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M6 J27 at 10:47 on Monday 12 October: part closure planned from 21:00 tomorrow.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Wigan, Chorley, Skelmersdale, Leyland.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 302 collisions are on record, 4 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 M6 itself, within 2 miles of J27. 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 M6 J27 → 34 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J27 is at Standish & Wrightington. National Highways signs it as Standish North. The nearest town is Wigan.
No — as of 10:47 National Highways list nothing at M6 J27. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M6 Southbound Jct 27 exit slip road closure, from 21:00 tomorrow until 06:00 Wed 14 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 15 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J27, including 1 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 302 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 316 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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