise from J13 A575 Walkden Road ( Worsley ) to J15 M61 J1 (Swinton Interchange). Lanes one, two and three (of four) remain closed. The road had been closed for around an hour early Thursday morning.

Inrix update at 12.52am:

M60 clockwise closed, queueing traffic due to accident from J13 A575 Walkden Road ( Worsley ) to J15 M61 J1 (Swinton Interchange). The road has been closed since around 00:30 Thursday morning.