The M60 is measured by the Department for Transport at 40 separate points. The table below lists every stretch running between identifiable junctions, busiest first, using the 2025 figures.

The range is striking. The busiest stretch carries 201,196 vehicles a day; the quietest in this table carries 21,915. And because the M60 is a ring, the links are short — most are barely a mile, so traffic joining at one junction is affecting the next within moments.

Stretch	All vehicles	Cars & taxis	Lorries	Miles
J13 to J12	201,196	149,834	17,543	1.0
J15 to J16	172,088	123,014	18,533	1.1
J14 to J15	169,870	106,506	20,368	0.9
J13 to J14	167,356	122,867	16,257	1.0
J17 to J18	166,561	114,185	18,615	1.5
J1 to J27	154,520	122,859	6,316	1.2
J7 to J6	144,003	117,255	5,962	1.2
J12 to J11	141,290	112,079	7,389	0.8
J9 to J8	138,661	112,141	6,065	1.3
J8 to J7	136,815	109,872	6,091	0.9
J2 to J1	135,747	104,015	6,959	1.7
J24 to JA6140	125,664	96,217	5,799	1.9
J26 to J25	125,559	99,206	5,697	0.7
J19 to J18	122,752	93,522	5,612	1.4
J27 to J26A	121,968	94,436	5,863	0.6
J10 to J9	105,371	81,403	5,143	0.9
JA6140 to JA635	99,424	75,799	4,921	0.3
J21 to JA6104 spur	90,646	67,878	5,242	0.3
J2 to JA560	21,915	18,626	378	0.6

This table lists stretches running between identifiable junctions. The full Department for Transport dataset holds 40 count points for the M60, including short links at local authority boundaries and on slip roads, not listed separately here.

Traffic count figures on this page are from the Department for Transport road traffic statistics, 2025.