M6 crash J37–J38

Crash on the M6 at J37–J38 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 12:18. Cleared at 12:59 after 41 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:59 on 26 Oct 2026, after 41 min

Location

M6 J37–J38

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 12:18 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~16 min
2. Mon 12:22 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
3. Mon 12:27 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~21)
4. Mon 12:41 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~36)
5. Mon 12:45 TomTom: road closed
6. Mon 12:45 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~73 min (was ~48), “Stationary traffic”
7. Mon 12:54 TomTom: road closed
8. Mon 12:59 TomTom no longer reports it
9. Mon 12:59 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Closed

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J17–J16 southbound18:26 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J3 southbound17:11 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J20A14:30 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound12:37 · cleared after 4 h 32 min
• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · cleared after 6 h 48 min
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J37 and M6 J38.

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