M6 crash J13–J12 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J13–J12 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 09:32. Still reported at 12:42 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Live since 09:32 (3 h 10 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J13–J12

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

Delay

~7 min

At its worst

Delay ~14 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×4 · National Highways ×14 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 09:32 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. 09:32 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
3. 10:42 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
4. 10:42 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
5. 10:42 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
6. 10:45 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
7. 10:45 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
8. 10:51 TomTom: collision, “Heavy traffic, Accident”, delay ~2 min
9. 10:55 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 11:00 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min
11. 11:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
12. 11:15 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
13. 11:24 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
14. 11:24 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
15. 11:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
16. 11:38 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
17. 11:38 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT”
18. 11:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
19. 11:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
20. 11:52 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 2)
21. 11:55 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
22. 11:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
23. 12:08 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
24. 12:13 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
25. 12:16 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed (was 1)
26. 12:18 TomTom no longer reports it
27. 12:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
28. 12:41 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J13 and J12).
• M6 southbound between J13 and J12
• Heavy traffic, Accident
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J13 and J12).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J13 and J12).
• M6 southbound within J13
• M6 southbound between J14 and J13
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J13 and J12).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M6 stopped traffic J12yesterday 13:29 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southboundyesterday 12:06 · cleared after 7 h 58 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 09:36 · cleared after 2 h 25 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northboundyesterday 08:16 · cleared after 1 h 15 min
• M6 crash J27 southboundyesterday 08:15 · cleared after 2 h 46 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J13 and M6 J12.

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