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M62 traffic and collisions

The M62 is a motorway of 103.3 miles, from Liverpool to East Riding of Yorkshire. This page covers its traffic at 51 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.

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51 count points in 2025
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  • Traffic in 2025 3.7bn vehicle miles
  • Average daily traffic 97,736 vehicles a day, both directions
  • Busiest section 150,115 J26 to J27
  • HGV share 13.8% of vehicle miles
  • Traffic since 2019 +1.3% same count points
  • Collisions, 2021 to 2025 963 5.4 per 100m vehicle miles

How busy is the M62?

On an average day in 2025, 97,736 vehicles passed each point on the M62, counting both directions. The busiest section is J26 to J27 (Kirklees), with 150,115 a day; the quietest listed is M62 to SPUR, with 27,969.

Busiest sections, 2025

J26 to J27 carries 1.5 times the road’s average flow.

Sections of the M62 with the highest average daily flow, 2025
Section Vehicles a day
J26 to J27 Kirklees · 4.1 mi · HGVs 12.2% 150,115
M60 (18) to J19 Bury, Rochdale · 3.0 mi · HGVs 13.5% 146,601
J19 to J20 Rochdale · 2.2 mi · HGVs 11.8% 143,983
J28 to J29 Leeds · 2.9 mi · HGVs 13.7% 132,591
J10 to J9 Warrington · 1.7 mi · HGVs 10.7% 130,159
J9 to J8 Warrington · 2.5 mi · HGVs 10.3% 128,625
J20 to Off slip before Junction 20 Rochdale · 1.8 mi · HGVs 13.0% 125,378
J25 to J26 Calderdale, Kirklees · 3.3 mi · HGVs 13.4% 124,391
J11 to M60 (12) Warrington, Salford · 6.6 mi · HGVs 12.9% 121,909
J10 to J11 Warrington · 2.4 mi · HGVs 12.6% 119,683

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Route

Liverpool to East Riding of Yorkshire · 103.3 miles

Liverpool East Riding of Yorkshire
Schematic route: each line joins the junctions at the ends of a DfT count point link.

M62 traffic and collisions by section

33 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 4 short link roads and spurs (1.6 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.

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Sections of the M62 in route order, 2025 traffic
#
1A5080 to J5Liverpool, Knowsley1.262,1183.5%−10.3%1510.9
2J5 to J6Knowsley2.878,0542.8%+3.5%184.8
3At J6Knowsley1.596,6826.1%+1.7%9–
4At J7St. Helens4.9106,0649.5%−1.9%323.5
5A562 to Lingley Green AvenueWarrington1.3104,45110.6%−0.7%5–
6J9 to J8Warrington2.5128,62510.3%+14.0%162.9
7J10 to J9Warrington1.7130,15910.7%+20.3%133.5
8J10 to J11Warrington2.4119,68312.6%−1.1%275.1
9J11 to M60 (12)Warrington, Salford6.6121,90912.9%−2.8%564.0
10M60 (18) to J19Bury, Rochdale3.0146,60113.5%+6.2%273.6
11J19 to J20Rochdale2.2143,98311.8%+19.8%173.1
12J20 to Off slip before Junction 20Rochdale1.8125,37813.0%−3.2%143.4
13Off slip before Junction 20 to J21Rochdale0.4112,56415.0%−3.3%3–
14J21 to J22Rochdale, Calderdale4.5106,35715.1%−5.5%404.8
15J22 to J23Calderdale, Kirklees7.0108,67615.8%+0.6%1148.5
16J23 to J24Kirklees, Calderdale1.5103,59215.5%+9.0%186.9
17J24 to A644Calderdale, Kirklees3.8112,33313.4%−1.4%658.8
18J25 to J26Calderdale, Kirklees3.3124,39113.4%−7.8%719.6
19J26 to J27Kirklees4.1150,11512.2%−7.2%736.2
20SPUR to J27Kirklees0.5103,77715.3%+0.8%0–
21J27 to J28Leeds3.0117,73915.0%−5.1%263.7
22J28 to J29Leeds2.9132,59113.7%+4.3%7410.1
23J29 to J30Leeds2.4112,41113.7%+7.8%5411.3
24J30 to J31Leeds, Wakefield3.3112,34414.8%−2.5%355.6
25J31 to J32Wakefield2.7106,65014.4%+4.7%245.0
26J32 to A1(M) junctionWakefield1.987,40516.7%+0.5%7–
27A1(M) junction to J34Wakefield1.572,66218.3%+0.7%126.1
28J33 to J34Wakefield, North Yorkshire4.665,67921.8%+1.1%112.1
29J34 to J35North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire7.459,98822.1%+18.1%152.1
30M62 to SPUREast Riding of Yorkshire0.927,96922.8%−4.3%3–
31J36 to J35East Riding of Yorkshire2.460,74915.5%+7.2%114.6
32J36 to J37East Riding of Yorkshire2.654,42213.9%+0.8%166.8
33J37 to J38East Riding of Yorkshire9.144,78914.9%+3.3%415.9

Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the M62 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.

M62 traffic by vehicle type

Cars and taxis make up 66.5% of the vehicle miles on the M62. HGVs account for 13.8%, rising to 22.8% on M62 to SPUR.

Vehicle mix, 2025

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

HGV share of traffic

HGVs as a share of vehicle miles on the M62, by year
Year HGV share
2000 16.8%
2001 16.2%
2002 15.8%
2003 16.5%
2004 16.2%
2005 15.8%
2006 15.5%
2007 15.5%
2008 15.6%
2009 14.8%
2010 15.2%
2011 15.1%
2012 15.3%
2013 15.1%
2014 15.2%
2015 15.0%
2016 14.5%
2017 14.6%
2018 15.0%
2019 14.9%
2020 19.1%
2021 17.9%
2022 15.6%
2023 15.1%
2024 14.5%
2025 13.8%

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

M62 traffic trend

Traffic on the M62 came to 3.69 billion vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 1.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 7.0% on 2015.

