M6 crash J11–J10A southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J11–J10A on Saturday 31 October 2026, from 10:01. Cleared at 17:30 after 7 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 17:30 on 31 Oct 2026, after 7 h 28 min

Location

M6 southbound · J11–J10A

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Sat 10:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
2. Sat 10:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Sat 10:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
4. Sat 10:31 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
5. Sat 10:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Sat 10:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. Sat 10:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
8. Sat 10:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
9. Sat 11:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
10. Sat 11:31 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
11. Sat 11:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
12. Sat 11:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
13. Sat 11:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
14. Sat 11:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
15. Sat 11:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
16. Sat 11:56 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~29), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
17. Sat 12:06 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
18. Sat 12:06 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~11)
19. Sat 12:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
20. Sat 13:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
21. Sat 13:06 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
22. Sat 13:08 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
23. Sat 13:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
24. Sat 13:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. Sat 13:36 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
26. Sat 13:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
27. Sat 13:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
28. Sat 13:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
29. Sat 13:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
30. Sat 14:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
31. Sat 14:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
32. Sat 14:38 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
33. Sat 15:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
34. Sat 16:53 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
35. Sat 16:55 TomTom no longer reports it
36. Sat 17:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
37. Sat 17:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
38. Sat 17:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
39. Sat 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
40. Sat 17:10 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
41. Sat 17:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~4 min
42. Sat 17:25 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
43. Sat 17:30 TomTom no longer reports it
44. Sat 17:30 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J10A and J11).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J10A and J10).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J11 and J10A).

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 J11 and M6 J10A.

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