North West England Traffic News

North West England Traffic News

Where to Find Traffic News for North West England

Live traffic news for North West England is published on Traffic News England, one of our own websites. Its regional page for North West lists every current incident, closure and set of roadworks that National Highways reports on the motorways and major A roads in the area, refreshed every five minutes, 24 hours a day.

If you use one motorway most of the time, our dedicated sites for the M6 and M60 give you the news for that road alone, with separate pages for accidents, roadworks, overhead signs and speed limits. Dedicated sites for the M62 are coming soon.

The North West in numbers

A guide to the kind of traffic news drivers in the North West see, from the Department for Transport’s own figures. For today’s news, use the links above.

about 9,700

reported injury collisions, 2025

on all roads in the North West, or about 27 a day. The year before it was about 9,700.

31%

were fatal or serious

About 2,980 collisions in the North West in 2025 left someone killed or seriously injured.

about 660

on motorways

Most were on the M6, then the M65 and M60. About 3,500 more were on A roads, which is why our regional news covers them too.

about 94,000

vehicles a day on the M6

on average along the whole road. Its busiest stretch carries about 188,000 a day.

Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (2024 and 2025) and road traffic statistics (2025). Rounded, as a guide rather than a precise count.

Traffic News for north west England including the latest Motorway Traffic News. Regional England Traffic News for North West England. Road Works in North West England. Road Traffic Information for North West England and Road Safety Information.

UK Traffic News currently covers England traffic news, traffic updates and traffic reports in North West England, North East England, West Midlands of England, East Midlands, Eastern England, South West England and South East England.

The aim of our North West England traffic news page is to make it easy for drivers in the North West of England to avoid the latest traffic jams and traffic delays easily and quickly.

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