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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Prestwich, Swinton, Salford, Manchester.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,449 collisions are on record, 26 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 M60 itself, within 2 miles of J17. 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 M60 J17 → 1 of 25 junctions on the M60 · see where it ranks nationallyM60 J17 is at Prestwich & Whitefield. National Highways signs it as Prestwich. The nearest town is Prestwich.
Live incidents for the whole M60 are listed on the M60 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 79 collisions on the M60 within 2 miles of J17, including 3 fatal and 11 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,449 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 28 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M60, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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