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M6 J31 at 10:47 on Monday 12 October: 1 nearby.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Preston, Leyland, Blackburn, Chorley.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,365 collisions are on record, 8 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 J31. 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 J31 → 5 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J31 is at Preston & Fulwood. National Highways signs it as Preston. The nearest town is Preston.
Not at M6 J31 itself as of 10:47. Nearby, National Highways report: The M6 southbound between junctions J33 and J32. Shifted Load. There is one of three lanes closed. The hard shoulder and lane one are closed. The event is expected to clear between 11:15 and 11:30 on… (2 junctions away).
No closure is listed at M6 J31 as of 10:47.
Police STATS19 records show 107 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J31, including 1 fatal and 27 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,365 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 17 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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