M6 crash J18–J19 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 03:43. Cleared at 16:30 after 12 h 47 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 16:30 on 27 Oct 2026, after 12 h 47 min

Location

M6 northbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic

Sources

Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×6 · National Highways

Timeline

1. Tue 03:43 Motorway signs: “COLLISION [HCA0]”
2. Tue 06:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. Tue 07:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Tue 07:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. Tue 07:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Tue 07:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Tue 07:33 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
8. Tue 07:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
9. Tue 07:51 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
10. Tue 07:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Tue 08:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Tue 08:11 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Tue 08:30 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
14. Tue 11:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~84 min
15. Tue 11:14 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Tue 11:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
17. Tue 11:55 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~18)
18. Tue 12:22 TomTom: collision, “Closed, Accident”, road closed
19. Tue 13:00 TomTom no longer reports it
20. Tue 13:08 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
21. Tue 13:50 National Highways: lane closure lifted
22. Tue 14:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
23. Tue 15:12 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. Tue 15:16 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. Tue 15:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. Tue 15:39 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
27. Tue 15:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
28. Tue 15:44 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
29. Tue 15:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. Tue 15:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Tue 16:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
32. Tue 16:30 TomTom no longer reports it
33. Tue 16:30 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION [HCA0]” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
• Closed, Accident
• M6 northbound within J19
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 reported crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:25 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J6–J7 northboundyesterday 11:58 · cleared after 2 h 22 min
• M6 crash J18–J19 southboundyesterday 11:12 · cleared after 59 min
• M6 crash J23–J22 southboundyesterday 06:45 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J9–J10yesterday 06:09 · cleared after 3 h 17 min
• M6 crash J4 southboundyesterday 05:53 · cleared after 3 h 52 min
• M6 stopped traffic J10–J9 southboundSun 18:24 · cleared after 4 h 40 min
• M6 crash J15–J14 southboundSun 16:45 · cleared after 14 h 4 min
• M6 stopped traffic J18–J19 northboundSun 16:02 · cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M6 crash J13–J14 northboundSun 14:01 · cleared after 43 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M6 J18 and M6 J19.

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