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A1(M) J61 at 14:18 on Tuesday 3 November: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
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Checked 14:18 on Tuesday 3 November 2026.
No. Nothing is closing the road at A1(M) junction 61 at 14:18.
No. No closures are planned at A1(M) junction 61 tonight (Tue 3 Nov, 18:00 to 06:00).
Tonight: every A1(M) closure ›No. No closures are planned at A1(M) junction 61 this weekend (Fri 6 Nov 18:00 to Mon 9 Nov 06:00).
This weekend: every A1(M) closure ›No. No collision has been reported at A1(M) junction 61 since midnight.
A1(M) accidents today and yesterday ›Answers use official data only: the National Highways live incident feed and their planned closure report. A closure is counted here when National Highways name this junction or a stretch that runs through it.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Durham, Ferryhill, Spennymoor, Sedgefield.
Places and the junctions they are reached from are kept by our team; distances are measured in a straight line from the junction, not along the road.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 342 collisions are on record, 14 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 A1(M) itself, within 2 miles of J61. 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 A1(M) J61 → 8 of 19 junctions on the A1(M) · see where it ranks nationallyA1(M) J61 is at Spennymoor. The nearest town is Durham.
No — as of 14:18 National Highways list nothing at A1(M) J61. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at A1(M) J61 as of 14:18.
Police STATS19 records show 45 collisions on the A1(M) within 2 miles of J61, including 2 fatal and 10 serious. Counting every road in the area, 342 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 289 of 556 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Within 15 miles of A1(M) J61: Durham Cathedral (heritage, Durham), about 3.5 miles north-west in a straight line; Dalton Park (shopping, Murton), about 8 miles north-east in a straight line; Riverside Ground (stadium, Chester-le-Street), about 8 miles north in a straight line; Beamish Museum (attraction, Beamish, Stanley), about 12 miles north-west in a straight line; Stadium of Light (stadium, Sunderland), about 13 miles north in a straight line.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole A1(M), updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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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.