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M61 J2 — Blackspot analysis Bolton & Hunger Hill

Severe Blackspot · 67 combined incidents · 2 fatal · On the M61 within 2 miles of J2

Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,141 collisions are on record, 24 of them fatal. That figure tracks how built-up the area is rather than the road, so it is context only and the score below does not use it.

67Police Collisions
2Fatal
14Serious
100Casualties
0NH Incidents
67Combined
UKTU Danger Score
92
out of 100
Far worse than most

Ranked 47 of 554 UK junctions on record by recorded harm · 2 of 8 on the M61.

A ranking of our own records, not a risk-per-vehicle measure and not an official safety assessment. Collisions are weighted by outcome: one fatal counts for 50 slight collisions, one serious for 8.

📍 Each pin marks an actual police-recorded collision location · Zoom in and click for details

What the full record shows for M61 J2

Two things we can tell you now. The rest is in the detailed record.

Busiest day
Monday
13 collisions recorded on this day alone
In darkness
31%
of collisions here happened after dark · 14 in the last two years
Still to come
  • The hour of day collisions cluster in — and whether it is rush hour or late night
  • Weather and road surface recorded by police at the scene, ranked
  • Year-on-year trend — whether this junction is getting worse or safer
  • Speed limit where each collision happened
  • Every individual record, with vehicles and casualties
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Data Sources: DfT STATS19 police-recorded collision data and National Highways incident data, both under Open Government Licence v3.0. This is historical DfT statistical data — not an official police report. Blackspot classification is algorithmic and not an official safety assessment. © 2026 UK Traffic Updates.