M6 crash J15 northbound

Live Still reported at 07:44 UK time, since 04:21 (3 h 24 min).

Crash on the M6 northbound at J15 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 04:21. Still reported at 07:44 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, National Highways and TomTom.

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   M6 northbound · J15

   Collision

   since 04:21 (3 h 24 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 4.8 mi

   Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2 · TomTom

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Timeline

1. 04:12 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 04:12 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
3. 04:38 National Highways: road closed
4. 04:51 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
5. 04:51 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. 05:13 National Highways: road reopened
7. 05:13 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. 05:21 Motorway signs: “COLLISION” (reported again)
9. 05:21 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (reported again)
10. 07:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound within J15).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
• M6 northbound within J15
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound · 04:32, cleared after 49 min
• M6 closed J16 southbound · 04:26, cleared after 47 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southbound · 04:21, still reported
• M6 crash J14–J15 northbound · yesterday 23:39, cleared after 2 h 11 min
• M6 stopped traffic J21A · yesterday 16:35, cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound · yesterday 13:07, cleared after 40 min
• M6 crash J31–J30 southbound · yesterday 11:58, cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M6 crash J12–J13 northbound · yesterday 11:07, cleared after 40 min
• M6 closed J10A–J10 southbound · yesterday 05:35, cleared after 5 h 42 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southbound · Tue 15:50, cleared after 2 h 22 min

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.