M6 crash J15–J14 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J15–J14 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 18:27. Cleared at 13:01 after 210 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 13:01 on 2 Oct 2026, after 210 h 34 min

Location

M6 southbound · J15–J14

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

Sources

Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Wed 17:57 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
2. Thu 06:33 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
3. Thu 06:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Thu 17:36 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
5. Thu 17:41 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
6. Thu 17:48 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
7. Thu 17:51 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
8. Thu 17:51 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
9. Thu 18:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
10. Thu 18:06 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”
11. Thu 18:06 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
12. Thu 18:10 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
13. Thu 18:14 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Thu 18:30 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
15. Thu 18:36 National Highways: lane closure lifted
16. Thu 18:36 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
17. Thu 18:36 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
18. Thu 18:36 All clear: no source reports it any more
19. Fri 12:31 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (reported again)
20. Fri 13:01 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
21. Fri 13:01 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J15 and J14).
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (17 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J14 and J15).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J15 and J14).
• M6 southbound between J15 and J14
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J15 and J14).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J16 southboundyesterday 19:23 · cleared after 48 min
• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 18:53 · cleared after 1 h 18 min
• M6 closed J5–J4A southboundyesterday 16:23 · cleared after 1 h 22 min
• M6 crash J8 southboundyesterday 13:38 · cleared after 5 h 30 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J5 southboundyesterday 08:05 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M6 crash J12 northboundyesterday 06:51 · cleared after 47 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10A–J10 southboundyesterday 06:24 · cleared after 3 h 14 min
• M6 crash J19–J18 southboundMon 20:52 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J17 southboundMon 15:39 · cleared after 3 h 6 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J15 and M6 J14.

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