M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 14:50. Cleared at 16:24 after 1 h 35 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 16:24 on 21 Oct 2026, after 1 h 35 min
- Location
- M6 northbound · J18–J19
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 3 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Delay ~11 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (7 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J17 and J18).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
- M6 northbound between J18 and J19
Other recent incidents on the M6
- M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northbound
- M6 reported crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J9–J8 southbound
- M6 reported crash J21A northbound
- M6 crash J3 southbound
- M6 crash J20 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J10–J10A
- M6 crash J21A southbound
- M6 crash J6–J5 southbound
- M6 reported crash J28 northbound
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