M6 crash J18–J19 northbound

Crash on the M6 northbound at J18–J19 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 12:37. Cleared at 17:09 after 4 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 17:09 on 5 Nov 2026, after 4 h 32 min

Location

M6 northbound · J18–J19

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~27 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×5 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 12:14 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
2. 15:39 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
3. 15:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 15:42 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
5. 15:44 Motorway signs: “COLLISION AHEAD”
6. 16:06 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min
7. 16:10 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
8. 16:20 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
9. 16:29 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
10. 16:30 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
11. 16:39 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION AHEAD”
12. 16:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
13. 16:52 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic, Accident”
14. 16:56 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
15. 17:02 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
17. 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
18. 17:09 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
19. 17:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION AHEAD” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 northbound between J18 and J19).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M6

• M6 crash J3 southbound17:11 · Live
• M6 stopped traffic J20A14:30 · Live
• M6 crash J6 northbound12:36 · Live
• M6 crash J13–J12 southbound09:32 · cleared after 3 h 54 min
• M6 crash J8–J9 northbound09:18 · cleared after 56 min
• M6 stopped traffic J19–J18 southboundyesterday 20:58 · cleared after 2 h 26 min
• M6 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 15:42 · cleared after 2 h 4 min
• M6 crash J21–J20 southboundyesterday 14:46 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M6 crash J16–J15 southboundyesterday 13:47 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M6 stopped traffic J12yesterday 13:29 · cleared after 1 h 4 min

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

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