M6 crash J17 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 14:54 on 10 Oct 2026, after 1 h 31 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J17 on Saturday 10 October 2026, from 13:23. Cleared at 14:54 after 1 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M6 southbound · J17
Collision
2 of 3 lanes closed · 13:23–14:54 (cleared after 1 h 31 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 6.7 mi
TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs · National Highways
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 2 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~10), “Slow traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound at the Sandbach services between J17 and J16).
- Slow traffic
- M6 southbound between J17 and J16
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- M6 crash J22–J21A southbound
- M6 closed J1–J2
- M6 crash J15–J14 southbound
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.