M6 stopped traffic J10 southbound
Live Still reported at 13:23 UK time, since 11:40 (1 h 43 min).
Stopped traffic on the M6 southbound at J10 on Saturday 3 October 2026, from 11:40. Still reported at 13:23 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M6 southbound · J10
Lane closure
since 11:40 (1 h 43 min) · delay ~30 min · queue 5.9 mi
TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~58 min (was ~37), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J10).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J4A–J4 southbound
- M6 crash J3–J2 southbound
- M6 reported crash J10A–J10 southbound
- M6 crash J17–J16 southbound
- M6 reported crash J2–J3 northbound
- M6 crash J35–J36 northbound
- M6 crash J9–J8 southbound
- M6 crash J21–J21A northbound
- M6 crash J21–J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J7–J8 northbound
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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.