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M65 J4 at 08:55 on Wednesday 14 October: roadworks at this junction · 4 nearby.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Blackburn, Darwen, Great Harwood, Accrington.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,692 collisions are on record, 13 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 M65 itself, within 2 miles of J4. 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 M65 J4 → 8 of 14 junctions on the M65 · see where it ranks nationallyM65 J4 is at Blackburn & Darwen. National Highways signs it as Blackburn South. The nearest town is Blackburn.
Not at M65 J4 itself as of 08:55. Nearby, National Highways report: The M65 westbound exit slip at junction J5. Other Roadworks. All lanes will be closed. The hard shoulder, lanes one and two will be closed. From 21:00 on 25 November 2026 to 06:00 on 26 November 2026… (1 junction away).
No closure is listed at M65 J4 as of 08:55.
Police STATS19 records show 62 collisions on the M65 within 2 miles of J4, including 0 fatal and 12 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,692 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 218 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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On a motorway? If you can, get onto the hard shoulder or into an emergency area, leave by the left-hand doors and wait behind the barrier. Stuck in a live lane: stay in the car with your seatbelt on and hazard lights on, and call 999.