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M60 Reopens After Welfare Incident With M56 Crash Under Police Investigation

A cluster of separate motorway incidents over three days caused major closures across the network.

Overview

  • Greater Manchester’s M60 clockwise closed for a police welfare response between junctions 22 and 23 and later reopened with heavy residual congestion.
  • The M56 near Warrington shut for hours after a Monday crash involving a lorry and several cars, with two people seriously injured and the road reopening overnight as officers appeal for dashcam footage.
  • An overturned vehicle on the M62 eastbound between Milnrow and Denshaw caused a large fuel spill, a full closure and two hospitalisations before recovery and clean‑up teams cleared the scene.
  • Separate disruptions on the M4 near Bristol and on the M11 near Stansted triggered lane closures and roughly 45‑minute delays before traffic returned to normal.
  • National Highways managed diversions and issued live updates, and knock‑on delays hit other routes such as the M25 in Surrey where a breakdown closed two lanes and left drivers facing queues of up to an hour.