M6 crash J18–J19 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 08:03. Cleared at 20:03 after 12 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 20:03 on 27 Oct 2026, after 12 h

Location

M6 northbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom · National Highways ×6

Timeline

1. Tue 08:03 Motorway signs: “M6 AT J20 CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
2. Tue 11:00 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
3. Tue 11:00 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
4. Tue 11:18 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
5. Tue 11:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Tue 11:28 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Tue 11:35 National Highways: lane closure lifted
8. Tue 11:35 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Tue 12:07 National Highways: lane closure lifted
10. Tue 16:51 National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
11. Tue 17:28 National Highways: lane closure lifted
12. Tue 20:03 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
13. Tue 20:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “M6 AT J20 CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Queuing traffic
• M6 northbound between J17 and J18
• M6 northbound between J18 and J19

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 J18 and M6 J19.

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