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M5 crash J7–J6 northbound

Cleared Cleared at 17:57 on 8 Oct 2026, after 3 h 35 min.

Crash on the M5 northbound at J7–J6 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 14:21. Cleared at 17:57 after 3 h 35 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

  1. M5 northbound · J7–J6

    Collision

    Thu 14:21–Thu 17:57 (cleared after 3 h 35 min) · delay ~16 min · queue 6.0 mi

    TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs

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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  2. TomTom no longer reports it
  3. All clear: no source reports it any more
  4. Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min (reported again)
  6. TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
  7. TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~20)
  8. TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~30)
  9. TomTom: delay now ~75 min (was ~55)
  10. Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
  12. TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~36), “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  17. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  18. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  19. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  20. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  21. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  23. TomTom no longer reports it
  24. All clear: no source reports it any more

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