Vehicle miles a year

Like for like, traffic is up 25.3% on 2000.

Vehicle miles on the M62 each year, the whole road as it was that year
Year Vehicle miles
2000 2.8bn
2001 2.9bn
2002 3.0bn
2003 3.0bn
2004 3.0bn
2005 3.0bn
2006 3.1bn
2007 3.2bn
2008 3.2bn
2009 3.1bn
2010 3.1bn
2011 3.1bn
2012 3.0bn
2013 3.1bn
2014 3.2bn
2015 3.3bn
2016 3.5bn
2017 3.5bn
2018 3.5bn
2019 3.6bn
2020 2.8bn
2021 3.2bn
2022 3.6bn
2023 3.6bn
2024 3.7bn
2025 3.7bn

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

Average daily flow

Average daily flow along the M62, weighted by link length, by year
Year Vehicles a day
2000 77,930
2001 80,098
2002 81,394
2003 81,490
2004 83,162
2005 82,737
2006 85,590
2007 88,364
2008 86,853
2009 86,392
2010 86,214
2011 85,939
2012 83,061
2013 84,353
2014 88,637
2015 90,730
2016 96,563
2017 93,066
2018 93,268
2019 96,621
2020 74,644
2021 83,851
2022 95,580
2023 96,069
2024 98,802
2025 97,736

Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated

The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years. In 2025, 39 of the 51 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.

M62 collisions

Police recorded 963 collisions with the M62 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 237 of them fatal or serious, including 26 fatal. That is 5.4 per 100 million vehicle miles, higher than the 4.9 for all motorways in Great Britain. On average there were 1.9 a year for each mile of road.

Reported collisions by year

About the same in 2025 as in 2021.

Police-reported collisions on the M62 by year: fatal or serious, and slight
Year SlightFatal or serious
2021 14349
2022 16950
2023 14747
2024 12543
2025 14149

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

Sections with the highest collision rates

Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.

Collisions per 100 million vehicle miles by section of the M62, 2021 to 2025
Section Per 100m vehicle miles
J29 to J30 Leeds · 54 collisions 11.3
A5080 to J5 Liverpool, Knowsley · 15 collisions 10.9
J28 to J29 Leeds · 74 collisions 10.1
J25 to J26 Calderdale, Kirklees · 71 collisions 9.6
J24 to A644 Calderdale, Kirklees · 65 collisions 8.8
J22 to J23 Calderdale, Kirklees · 114 collisions 8.5
J23 to J24 Kirklees, Calderdale · 18 collisions 6.9
J36 to J37 East Riding of Yorkshire · 16 collisions 6.8

Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated

A further 75 collisions were recorded at junctions where the M62 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. 99.9% of the collisions could be placed on a section. How we count collisions

Council areas on the M62

In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.

  • Liverpool
  • Knowsley
  • St. Helens
  • Warrington
  • Salford
  • Bury
  • Rochdale
  • Calderdale
  • Kirklees
  • Leeds
  • Wakefield
  • North Yorkshire
  • East Riding of Yorkshire

Planned closures on the M62 in England

National Highways has 129 planned closures on the M62 between 16 September 2026 and 30 September 2026, 126 of them starting in that period. 60 close a carriageway rather than a lane or slip road, and 106 start between 7pm and 6am.

  • Lane or slip M62 eastbound Jct 31 to Jct 38 mobile IPV (125/5 176/7)

    16 Sept, 09:00 to 15:00 Road maintenance

  • Lane or slip M62 eastbound Jct 22 to Jct 25 mobile IPV (75/3 95/1)

    16 Sept 09:00 to 29 Sept 15:00 Road maintenance

  • Lane or slip M62 eastbound Jct 34 to Jct 35 lane 1 closure (145/8 to 146/4)

    16 Sept 09:00 to 18 Sept 15:00 1 of 3 lanes Road maintenance

  • Carriageway M62 eastbound Jct 24 exit slip road closure

    16 Sept 20:00 to 17 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance

  • Carriageway M62 eastbound Jct 23 exit slip road closure

    16 Sept 20:00 to 17 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance

  • Lane or slip M606 northbound Jct 26 Lane 2 closure (0/4 1/7)

    16 Sept 20:00 to 26 Sept 06:00 1 of 2 lanes Road maintenance Also affects M606

  • Carriageway M606 southbound Jct 2 exit slip road closure

    16 Sept 20:00 to 26 Sept 06:00 Road maintenance Also affects M606

  • Lane or slip M62 eastbound Jct 33 exit slip lane 2 closure

    16 Sept 20:00 to 30 Sept 06:00 1 of 3 lanes Road maintenance Also affects A162

121 more planned closures in this period are not shown.

Planned closures only: National Highways can cancel or change them, and closures caused by incidents are not shown. Council roads in England are not covered. Roadworks and closures across the UK

Source:National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 Updated

Data sources and methodology

Datasets used on this page
Figures Source Period Records Updated
Traffic counts and vehicle mix Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring 		2000 to 2025 51 count points in 2025 15 September 2026
Reported collisions Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport
Derived statistics UK Motoring 		2021 to 2025 963 reported collisions 15 September 2026
Planned closures Transport Data Feeds (DATEX II) National Highways 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-30 2,304 planned closure schemes 16 September 2026
  • Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
  • Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
  • Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
  • STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
  • Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
  • Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
How we calculate these figures All data sources

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