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M61 J5 at 10:47 on Monday 12 October: part 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, Wigan, Leigh, Bolton.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 570 collisions are on record, 15 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 J5. 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 J5 → 8 of 8 junctions on the M61 · see where it ranks nationallyM61 J5 is at Westhoughton & Hindley. National Highways signs it as Westhoughton. The nearest town is Atherton.
No — as of 10:47 National Highways list nothing at M61 J5. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M61 Northbound Jct 5 exit slip road closure, from 21:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 17 collisions on the M61 within 2 miles of J5, including 0 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 570 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 454 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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