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M56 J9 at 08:50 on Monday 12 October: closure planned from 22:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Lymm, Altrincham, Knutsford, Sale.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 242 collisions are on record, 6 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M56 itself, within 2 miles of J9. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M56 J9 → 13 of 14 junctions on the M56 · see where it ranks nationallyM56 J9 is at Lymm & Thelwall. National Highways signs it as Lymm. The nearest town is Lymm.
No — as of 08:50 National Highways list nothing at M56 J9. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M56 Eastbound Jct 9 to 7 Carriageway Closure, from 22:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 9 collisions on the M56 within 2 miles of J9, including 0 fatal and 1 serious. Counting every road in the area, 242 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 537 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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