M6 crash J18–J19 northbound
Cleared Cleared at 18:05 on 25 Sept 2026, after 5 h 40 min.
Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 12:25. Cleared at 18:05 after 5 h 40 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M6 northbound · J18–J19
Collision
1 of 3 lanes closed · yesterday 12:25–yesterday 18:05 (cleared after 5 h 40 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 4.8 mi
TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×2
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (3 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
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- M6 stopped traffic J20–J21 northbound
- M6 crash J2–J1 southbound
- M6 stopped traffic J20A–J19
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- M6 reported crash J26–J27 northbound
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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.