M621 Motorway

The M621 Motorway

The M621 is a short urban motorway in Leeds, linking the city centre with the M62 and the M1.

Where to Find M621 Traffic News

We do not have a dedicated M621 website yet. For now, you can find all the news for the M621 and the other motorways and major roads in England on the all-news page on Traffic News England. Choose M621 in the road filter to see only the M621, or search for a junction to find the stretch you will be travelling between.

For news by area, see the Yorkshire and the Humber pages on Traffic News England, which cover the M621 together with the other main roads in those regions.

Information About the M621 Motorway

The M621 motorway is a short 8 mile (12.9 km) long motorway which runs from Gildersome to Rothwell.

The M621 takes traffic from the M1 and M62 motorways into Central Leeds.

The M621 connects to the M62 at one end and connects to the M1 (M1 Junction 43 at the other end.

Primary City destinations are Leeds and connections south on the M1 and West on the M62 to Manchester and Liverpool.

The M621 was formed between 1972 and 1975.

The first UK road to be built to motorway standard was the Preston Bypass which later became part of the M6.

UK Traffic News features traffic news and traffic updates and traffic reports from the main UK motorways including the M1, M2, M25, M3, M4, M40, M42, M5, M6, M60, M62, M621, A1(M), motorways.

The M621 in numbers

Traffic on the M621 as counted by the Department for Transport.

about 54,000

vehicles a day

on an average stretch of the M621. The busiest stretch carries about 106,000 a day.

1 in 18

vehicles is a lorry

and about 1 in 6 is a van, so a large share of M621 traffic is people at work.

Source: Department for Transport road traffic statistics, 2025. Averages across the whole road; rounded.

See also: M621 traffic reports · all the motorways we cover.