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M62 J8 at 09:41 on Monday 12 October: closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Warrington, St Helens, Widnes, Prescot.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 855 collisions are on record, 13 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 M62 itself, within 2 miles of J8. 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 M62 J8 → 3 of 29 junctions on the M62 · see where it ranks nationallyM62 J8 is at Warrington & Burtonwood. National Highways signs it as Burtonwood. The nearest town is Warrington.
No — as of 09:41 National Highways list nothing at M62 J8. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M62 westbound Jct 35 to M18 southbound Jct 7, carriageway closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Tue 13 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 33 collisions on the M62 within 2 miles of J8, including 4 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 855 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 42 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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