M5 crash J6–J7 southbound

Crash on the M5 southbound at J6–J7 on Sunday 27 September 2026, from 20:01. Cleared at 04:17 after 32 h 16 min. Timeline of reports from National Highways, TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 04:17 on 29 Sept 2026, after 32 h 16 min

Location

M5 southbound · J6–J7

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~45 min

Sources

National Highways ×7 · TomTom · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Sun 20:01 National Highways: road closed
2. Mon 07:44 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. Mon 07:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
4. Mon 07:54 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. Mon 07:58 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~13)
6. Mon 08:03 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~21)
7. Mon 08:07 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~31)
8. Mon 08:15 National Highways: road reopened
9. Mon 09:16 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
10. Mon 09:39 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 09:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Mon 09:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Mon 09:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Mon 09:55 National Highways: road closed
15. Mon 09:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Mon 10:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. Mon 10:11 TomTom no longer reports it
18. Mon 10:13 National Highways: road closed
19. Mon 11:06 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
20. Mon 23:06 National Highways: road reopened
21. Mon 23:06 All clear: no source reports it any more
22. Mon 23:08 National Highways: road closed
23. Tue 02:28 National Highways: road closed
24. Tue 04:17 National Highways: road reopened
25. Tue 04:17 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• M5 southbound between J5 and J6
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J6 and J7).

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 crash J4–J4A southbound13:32 · Live
• M5 crash J1 northbound12:16 · cleared after 36 min
• M5 reported crash J20–J19 northbound09:45 · cleared after 36 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 northbound05:55 · cleared after 55 min
• M5 crash J1 northboundyesterday 19:15 · cleared after 2 h 15 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 15:47 · cleared after 2 h
• M5 reported crash J20–J19 northboundyesterday 12:44 · cleared after 1 h 2 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundyesterday 11:23 · cleared after 52 min
• M5 crash J1 southboundyesterday 07:14 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M5 closed J24–J25 southboundyesterday 03:50 · cleared after 1 h 4 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J6 and M5 J7.

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