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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Prestwich, Middleton, Manchester, Failsworth.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,515 collisions are on record, 25 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 J18. 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 J18 → 2 of 25 junctions on the M60 · see where it ranks nationallyM60 J18 is at Middleton & Simister. National Highways signs it as Simister. 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 60 collisions on the M60 within 2 miles of J18, including 3 fatal and 9 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,515 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 44 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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