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M61 J4 at 09:41 on Monday 12 October: 1 incident at this junction · closure planned from 21:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Atherton, Bolton, Worsley, Leigh.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,413 collisions are on record, 34 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 M61 itself, within 2 miles of J4. 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 M61 J4 → 7 of 8 junctions on the M61 · see where it ranks nationallyM61 J4 is at Bolton & Westhoughton. National Highways signs it as Bolton West. The nearest town is Atherton.
No collision is listed at M61 J4 as of 09:41, but National Highways report: The M61 southbound between junctions J4 and J2. Congestion. Currently Active.
Not right now. Planned: M61 Northbound Jct 4 to 5 Carriageway Closure, from 21:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 39 collisions on the M61 within 2 miles of J4, including 1 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,413 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 263 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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