M62 Liverpool–Leeds: how busy it usually is

M62 Liverpool–Leeds is one of the eight commuter corridors UK Live Traffic watches. The Department for Transport counts traffic at 36 points on it; spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern, that says how busy it usually is at any hour.

Usual is not live. The live map adds the current disruptions and traffic cameras along the corridor, the buses on it and, with a Darwin key, the trains on the railway beside it: Explore, then Corridors.

Open M62 Liverpool–Leeds on the live map

Roads
M62
Count points
36
Parallel railway
LIV to LDS

How many of the corridor's count points are usually busy or worse

WhenBusy or worseShare
Weekdays 03:000 of 360%
Weekdays 08:0033 of 3692%
Weekdays 12:0018 of 3650%
Weekdays 17:0033 of 3692%
Weekdays 21:000 of 360%
Saturday 12:0033 of 3692%
Sunday 12:0033 of 3692%

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

The busiest count points at the weekday morning peak (08:00)

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayUsually at 08:00
M62LA Boundary to 26121,734Busy
M6210 to 11119,683Busy
M6227 to 28117,739Busy
M62LA Boundary to M60 (12)117,369Busy
M626 to LA Boundary78,054Busy

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

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Where the figures come from

  • Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.