M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 10:39 on 13 Oct 2026, after 2 h 59 min.
Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 07:41. Cleared at 10:39 after 2 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M6 northbound · J18–J19
Collision
1 of 4 lanes closed · 07:41–10:39 (cleared after 2 h 59 min) · delay ~19 min · queue 10.0 mi
TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs · National Highways
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~17), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~9)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~35 min (was ~18), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~21), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic, Lane closed
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
- M6 northbound between J18 and J19
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About this page
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.