M5 stopped traffic J6–J5 northbound

Stopped traffic on the M5 northbound at J6–J5 on Wednesday 28 October 2026, from 08:11. Cleared at 09:09 after 58 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 09:09 on 28 Oct 2026, after 58 min

Location

M5 northbound · J6–J5

Reported as

Lane closure

Lanes

1 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
2. Wed 08:16 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
3. Wed 08:21 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~21)
4. Wed 08:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
5. Wed 08:32 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~21)
6. Wed 08:37 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 08:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 08:37 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
9. Wed 09:09 National Highways: lane closure lifted
10. Wed 09:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• M5 northbound between J6 and J5

Other recent incidents on the M5

• M5 reported crash J7–J8 southbound01:00 · cleared after 53 min
• M5 reported crash J10–J9 northbound00:52 · cleared after 31 min
• M5 reported crash J16–J15 northboundyesterday 23:18 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M5 crash J7–J8 southboundyesterday 17:51 · cleared after 2 h 31 min
• M5 crash J6–J7 southboundyesterday 17:44 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 closed J24–J23Sun 23:32 · cleared after 37 min
• M5 crash J3–J2 southboundSun 17:33 · cleared after 1 h 23 min
• M5 stopped traffic J20–J19 northboundSun 16:07 · cleared after 2 h 9 min
• M5 reported crash J13–J14 southboundSun 15:59 · cleared after 46 min
• M5 crash J8–J7 northboundSun 13:26 · cleared after 2 h 18 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J6 and M5 J5.

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