M6 crash J17–J16 southbound

Crash on the M6 southbound at J17–J16 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 18:26. Still reported at 20:02 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 18:26 (1 h 35 min)

Location

M6 southbound · J17–J16

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~5 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~40 min

Sources

TomTom · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 18:26 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
2. 18:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
3. 18:38 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~12)
4. 18:42 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~31 min (was ~23), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
5. 20:00 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~5 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J17 and J16).

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J3 southbound17:11 · cleared after 2 h 45 min
• M6 stopped traffic J20A14:30 · cleared after 4 h 3 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 northbound12:37 · cleared after 4 h 32 min
• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · cleared after 6 h 48 min
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J17 and M6 J16.

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.