M6 crash J19–J18 southbound
Cleared Cleared at 14:56 on 14 Oct 2026, after 1 h 2 min.
Crash on the M6 southbound at J19–J18 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 13:55. Cleared at 14:56 after 1 h 2 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.
M6 southbound · J19–J18
Collision
1 lane closed · 13:55–14:56 (cleared after 1 h 2 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 5.8 mi
Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2 · National Highways ×9
At its worst: delay ~15 min
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~8 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (13 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- Overhead signs read “LANE CLOSED FOR INCIDENT ACCESS” (1 sign; furthest along: M6 southbound between J19 and J18).
- M6 southbound between J19 and J18
- M6 southbound within J18
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- M6 closed J21A northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J8 southbound
- M6 crash J3A–J4 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J23–J22 northbound
- M6 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M6 crash J18–J19 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.