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M6 J31 at 13:43 on Tuesday 6 October: part closure planned from 20:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Preston, Leyland, Blackburn, Chorley.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,365 collisions are on record, 8 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 J31. 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 J31 → 5 of 49 junctions on the M6 · see where it ranks nationallyM6 J31 is at Preston & Fulwood. National Highways signs it as Preston. The nearest town is Preston.
No — as of 13:43 National Highways list nothing at M6 J31. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M6 Northbound Jct 31 exit slip road closure, from 20:00 until 05:00 Wed 7 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 107 collisions on the M6 within 2 miles of J31, including 1 fatal and 27 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,365 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 17 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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