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M62 J27 at 14:27 on Wednesday 14 October: 1 incident at this junction · 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: Morley, Batley, Heckmondwike, Dewsbury.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,379 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 M62 itself, within 2 miles of J27. 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 M62 J27 → 16 of 29 junctions on the M62 · see where it ranks nationallyM62 J27 is at Leeds & Birstall. National Highways signs it as Gildersome M621. The nearest town is Morley.
No collision is listed at M62 J27 as of 14:27, but National Highways report: The M62 eastbound between junctions J26 and J27. Congestion. Normal traffic conditions are expected between 14:45 and 15:00 on 14 October 2026. Currently Active.
Not right now. Planned: M62 westbound Jct 35 to M18 southbound Jct 7, carriageway closure, from 20:00 until 06:00 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 60 collisions on the M62 within 2 miles of J27, including 0 fatal and 9 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,379 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 263 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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