M6 crash J17–J16 southbound
Crash on the M6 southbound at J17–J16 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 12:34. Still reported at 14:44 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Live since 12:34 (2 h 10 min)
- Location
- M6 southbound · J17–J16
- Reported as
- Collision
- Delay
- ~62 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic
- Sources
- TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×5 · National Highways
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~25 min
- TomTom: delay now ~42 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (11 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (9 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound within J16).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (13 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J16 and J17).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
- Stationary traffic
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The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.