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M6 J29 at 05:24 on Friday 9 October: road closed southbound.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Leyland, Chorley, Preston, Blackburn.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,142 collisions are on record, 12 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 M6 itself, within 2 miles of J29. 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 M6 J29 → 13 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J29 is at Leyland & Bamber Bridge. National Highways signs it as M65 Interchange. The nearest town is Leyland.
No — as of 05:24 National Highways list nothing at M6 J29. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Yes — as of 05:24: M6 Southbound Jct 30 to M61 Jct 9 carriageway closure, until 06:00.
Police STATS19 records show 54 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J29, including 2 fatal and 5 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,142 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 141 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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