M6 stopped traffic J8 northbound

Live Still reported at 17:15 UK time, since 11:01 (6 h 13 min).

Stopped traffic on the M6 northbound at J8 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 11:01. Still reported at 17:15 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

M6 northbound · J8

Broken-down vehicle

since 11:01 (6 h 13 min) · delay ~28 min · queue 8.5 mi

TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs ×2

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Timeline

11:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
11:14 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
11:23 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
11:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:42 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
14:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
15:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
15:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
15:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16:14 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16:17 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
16:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16:27 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
16:32 TomTom: delay now ~49 min (was ~32)
16:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16:47 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
16:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
16:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
17:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17:04 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
17:04 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~6)
17:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
17:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17:13 TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”

What the sources said

Stationary traffic
Slow traffic
Queuing traffic
Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M5 southbound between J1 and J2).
Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle
Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).

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M6 crash J19–J18 southbound · 06:08, cleared after 6 h 6 min
M6 closed J16–J15 · yesterday 23:49, cleared after 4 h 47 min
M6 crash J6 northbound · yesterday 21:47, cleared after 1 h 40 min
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M6 crash J36–J35 · yesterday 16:09, cleared after 1 h 59 min
M6 crash J3 southbound · yesterday 07:01, cleared after 3 h 23 min

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