M56 crash J6–J5 eastbound
Cleared Cleared at 12:29 on 26 Sept 2026, after 57 min.
Crash on the M56 eastbound at J6–J5 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 11:32. Cleared at 12:29 after 57 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M56 eastbound · J6–J5
Collision
11:32–12:29 (cleared after 57 min) · delay ~30 min · queue 5.1 mi
Motorway signs · TomTom ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~32 min (was ~18), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~32)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~30 min (was ~43), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~24), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M56 eastbound between J6 and J5).
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.