Four people were arrested after a West Yorkshire Police chase ended at junction 25 of the M62 near Brighouse, leaving motorists facing early morning delays. West Yorkshire Police said the pursuit had finished there earlier, but the reason for it has not been explained.
That left traffic queuing through the area while the westbound exit slip road stayed closed, according to Inrix. For drivers already on the route, the immediate issue is not the arrests themselves but the continuing restriction at the junction.
Junction 25 on the M62
The police pursuit ended at junction 25, where the motorway near Brighouse meets a key exit point. Four people were detained after the vehicle stopped, and the disruption quickly spread to traffic passing through the area.
West Yorkshire Police has identified the location of the end of the pursuit, but not the circumstances that led to it. Details of the four people arrested have also not been set out, leaving the core operational question still open for anyone trying to understand what triggered the incident.
Brighouse traffic delays
Motorists travelling through West Yorkshire faced queuing traffic early this morning as the disruption continued. The westbound exit slip road remained shut at the time of the report, creating the main restriction for drivers approaching the junction.
In practical terms, anyone heading that way still had to account for delay around the closed slip road rather than assume the route had cleared. No reopening time has been given, so the closure was still the relevant point for road users when the update was issued.
West Yorkshire Police details
The remaining gap is straightforward: the chase ended, four people were arrested, and traffic was held up, but West Yorkshire Police has not described what led to the pursuit or who the arrested people are. That leaves the closure and the motorway delay as the only fixed facts for drivers deciding whether to use the junction.
