M6 crash J17–J18 northbound
Crash on the M6 northbound at J17–J18 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 10:32. Cleared at 21:41 after 11 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 21:41 on 29 Oct 2026, after 11 h 8 min
- Location
- M6 northbound · J17–J18
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 2 of 3 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~62 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×14 · Motorway signs ×8 · National Highways ×6
Timeline
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~27)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
- Motorway signs: “M6 J17-J18 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed (was 1)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~36)
- Motorway signs no longer show “M6 J17-J18 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Narrow lanes”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~4), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Narrow lanes”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Narrow lanes”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Narrow lanes”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~7), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J17 and J18).
- M6 northbound between J17 and J18
- M6 northbound within J17
- Overhead signs read “M6 J17-J18 LANES CLOSED DUE TO COLLISION” (6 signs; e.g. M6 northbound between J13 and J14). Marker placed near M6 J17–J18 using the signs there, so it is approximate.
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J17 and J18).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16).
- Slow traffic, Narrow lanes
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (8 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J15 and J16).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (11 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J16 and J15).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J16 and J17).
- Stationary traffic
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 reported crash J16–J15 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northbound
- M6 crash J18–J19 southbound
- M6 crash J23–J22 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J10
- M6 crash J4 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southbound
- M6 crash J15–J14 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northbound
- M6 crash J13–J14 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J17 and M6 J18.
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