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M66 J4 at 14:39 on Wednesday 14 October: part closure planned from 21:00 tomorrow.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Rawtenstall, Haslingden, Bury, Heywood.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 380 collisions are on record, 5 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 M66 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 M66 J4 → 4 of 4 junctions on the M66 · see where it ranks nationallyM66 J4 is at Rawtenstall & Edenfield. National Highways signs it as Rawtenstall. The nearest town is Rawtenstall.
No — as of 14:39 National Highways list nothing at M66 J4. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M66 Southbound Jct 4 exit slip road closure, from 21:00 tomorrow until 06:00 Fri 16 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 4 collisions on the M66 within 2 miles of J4, including 0 fatal and 0 serious. Counting every road in the area, 380 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 553 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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