How busy is the M62, and how safe? These figures are our own analysis of two Department for Transport datasets: the annual traffic counts (average vehicles a day at each count point) and STATS19, the police record of every road collision in which someone was injured.

How busy is the M62?

In 2025 the busiest count point on the M62 carried 150,115 vehicles a day, and the average across its 51 count points was 95,016. Lorries made up 13.4% of that traffic and vans 19.2%.

Against 2019, the last year before the pandemic, the average count point in 2025 carried 95,016 vehicles a day compared with 94,806, a change of +0.2%.

M62 traffic by year (Department for Transport, average vehicles a day)

Year	Busiest point	Average point	Count points
2025	150,115	95,016	51
2024	165,097	95,414	51
2023	164,098	92,129	51
2022	160,627	92,100	51
2021	144,064	81,198	51
2020	126,052	72,366	51
2019	161,700	94,806	50
2018	151,502	92,310	50
2017	151,779	92,071	50
2016	153,975	94,576	48
2015	147,946	88,580	48
2014	152,318	86,884	48
2013	132,212	83,913	48
2012	129,186	85,506	48
2011	130,587	88,629	48
2010	133,233	86,790	48
2009	129,741	86,128	48
2008	143,295	86,418	48
2007	141,732	88,056	48
2006	140,299	85,111	48
2005	137,161	82,584	47
2004	137,519	83,469	47
2003	129,210	81,196	45
2002	134,780	82,135	45
2001	130,689	80,550	45
2000	130,094	78,430	45

Collisions on the M62, 2024 and 2025

The police recorded 358 injury collisions on the M62 across 2024 and 2025 (168 in 2024 and 190 in 2025), in which 558 people were hurt. 8 were fatal, 83 serious and 267 slight. On average 2.27 vehicles were involved in each.

The most collisions were recorded on a Friday (69) and the fewest on a Saturday (42). 55 happened in the morning rush (07:00 to 09:59), 77 in the evening rush (16:00 to 18:59) and 50 overnight (22:00 to 05:59). 126 were on a wet, icy or flooded surface and 117 in darkness.

Junctions with the most collisions nearby

• Junction 29 (Lofthouse interchange (M1 J42)): 35 collisions within about 2.5 km
• Junction 26 (Chain Bar: Bradford, Cleckheaton, Halifax): 26 collisions within about 2.5 km
• Junction 25 (Brighouse, Dewsbury): 22 collisions within about 2.5 km
• Junction 22 (Saddleworth, Ripponden): 18 collisions within about 2.5 km
• Junction 24 (Huddersfield, Halifax (Ainley Top)): 17 collisions within about 2.5 km

M62 injury collisions by day of the week, 2024 and 2025

Day	Collisions
Monday	58
Tuesday	49
Wednesday	47
Thursday	45
Friday	69
Saturday	42
Sunday	48

M62 injury collisions by hour, 2024 and 2025

Hour	Collisions
00:00–00:59	10
01:00–01:59	3
02:00–02:59	7
03:00–03:59	4
04:00–04:59	3
05:00–05:59	3
06:00–06:59	14
07:00–07:59	21
08:00–08:59	20
09:00–09:59	14
10:00–10:59	19
11:00–11:59	12
12:00–12:59	25
13:00–13:59	19
14:00–14:59	25
15:00–15:59	28
16:00–16:59	27
17:00–17:59	31
18:00–18:59	19
19:00–19:59	11
20:00–20:59	11
21:00–21:59	12
22:00–22:59	14
23:00–23:59	6

Collisions are counted where the police recorded the M62 as the first road. “Near a junction” means within about 2.5 km of where the junction meets the main carriageway, so a collision between two close junctions can count for both. Traffic counts and collision records contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.