M6 closed J5–J4A southbound (broken-down vehicle)
Road closure on the M6 southbound at J5–J4A on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 16:23. Cleared at 17:45 after 1 h 22 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, National Highways and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 17:45 on 10 Nov 2026, after 1 h 22 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J5–J4A
- Reported as
- Broken-down vehicle
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic
- Sources
- TomTom · National Highways ×3 · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Hard shoulder closed”, delay ~5 min
- National Highways: road closed
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- National Highways: road reopened
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic, Hard shoulder closed
- M6 southbound between J5 and J4A
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J5 and J4A).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J5 and J4A).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J16 southbound
- M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 crash J8 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southbound
- M6 crash J12 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J10A–J10 southbound
- M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J10 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J5 and M6 J4A.
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