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M5 crash J6 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J6 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 11:37. Cleared at 19:15 after 7 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

Status
Cleared 19:15 on 30 Oct 2026, after 7 h 37 min
Location
M5 southbound · J6
Reported as
Collision
Lanes
Road closed
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~61 min
Sources
TomTom ×29 · Motorway signs · National Highways ×2
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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
  2. National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
  4. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~15 min
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom: road closed
  7. TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~15)
  8. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  9. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~38 min (was ~29), “Stationary traffic”
  10. National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
  11. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~61 min
  13. Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
  14. TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~42)
  15. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
  17. National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 2)
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  20. National Highways: lane closure lifted
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
  22. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  23. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  24. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
  25. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  26. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  27. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
  28. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  29. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
  30. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  31. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  32. TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17)
  33. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~15)
  34. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
  35. TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~30)
  36. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
  37. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~8)
  38. TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
  39. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~42), “Queuing traffic”
  40. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
  41. TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~18)
  42. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
  43. TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~6)
  44. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
  45. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
  46. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min
  47. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  48. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  49. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
  50. TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~13)
  51. TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Slow traffic, Obstruction on the road”, delay ~11 min
  52. TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”
  53. TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Slow traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~7 min
  54. TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~19), “Slow traffic”
  55. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
  56. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  57. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
  58. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  59. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  60. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
  61. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  62. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
  63. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
  64. TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~5), “Queuing traffic”
  65. TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
  66. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
  67. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
  68. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  69. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  70. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  71. TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
  72. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18), “Slow traffic”
  73. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
  74. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
  75. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  76. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  77. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
  78. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
  79. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
  80. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
  81. TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~9)
  82. TomTom no longer reports it
  83. All clear: no source reports it any more

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