M6 crash J17–J16 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J17–J16 on Wednesday 11 November 2026, from 16:38. Cleared at 19:24 after 2 h 46 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 19:24 on 11 Nov 2026, after 2 h 46 min
- Location
- M6 southbound · J17–J16
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 3 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Delay ~10 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×8
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Obstruction on the road”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Obstruction on the road”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Obstruction on the road”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Obstruction on the road”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Obstruction on the road”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).
- Slow traffic
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound within J17).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 crash J32–J31A southbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J8 northbound
- M6 crash J14–J15 northbound
- M6 reported crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 reported crash J45–J44 southbound
- M6 crash J32 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J21A–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J5–J6 northbound
- M6 reported crash J15–J16 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J17 and M6 J16.
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