M6 crash J15–J16 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 16:37 on 28 Sept 2026, after 1 h 30 min.
Crash on the M6 northbound at J15–J16 on Monday 28 September 2026, from 15:06. Cleared at 16:37 after 1 h 30 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M6 northbound · J15–J16
Collision
2 of 4 lanes closed · 15:06–16:37 (cleared after 1 h 30 min) · delay ~15 min · queue 4.0 mi
TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~43 min (was ~31)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~39)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 2)
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J16).
- M6 northbound within J16
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
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