M6 crash J10A–J10 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J10A–J10 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 10:39. Cleared at 19:03 after 8 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:03 on 26 Oct 2026, after 8 h 24 min

Location

M6 southbound · J10A–J10

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. Mon 10:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. Mon 11:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Mon 11:56 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Mon 12:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. Mon 12:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Mon 13:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~22 min
7. Mon 13:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
8. Mon 13:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
9. Mon 13:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Mon 13:19 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
11. Mon 13:21 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
12. Mon 13:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
13. Mon 13:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Mon 13:37 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
15. Mon 13:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Mon 13:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Mon 13:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Mon 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
19. Mon 14:02 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
20. Mon 14:05 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
21. Mon 14:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
22. Mon 14:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
23. Mon 14:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. Mon 14:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Mon 14:37 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. Mon 14:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Mon 14:55 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
28. Mon 15:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
29. Mon 15:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. Mon 15:12 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
31. Mon 15:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
32. Mon 15:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. Mon 15:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
34. Mon 15:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
35. Mon 15:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
36. Mon 15:50 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
37. Mon 16:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
38. Mon 16:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
39. Mon 16:04 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
40. Mon 16:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
41. Mon 16:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
42. Mon 16:45 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~5)
43. Mon 17:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
44. Mon 17:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
45. Mon 17:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
46. Mon 17:17 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
47. Mon 17:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
48. Mon 17:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
49. Mon 17:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
50. Mon 17:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
51. Mon 17:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
52. Mon 17:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
53. Mon 17:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
54. Mon 17:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
55. Mon 17:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
56. Mon 17:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
57. Mon 17:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
58. Mon 18:34 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
59. Mon 18:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
60. Mon 18:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
61. Mon 19:03 TomTom no longer reports it
62. Mon 19:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (14 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10 and J10A).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10 and J9).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound between J1 and J2).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J10A and M6 J10.

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