M6 crash J9

Crash on the M6 at J9 on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 19:16. Cleared at 20:20 after 1 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 20:20 on 18 Oct 2026, after 1 h 4 min

Location

M6 · J9

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~16 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 19:16 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~11 min
2. 19:21 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
3. 19:25 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
4. 19:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 19:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 20:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 20:11 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. 20:20 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 20:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J39–J40 northbound12:12 · cleared after 52 min
• M6 crash J2–J3 northbound11:40 · cleared after 1 h 56 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundyesterday 22:48 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 19:02 · cleared after 1 h 33 min
• M6 crash J8 northboundyesterday 15:50 · cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M6 reported crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 12:41 · cleared after 47 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 11:38 · cleared after 2 h 2 min
• M6 crash J6 southboundyesterday 10:49 · cleared after 3 h 20 min
• M6 crash J16–J17 northboundyesterday 00:02 · cleared after 1 h 47 min
• M6 stopped traffic J7–J6Fri 22:31 · cleared after 1 h 59 min

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